this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. joe biden has built up a lead of more than iii—thousand votes over donald trump in the crucial vote count in pennsylvania, a prize that would hand him the white house. mr biden is increasing his margin over the president in arizona and nevada. and a recount is announced in georgia — wherejoe biden‘s lead over donald trump is more than four thousand votes. the final tally in georgia at this point has huge implications for the entire country. where people are gathered at the side of the white house as the president claims the election is

being stolen from them. as for the candidates themselves, mr biden is expected to speak to the nation in the next couple of hours. he's called for calm and patience — saying the process is working properly. each ballot must be counted. we have no doubt, that when the accountant is finished that will be declared the winner. but mrtrump‘s camp haven't given up — they're saying "false projections" are putting mr biden ahead. donald trump has made accusations of electoral fraud but offered no evidence. if you count the legal votes, i easily win. if you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. meanwhile on the streets, mr biden‘s supporters are already celebrating, but mr trump's supporters are still out backing their man.

joe biden has pushed ahead of donald trump in two crucial states, which could hand him the us presidency. mr biden is now in the lead in pennsylvania — where victory would push him over the threshold required to win the white house. the state is of critical importance to both candidates as it's worth 20 electoral college votes. joe biden is also ahead in georgia as well as the counts in arizona and nevada. earlier, georgia announced a recount, due to the razor—thin margin there. overall, joe biden needsjust i7 more electoral college votes in order to reach the magic number of 270, donald trump needs 56. well, president trump has just tweeted. he said... let's get the latest from our

north america editorjon sopel. joe biden takes the lead in pennsylvania... donald trump is now trailing... joe biden is winning the overwhelming share... this mightjust be the moment, the whole ballgame. the seemingly overwhelming lead that donald trump had in pennsylvania the day after the election this morning finally evaporated and has become a biden lead. if the democratic challenger wins here, it's game overfor the president. pretty soon, the hyphen will be gone from vice—president to president—electjoe biden. it's a happy day for our country. and the march of the maths has been played out in small government buildings and windowless offices in arizona, pennsylvania, nevada and georgia. a thousand votes here, a few hundred there — all the time chipping away at donald trump's grip on the white house.

there will, though, be a recount in georgia, where margins are so tight. in pennsylvania today from the pro joe biden supporters the party has already started and yes there will be dancing in the streets. it's over for you! but from donald trump supporters, increasing anxiety and lots of chance of usa! usa! and in las vegas, nevada, the trump supporters resorted to prayer, "please let our luck change" — not the first time that prayer has been offered in sin city. last night, a disconsolate president made a long, unhappy statement, again alleging without evidence that he was being robbed of a victory that was his. if you count the legal votes, i easily win. if you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.

and we think we will win the election very easily, we think there's going to be a lot of litigation, cos we have so much evidence, so much proof, and it's going to end up, perhaps, at the highest court in the land. astonishingly, all the main us networks pulled away before he'd finished. ok, here we are again in the unusual position of not only interrupting the president of the united states, but correcting the president of the united states. this morning, the president issued this statement... but holed up in the white house, the president isn't enjoying that much support for his legal battle from his party. this is the republican senator from pennsylvania.

the president's speech last night was very disturbing to me, because he made very, very serious allegations without any evidence to support it. i am not aware of any significant fraud, any significant wrongdoing. if it's happened, then the evidence needs to come out, we need to go to court. and the democratic mayor of philadelphia has also weighed in colourfully. he needs to put his big boy pants on and acknowledge the fact that he lost and congratulate the winner just asjimmy carterdid, lost and congratulate the winner just asjimmy carter did, just as george bush did and frankly, just as al gore did and stop this and let us move forward as a country. meanwhile, in wilmington, delaware, the stage is set for a declaration thatjoe biden has won and that he is now the president—elect. he's marching to the drumbeat of america's long established democratic traditions, determined to be unaffected by the noise coming

from the white house. we are in a holding pattern as the votes are being counted, waiting for one of the states to declare one or other man offered to 270. it looks easy forjoe biden because he is more apps to get to the white house. the white house isjust more apps to get to the white house. the white house is just in the last few minutes called a travel lid on the press pool. that means we are not expecting the president to appear in public tonight when they called a lid, it means they're done with business for the day, bees from the press point of view. a little caveat, they did the same thing yesterday and the president did come out and speak but it is unusual and it did happen but the present is a plan to speak this evening. laura trevelyan‘s outside the white house. there are lots of people out there peacefully pro joe biden there are lots of people out there peacefully projoe biden supporters and what's happening inside the

white house? not very much except the president has spent the day rich tweeting, not enough republicans are coming up behind him and his legal strategy, they do admit that they are hoping desperately that the one legal success they had so far in the state of pennsylvania, the back will live to go forward with her and they're pleased with the leads that state has not been called because i would putjoe biden of the top of 270 and people are gathering here the side of the white house and i'm joined now by kimberly who did vote forjoe biden. thank you so much for coming here and speaking to us. what made you want to be sure so much?m has been a long road and it has been a stressful four years and that been following the protests all summer and the rallies. and at the end of

the week, we have been waiting so patiently to get the result and on friday night, we have come up to work and we live 50 miles down the road and we decide to check what's happening here. and this whole thing, the celebrations that are going on up there, and we just want to bea going on up there, and we just want to be a part of this historic moment. has the election been called forjoe biden? moment. has the election been called forjoe biden? i do not want to say anything out loud even though looks at the numbers are going injoe biden's direction. i don't want to ruin anything, but i'm cautiously optimistic. what you think of the president saying that the election is being stolen from him? it's on presidential to say the least. featuring this, they're not based in fa ct featuring this, they're not based in fact at all and a lot of republicans voted the day of the election and a

lot of democrats voted absentee, they voted with early voting and at some many of us did that. did that. it makes sense and there is no basis for the lies you think about it. are you confident that there could be a peaceful tra nsfer of you confident that there could be a peaceful transfer of power under the circumstances indeed joe biden does prove victorious? that depends on the president's mood and how the people around him project this. if he focuses on those losses, i think you'll keep them busy enough but it will be a more peaceful transfer of power. thank you so much forjoining us power. thank you so much forjoining us here. with their family, they are witnessing a historical night and is a waiting game is the votes are counted and the president is furiously telling aides that he thinks more should be done, and more should be defending him for this. we

are getting some sense of his mood from some of those tweets as well. thank you very much. so, which states have yet to declare and what potential routes remain for each candidate to win? my colleague kasia madera is in london and has the numbers. this is where we are. the great states are yet to be projected. let's have a look at arizona and it's 11 electoral college votes. he is leading there and it is a lead thatis is leading there and it is a lead that is strengthening, let's have a look at —— renting. with the democrats hold onto this one? the real story today has been georgia in pennsylvania. more on pennsylvania ina pennsylvania. more on pennsylvania in a moment, but because we do know about georgia is that there will be

about georgia is that there will be a recount and for this 16 electoral couege a recount and for this 16 electoral college votes and that is because it is extremely close. it is being described as a razor thin lead in the georgia secretary of state has described the number as being akin to the number of people in a large high school. so, that really puts into perspective it if georgia does become, ifjoe biden does when georgia, well, the democrats have not had one since 1992. we do think we might hear something from nevada, giving some sort of briefing whether on 01’ giving some sort of briefing whether on or off the record, but how critical could nevada be? it cannot put them over by itself, right? know, nevada cannot put it over by

itself. if he winds arizona and nevada, that is the one that will ta ke nevada, that is the one that will take into that magic number of 270. celeste is projected project nevada and that is 270 and of course, what would happen, looking at this, just indulge in for a second. if pennsylvania goes as it is trending at the moment, that brings them to 306 and do you remember what happened in the last election, that isa happened in the last election, that is a donald trump one by. at a former adviser to donald trump who worked with them on his 2016 election campaign who texted me saying that he thinksjoe biden is going to wind at 370. in donald trump should concede. there is going to bea trump should concede. there is going to be a recount in georgia. we know that a recount is being called in

georgia, butjust in the past hour oi’ georgia, butjust in the past hour orso, afew georgia, butjust in the past hour or so, a few more votes have gone to joe biden. we're looking at the latest on the moment to over 4000 votes so the recount, does it still hold? the recount still holds because in the state of georgia, the difference between the winner of her race in the next candidate is 0.5% of the total votes cast, then any of the candidates can ask for a recount in the state is already expecting that it will happen because they're almost 5 million votes cast year and the difference in to be over 35,000 but the dates are all coming to each other and 25,000 comes every time is still going to happen because it is still going to happen because it is still razor thin and they are already expecting challenges by both the democratic and the donald trump campaign is all. went as the recount start and when does it finish? the timeline is already laid out and

between november 20, they‘ re timeline is already laid out and between november 20, they're going to be editing their results and the ballots a nd to be editing their results and the ballots and certifying the election, there is actually on november 20 and it's only been that a recount can happen, which is why this question has come up and when will the people of georgia know who won the presidential race here in the secretary of state and the election officials say hopefully by the end officials say hopefully by the end of november. that is one time to remember and it may be in a little bit of time. give us a bit of an update on the senate races, there are two races down there. the democrats hope, the final hope of taking the senate would run through those two georgia senate races. they are very close and where do we stand on those? it is likely but not one oi’ on those? it is likely but not one or two of the seats will go into a runoff. both senate seats were getting reelected and were up for

election in this campaign and they we re election in this campaign and they were held by republican senators and there's only going to go into a runoff with the democratic challenger and in the other race, david perdue, another republican senator will likely face off in a runoff with john also senator will likely face off in a runoff withjohn also off of senator will likely face off in a runoff with john also off of the democratic party and this is a big if, if they pick up both of those seats, it sure the numbers in the senate and of joe seats, it sure the numbers in the senate and ofjoe biden winds, they will have enough to be able to break a tie in case they have to vote like that. so they'll be pouring a lot of money into to make sure they can convince more georgia voters to vote onjanuary convince more georgia voters to vote on january five with a convince more georgia voters to vote onjanuary five with a runoff convince more georgia voters to vote on january five with a runoff will ta ke on january five with a runoff will take place. ifjoe biden wins the white house, hisjob becomes an awful lot easier if he has the senate as well. realistically, larry, the chance of the democrats taking both of those senate seats in georgia seems a bit of a stretch, doesn't it? it is bit of a stretch

and it's more likely that it would ta ke and it's more likely that it would take one of them in the, almost got nine points more in the votes than senator, but that may be the one that will go to the democrats, the other one david perdue did slightly better thanjohn, other one david perdue did slightly better than john, so when other one david perdue did slightly better thanjohn, so when it comes of and that maybe one democrat and one republican. not a bad place to be though, sit tight down there and. i live here now. it is a great city to live in. i'm joined now by mary ann marsh ican i can remember when we last spoke babe remember constantly speaking —— can you give us

—— can you give us some sense —— can you give us some sense of the timing, we are all desperate to know? this race could been decided last night, very clear what this is going. 0nlyjoe biden can get to 270 8 cents getting into 270. of donald trump loses any state at this point left on the board, any single one, he cannot get to 270. so the minute when state is called, it's over. so, people should know that and not surprised it again, donald trump told us that he was going to do all of this. he is in terms of the senate races, just one point. with the exception of maine, every step ofjoe biden one with the senate race in it, the democrat won. so, thatis race in it, the democrat won. so, that is something to keep in mind because it looks like you will. that is something to keep in mind because it looks like you willm is razor thin, right and it could not be any tighter? we're looking at 5000 not be any tighter? we're looking at 50 0 0 votes. not be any tighter? we're looking at 5000 votes. do you think the recount being called in georgia could whittle away some of that 4000?

being called in georgia could whittle away some of that 400mm is possible but if you look at the votes that are coming in now, the straw democratic strongholds and if atla nta a nd straw democratic strongholds and if atlanta and savannah come in, it's the suburbs outside of atlanta, those are all good joe biden democratic territories and in any race, you'll need one vote more than the other guy or girl to when you're looking at the same scenarios in pennsylvania, in nevada, in arizona. that is the ball game here. all the votes that are left, even if they stopped, they do not allow the votes be counted from tuesday night at eight o'clock to five o'clock tonight the supreme court, i think joe biden still prevails and by the way, there's the military ballots that are due until tuesday night at ten and! that are due until tuesday night at ten and i don't think you want to disenfranchise people that serve our country. i know you're looking at the legal cases too. what might be given thejoe biden campaign the most anxiety and what you think the strategy is behind those legal

campaigns? i think that when you have to pay attention to is the one that the donald trump campaign to c5 of the supreme court. donald trump telegraph that from the day ruth died and that's really pennsylvania. and there was a complement nine justices and they ruled against this filing and said, wait until we have another justice and come filing and said, wait until we have anotherjustice and come back to us, which is now happen. pennsylvania is the big kahuna. if they win pennsylvania it is being said match. he is on the precipice of winning pennsylvania and just like every thing else in the selection, that's when donald trump stepped in. this is not a coincidence and one less thing, he is trying to stretch these losses because of december because he wants to mess with the electors. he wants to try to change electors so he wants to try to change electors so they vote for him and notjoe biden. the lawsuit is about three

the three extra days that votes are allowed to raven. is it possible thatjoe biden could win, even without any of those votes? it is wednesday, thursday, friday and any of the votes are allowed to be counted that still arriving in those three days, they're put aside, is it possible that the joe three days, they're put aside, is it possible that thejoe biden campaign can say, even notwithstanding what those votes that came in late, which are legal votes in the pennsylvania system, we do not need them. the one anyway. it may be a smaller margin but democrats put their ballots and earlier and there and by election day and there are democratic ballots that came in after that and i was really largely black voters who did not want to put it in the mailbox, did not want to put it in the dropbox and put it in the election department themselves. so that's one step there and i was confident that joe biden would win even in that scenario, it's some of the votes we re scenario, it's some of the votes were coming in and less ballots the

count, suburban areas, urban areas had more ballots but most of them we re had more ballots but most of them were before election night.|j had more ballots but most of them were before election night. i hope you get some sleep soon. you have been going nonstop for the past few days. i'm heading there this week. withjoe biden so close to that 270 mark, all eyes remain on donald trump — who isn't giving the impression that he will concede and allow for a smooth transition of power, should he lose. let's take a look back at three important concession speeches from recent history. first, george hw bush was the last incumbent to be defeated when he lost to bill clinton in 1992. his speech specfically mentioned that transition... we respect the majesty of the democratic system and ijust called governor clinton and offered my congratulations. he did run a strong

campaign and! congratulations. he did run a strong campaign and i wish them well in the white house and i want the country to know that our entire administration will work closely with his team to ensure the smooth transition of power. there is important work to be done and america must always come first and so we america must always come first and so we will get behind this new president and wish him well. my goodness that sounds like a different time, roast and the glasses or not. in 2008 senatorjohn mccain lost to barack 0bama. mccain stopped his crowd booing the new president—elect, and offered his support going forward... i had the honour of calling senator ba rack 0bama to congratulate him... booing. please... to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love. booing. senator 0bama and i have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed.

no doubt, many of those differences remain. these are difficult times for our country. and i pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face. and even most recently, in 2016, after losing to donald trump, hillary clinton told supporters they should "cherish" the peaceful transition of power. to donald trump, hillary clinton told supporters they should "cherish" the peaceful transition of power. i still believe in america, and i always will. and if you do, then we must accept this result and then look to the future. donald trump is going to be our president. we owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. 0ur constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful

transfer of power, and we don'tjust respect that, we cherish it. as the counting of votes in the us election went into its third day, it was a moment of drama when joe biden overtook donald trump in pennsylvania — a crucial state in this contest. clive myrie has been reporting on the battle for the white house over the past two weeks travelling through some of the key states that are deciding who wins the presidency. he reports tonight from pennsylvania and looks at what this election has done to america. birdsong. it's morning again in america. past presidential elections here heralded a sense of hope, a peaceful dawn. but this is now america. chanting: count every vote, count every vote! a land of ambient ugliness. divided, angry, frustrated.

primed for trouble. there are many whose opinion we've canvassed in this disunited states of america in recent weeks. 0rdinary voters. i looked to track my ballot, and it wasn't there. now wondering, can the nation meet this moment to heal? you can'tjust find hundreds of thousands of votes. bridge the chasm between red and blue? we first came across catherine and herfriend pam stumping for trump in phoenix in arizona just before polling day. they endure the heat... we love trump! ..and very public disapproval. i'm sorry for you! if we lose the election,

we're going to lose our way of life. we won't be free. we came across chris smith at a trump rally in tucson last month. and after touching down in philadelphia on election eve, we chatted with debbie smith, a democrat who voted forjoe biden. as the election draws to a close, she says america cannot tackle its most pressing problems without unity. our people need to get back to work, we need to heal this country. so at the end of the day, it's going to come down to we need to recover from the coronavirus. people have lost sight of what's happening. for some republicans, the coronavirus isn't the main election issue. ask chris smith. you think it's fraud? i mean, guys, we don't go to bed at ten, 11, 12 o'clock at night, two in the morning leading all the key swing states and wake up

at seven o'clock in the morning and suddenly they've found hundreds of thousands of votes and they all happen to be forjoe biden. hello, catherine, greetings from philadelphia, it's good to see you again. the last word goes to catherine. do you think the two halves of america can unite now? perhaps in the future we can start to work on it, but right now, no. the wound is too open. sobering words, but if it's winter in america, can spring be far behind? spring will come and we all needed. there's been a tough year for everyone. we're waiting for things to get better and they will get better. the weather will get warmer and we will get out of her houses and we will get out of her houses and this will be resolved at some point. thank you for watching and

will be right back.

this is bbc world news. our main headlines: joe biden has built up a lead of more than 14,000 votes over donald trump in the crucial vote count in pennsylvania, a prize that would hand him the white house. mr biden is slowly increasing his margin over the president in arizona and nevada. and a recount is announced in georgia, wherejoe biden's lead over donald trump is just over 4,000 votes. the final tally in georgia at this point has huge implications for the entire country. as for the candidates themselves, mr biden is expected to speak to the nation in the next couple of hours. he's called for calm and patience — saying the process is working properly. each ballot must be counted.

we have no doubt that when the count is finished, senator harris and i will be declared the winners. but mrtrump's camp haven't given up. they're saying "false projections" are putting mr biden ahead. donald trump has made accusations of electoral fraud but offered no evidence. if you count the legal votes, i easily win. if you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. and on the streets, mr biden's supporters are already celebrating, but mr trump's supporters are still out backing their man. let's focus on georgia, one of those states yet to project. it has 16 electoral votes, 99% of the votes are now counted. joe biden leads by a tiny majority —

just over 4,000 votes. elections officals in georgia said there would be a recount as the state remains too close to call. in the capital atlanta, around two dozen trump supporters demonstrated outside of a ballot counting centre protesting what they believe to be "voter fraud , " and chanting "stop the steal." earlier, my colleague katty kay and i spoke to the mayor of atlanta — keisha lance—bottoms — who told us she didn't know when there would be a result from her state. i don't think anybody around here has been asleep at a decent hour since tuesday. we have been waiting on this moment, but up until the close of business today, there still no opportunity for military ballots to be received. 0nce those ballots are received and they are processed, the secretary of state has to certify the election. 0nce the secretary of state has to certify the election. once the election is certified, then the recount can officially begin, but will we expect is that this is going to bea will we expect is that this is going to be a razor thin margin and a

recount will likely be in order, and ido recount will likely be in order, and i do think it is appropriate just to ensure the integrity of the election, but i am very confident that these results will stand. mayor, just to clarify, the balance that have yet to be counted, or they all military or are there some civilian overseas ballots in that batch as well? there may be some, i don't know the answer to that. i do know that as of this morning, there we re eve n know that as of this morning, there were even some absentee ballots and then there were some provisional ballots that people still had an opportunity to cure, what we call cure that ballot, meaning that they still had an opportunity to bring in their identification to verify that it was appropriate for them to vote. but all of this should close up by around 5pm, just another hour by now, and that will be the close of business, and i will assume that the

counting can continue on what is remaining, what has been received, by the five o'clock that was appropriate to receive, and then the secretary of state and go about the business of certifying the election. so what is... by 5pm today? anything afterwards, that gets put to one side and is no longer counted, that is no longer in play? that is not counted. again, there were the military ballots. my understanding as though could be received by 5pm today for some the other ballots had today for some the other ballots had to be received on election day, and so, again, we are talking millions of ballots that had to be counted, so you had a section of early vote ballots, ballots that were mailed in. then you had ballots from election day and then you had the military ballot, so it is quite a

couple kid process, but obviously something that we are used to dealing with in our state, but it ta kes dealing with in our state, but it takes time ——, picketed process. but certainly when the eye of the world is awaiting the results, it seems like an eternity, but this is a normal process, but it was complicated a bit more this year because of the number of people who chose to mail in their ballot. many people mail in ballots yearly, but certainly with covid—19, we saw an uptick ina certainly with covid—19, we saw an uptick in a number people who send in their ballots via mail. mayor, let us zoom out from the weeds and go let us zoom out from the weeds and 9° up let us zoom out from the weeds and go up to 50,000 feet. we have been looking at georgia for a while, democrats have been eyeing georgia, hoping that the demographics of the state were trending in their direction. we don't know yet whether joe biden has won it or not or whether in the end donald trump will have won it, but it is clearly very close. what do you think it says

about your state that it is this close ? about your state that it is this close? did you think this might be the year that georgia voted for a democrat for president, the first time since 1992? i absolutely did, and every opportunity i've had to say it to joe and every opportunity i've had to say it tojoe biden, i have sent it. even when i had my interview with him when i was being vetted for vice president, i told him when i was being vetted for vice president, itold him him when i was being vetted for vice president, i told him that this was our year, so president, i told him that this was ouryear, so i'm president, i told him that this was our year, so i'm glad that he listened, because we know at the end of the campaign, he sent in barack 0bama, he sent in senator kamala harris and he even came himself, so i know that his campaign believed that this could be the year for georgia. we are seeing a demographic shift in our state postal beer trending younger, we are more diverse —— we are trending younger. we are in more diverse date. and on top of that, we have had 800,000 new voters registered by our new motor registration law committing once you apply for a driver's licence or you tra nsfer apply for a driver's licence or you transfer your drivers licence, you

are automatically registered to vote, so that has been helpful. if you add on top of that all the volu nteers you add on top of that all the volunteers on the ground who have done voter registration and people like me encouraging people to get out and vote, and made a difference. all of this has come together as a perfect time, and then our state in particular, we lost congressmanjohn lewis and joseph lowery this year, so to see people in their memory really ta ke so to see people in their memory really take to heart the right to vote, it's very fitting for this year. and what using the push was? is it the economy, coronavirus? what do you think is that push to turn georgia democrat? i think it is all of the above, all of our challenges facing our communities, from covid—19 to certainly the economy, and just the rhetoric from donald trump. it has been a convergence of

issues that has made people show up and say that, i want to make a difference in america, and what we have been telling people all year is, your vote is your voice, and people cried out loud and clear to say that we want change. and i'm just very happy and i am very proud that georgia is a part of this conversation. mayor, you as you just mentioned were vetted for the vice presidency forjoe biden. i wonder if there is a little part of you thatis if there is a little part of you that is taking right now, if you think you instead of kamala harris, georgia might have been declared by now and you might have been known to carry your state for him. now and you might have been known to carry your state for himlj now and you might have been known to carry your state for him. i am not going to monday morning quarter back on that. he made a great choice with senator harris, but i am just proud that georgia is here, and joe biden stands for so many of the things that we stand for in this state, so

i may not be on the ticket but i'm still on the team. and just very happy today. there are people that are not happy in georgia. we are getting images of trump supporters protesting. given that it is so, so close, potentially going towards the democrats, there was still be a lot of people who are unhappy. and that happens with elections. i have been on the receiving end of that. i was there in 2016. i was unhappy. it you have to... there are elections and then you have to give people an opportunity to govern, and what dominic what i said when i endorsed joe biden year ago is we need a leader to come in on day one who understood the complicity of issues, who knew how to bring people together across the aisle and who would really be able to heal our nation, none of us could have anticipated the healing would also bea anticipated the healing would also be a physical healing as it relates

to covid—19, butjoe biden has been here before. he has been here as vice president of the united states, asa vice president of the united states, as a senatorfor vice president of the united states, as a senator for many decades, and it is most fitting that he will be the next president of the united states, and what i do know, even among people who are not happy about this election, i do know thatjoe biden will govern them with respect and with dignity and will work to make sure that we are one america. the mayor of atlanta. and just think — the last time a democrat won georgia was 1992, and that was bill clinton. let's see how all the pictures —— how the papers are dealing with this. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former

conservative adviser mo hussein and also susie boniface, columnist at the daily mirror. welcome back, both. lots to talk about, so let's get started. and we are going to start with the new york times. "biden clears a path to victory" is its front page as the former vice president leads the us election race in a number of key states. the times says "history calls as biden heads for the white house", after those gains in pennsylvania, georgia and nevada. moving online — politico's us website says the republican party are now pushing back against president trump's false election claims, although some have jumped to his defence. the mirror say trump is still in denial as biden closes in on election win. the philippine star says the "truth shall prevail" and shows a picture of president trump during a news conference that many major us networks dropped halfway through. the express is covered by a picture of a large exit sign next to the president speaking yesterday at the white house.

they say he "refuses to face reality". the straits times calls the united states the divided states, as trump says the election is not over yet. and the daily mail leads on what they call the bbc diana scandal — the paper says the princess of wales was tricked into an interview with martin bashir. all the other papers are focusing on what is happening in the united states, so let's kick off with the times. history calls as mr biden heads towards the white house. nothing confirmed yet, but the papers are moving in that direction, aren't they? yes, they are, and it feels like an eternity to stop the process is still continuing, so papers have to be as forceful as they can be without being maybe fully definitive, and there

certainly speeches later today from president biden, and this could continue into the weekend, so this... they are saying as much as they cancel stand and it is interesting because, actually, all the signs do point towards president biden winning, but the times really making the point about how some of the victories are not as big as perhaps people thought they would have been. we have not seen this blue wall, all across america, that may have been expected, some of the margins are wager —— razor the info but president—elect biden will be inheriting a divided country. he will also be dealing with, likely, a senate he will not control, so you will have to work with republicans as well, so the challenges don't stop once the election is on. there will be many more to come, but

certainly his position, i think, is pa rtey certainly his position, i think, is partey much as assured as it can be. yeah, it is... you're absolutely right pointing out it is a divided country, and we look at those razor thin margins, georgia, the secretary of state pointing out there the margin there besides of a large high school. let's have a look at the daily telegraph, because it is looking at splits in the republican party, and it all talks about the biden campaign saying trespassers will picked out of the white house, susie. there are constitutional checks and balances in place, which means onjennifer 20 year, the current president ceases to be the next president, and that is how it is —— january 20. there are certain routes through this. if the electoral college is formed, on december six or... it is the eighth,

december six or... it is the eighth, decembereight, when the december six or... it is the eighth, december eight, when the electoral couegeis december eight, when the electoral college is formed, they meet on december 14 college is formed, they meet on december14 and college is formed, they meet on december 14 and declare who they have their... who they're going to give their votes for. and those votes are passing to congress and the new congress is sworn in on generate 12. so this should be a steady process — — generate 12. so this should be a steady process —— january 12. in some places, the airspace overjoe biden has been cleared for military reasons. he is having his secret service detail steps up, there are bits of the american state which are outside donald trump's control which will automatically start to move towards joe will automatically start to move towardsjoe biden will automatically start to move towards joe biden in will automatically start to move towardsjoe biden in the next interregnum period. but there are some ways in which this path can be disrupted. those are selected to the electoral college, it could be in some states both republican and democrats send representatives to be pa rt of democrats send representatives to be part of the electoral college. if they cannot agree who has actually won the popular vote in the state

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