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 cohegeis 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 woi'i they cannot agree who has actually won the popular vote in the state

when this electoral college voters don't have to —— those do not have to follow. they can vote the way they think people ought to have voted. and then when he gets to congress, speaker nancy pelosi could theoretically clear the floor of the senate, expel the senators when they start hearing the nominations for president and say, not good to hear any of this because you are not acknowledging who the true winner is —— not going to hear any of this. and theoretically nancy pelosi could become acting president on generate 20, so we face a situation where if the incumbent does not concede to an incoming president, if there is a continuing argument which goes on well into the new year, you could potentially have three different people all with an arguable case to be president, turning up on the steps of the capital and asking to be sworn in. it is not good to be over anytime soon. thanks, susie!

that's going to give us nightmares there. we're looking at the new york times ended focusing on the falsehoods and the paper is suggesting is that those falsehoods started in the white house, finger—pointing there, in no uncertain terms. yeah, and it is quite interesting the person coined and certainly made famous the phrase fa ke and certainly made famous the phrase fake news accusing the media is actually now living and breathing it. watching his press conference a nswered it. watching his press conference answered a, the president made a series of allegations but provided no evidence for any of them, and there was some downright lies talking about the democrats controlling georgia when it is a republican administration there for example, so i think so many things have been said, and this is going to activate protests and activate his base, activate people, a bit of a dog whistle, and now you're seeing

u nrest dog whistle, and now you're seeing unrest in the streets across the us and some polling stations, particularly at risk. i think this is really dangerous, because these words matter. he is still in the office of the president, and people genuinely now believe that the election has been rigged and their votes are election has been rigged and their votes a re not election has been rigged and their votes are not being counted, and you have this economy of some people saying, stop the count, and other people saying, county vote, on their both president trump's supporters. but this disinformation has a price. the president has been speaking for a long time about how bad postal those are and people not to use them, now we are seeing the outcome of that, people have listened, and his own supporters have not been coming out of the post about as much as perhaps he now would have liked them to because the postal vote seems to be going injoe because the postal vote seems to be going in joe biden's because the postal vote seems to be going injoe biden's favour, and i think that is certainly a consequence of his own words and his own actions. yeah, very much

training towards what we've been seeing for the democrats, when it comes to those million votes. he touched about the protests. the new york times also licking that as well, protests, people praying, all the ballots will be counted, and, as mo the ballots will be counted, and, as m0 was saying, the ballots will be counted, and, as mo was saying, some the ballots will be counted, and, as m0 was saying, some places to stop the count, some to continue the council regardless, it is so divided —— continue the count. council regardless, it is so divided -- continue the count. exactly, and joe biden is in a situation where he is speaking like a statesman, speaking like somebody who wants to unify, and just saying that does not actually achieve it. the reason that trump has done better than he did in 2016 is because he is with people who are listening to him and he is listening to them. he appealed to people on the basis that they thought he was the only person who heard them, and they think he is still hearing them. his base appears

to have grown somewhat in the —— in this election, has not moved magically over to biden. give this the case, joe biden and harris have work to do when they take office, if they do, hopefully for you will have they do, hopefully for you will have the proud boys... you will also have this huge division, which led to the culture wars, of people who do believe their government, don't believe their government, don't believe their government, who voted one way, who voted another way full people are going into the election counts and... they're prepared to say, if that is your opinion, which is opposite mind, you should not have any rights as a citizen of this country. that is a huge thing to ove i’co iti e country. that is a huge thing to overcome and there is a huge amount of policy to overcome facing that,

and biden faces being a president where he has a hung senates, no raw majority, and a congress that is not necessarily as strong as he would like to be. he is also facing ru noffs like to be. he is also facing runoffs in georgia in the new year which may well change the balance of the senate and improve his situation, so his firstjob is going to be ensuring that somehow he manages to win those runoffs in georgia and you get some representatives into the senate who can rubber—stamp some of his loss to go through, to make the changes that he needs to. otherwise he is not doing very much. not doing very much. that is certainly not what he needs to be doing. too many negatives there, but you know what i mean. the guardian, painting the most, located process that could potentially happen, the guardian looking at that transition of power potentially, but it is pointing out that donald trump is in no mood to concede. and we saw that with his latest tweets, saying thatjoe biden should not wrongfully clean the office of the president. yeah, we

will see what happens, but whatever happens, it could potentially not be that easy. know, exactly. we after member that president trump is also claimed the presidency again yesterday —— we have to remember. i don't think it will be easy. i think pa rt don't think it will be easy. i think part of the democratic process, which is really what is at risk here, the overall process in america, which is bigger than one person, bigger than one election, is a peaceful transition of power. and giving it with grace, with humility, accepting that you have lost and congratulated the new president, you've seen that over and over again over the past few decades and beyond, i don't think we're going to see that this time to stop and it may be a case where president trump does not stay on untiljanuary. his ego, his pride make it... i think the casualty of this is america's place in the world and trying to hold to account other countries with

tyrannical regimes, and rightly so, for the abuses of human rights, electoral processes, not having free and fair elections, doing that also calling to account your own processes and your own democracy. i think it's very damaging. and susie, your paper, the mirror, is picking a quote from pennsylvania, the mayor there, that 20 electoral college votes that would just bring joe biden come if it is productive -- if it is —— if it is projected for him, give him 270 for i will let you explain the quote because it is pretty funny. he said donald trump lisa put his big boy pants on, and there is a lot of discussion going on about how donald trump is acting like a toddler. i feel sorry for the man, 0k, to toddler. i feel sorry for the man, ok, to some accent? since he has been born, no one is ever told

donald trump it he cannot use a thing or he has lost. when he needed to sit exams, his father paid someone to sit exams, his father paid someone to do it. he dodged the draft, did not have to fight the war. every time he had a business loss, he litigated his way out of it. even when he has been millions of dollars in debt, he has found a gain for him because he has written it off as tax. he never ran as city council before he ran for president, the most important office on earth, and he was not a speck into win and he did. no one has ever said to him, you know what? i don't agree with this and you have lost. he has never had to lose anything, so he is in the same position as a two—year—old, learning for the first time the rule does not revolve around him, he needs more than just does not revolve around him, he needs more thanjust rudy giuliani or bbc news or anyone else trying to explain this to him. he needs a shrink. he need some time on the naughty step. he needs to have some parenting that he obviously missed asa parenting that he obviously missed as a child, and he is at the age of

74. it would have been really difficult for him to get his tiny head around understanding something that he does not know how to accept even, so i've got some slight tiny little being of 70 for him, but it is going to have to happen, because on generate 20, he ceases to be president —— january 20. it is looking like it is not a particular close race, although it is being dragged out. biden is 4 million votes are up already and it may be more by the end of the day, so trump's prepared to call a narrow victory than that a massive landslide four years ago... susie, the image of mr trump on the naughty step will stay with me. it is the last thing we are going to have to leave because we are out of time. the last thing we have in our heads now. susie, thank you so much. mocha, thank you so much, as always, for going to the papers —— mo, take you very much for thank you, guys. as always, lots to have a look at.

thank you. #bbcpapers if you would like to make any comments. bye—bye for now, though. hello there. after a couple of cold and frosty mornings with a bit of mist and fog around, we'll start to see some changes to the weather this weekend. that's because lower pressure will be moving in, bringing milder weather to all areas by the end of the weekend, but also outbreaks of rain mostly across southern and western areas. 0ur big area of high pressure which brought the settled weather will be dominating the scene this weekend across the near continent. this area of low pressure will start to push up into southern and western areas, and the breeze will be increasing as well. already a breezy start across the far south west. elsewhere, it's a chilly start to saturday with some mist and fog through central scotland, north east england, eastern wales and the midlands. the best of the sunshine will be across northern and western areas, and some sunshine also pushing into southern counties of england by the end of the day.

we'll also see some rain arriving across cornwall and devon, too, the first of a series of weather fronts. here, it will be windy. elsewhere, the winds light, but certainly stronger than they have been of late. so it will be a milder day across southern areas, 14—16 degrees. another chilly one further north. now, through saturday night, looks like it'll be chilly and dry to start with across northern areas, where that band of rain spreads its way northwards. and by the end of the night, it'll be lying across northern ireland, wales, the midlands and into the south east. here, it will be milder because of the rain. fairly chilly in the north for a while, but those temperatures will start to rise as we move into sunday morning. that band of rain moves northwards across the country on sunday, and this next one will arrive later on sunday into monday. so, it'll be much a cloudier day across the country. that band of rain across central and northern areas will push into scotland, turning lighter and patchier. behind it, we could start to see some sunshine developing across northern ireland, wales and the south west. but here, it will be breezier, and in fact further north the winds will be a little stronger than they have been of late.

the milder air reaching as far north as northern ireland, so northern ireland up to northern england, southwards 14—16 degrees, 10—11 degrees across scotland. but the mild air reaches scotland as we move into monday. we'll see more weather fronts pushing into mainly southern and western areas to bring outbreaks of rain. some of it could be on the heavy side. but the theme as we move through the week is for higher pressure to keep eastern areas generally drier. the further west that you are, likely to see the influence of that area of low pressure, which will bring further spells of rain at times.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. joe biden is due to address the american people tonight, after pushing ahead of donald trump in the count in two crucial states — which could see him win the white house. we're also expecting an update from the count in the key state of nevada shortly, where joe biden is leading in the count. mr biden is increasing his margin over the president in arizona. and a recount is announced in georgia — wherejoe biden's lead over donald trump is more than four thousand votes. this is going to be a razor thin margin and the recount will likely be in order and i do think it is appropriate just to ensure the integrity of the

election.