to make sure there was no wanted to make sure there was no room, therefore, for any kind of automatic recount that could take place. i was as surprised as you work. we knew this was coming, it wasn't a question of if but when. i suppose, in many ways, all eyes will be on the white house, as you say, you have read out donald trump's statement there, that he is not willing to concede, he has got lawyers here in philadelphia who are talking about the next moves. alongside the concession, i suppose hello. the bbc projects a victory all eyes should also be on capitol hill, how will republicans in congress respond to this? will mitch for the democratic candidatejoe mcconnell or kevin mccarthy nudge biden four days after the american the president, speak to him privately and say, if you don't presidential election. the president—elect says he is honoured concede, we will have to go out and humbled by the trust american there and acknowledge this publicly? people had placed him in. kamala so all eyes will be on washington harris sent this message. we did it, because here in pennsylvania, in we did it. you are going to be the many ways, it is extraordinary that next president of the united states.

the birthplace of america, where the declaration of independence happened mr biden's supporters take to the ini7 declaration of independence happened in17 76 declaration of independence happened ini7 76 and declaration of independence happened in 17 76 and the constitutional streets to celebrate. these are live convention happen here in 1787, it pictures from new york city. he is is where joe due to address the nation in an convention happen here in 1787, it is wherejoe biden was born, he came hour. president trump is playing here 19 times throughout this campaign, he started his campaign golf. it seems unlikely he will here, he ended it here, he based his concede. he headquarters here, so it gives you a sense of how important pennsylvania was for him. for it to come down to pennsylvania and for that to get him over the 270 mark is quite historic and extra now. i'm just going to read a tweet from joe biden. the president—elect has just tweeted. america, i am honoured he had chosen me to lead our great country. the web ahead of us will be ha rd country. the web ahead of us will be hard but i promise you i will be a president for all americans, whether you voted for me or not. i will keep

the faith you have placed in me. the donald trump campaign clearly not giving up. look at the statement from his campaign. they are insisting, it is from president trump itself. it remains shocking, president trump says, that the biden campaign refuses to agree with the basic principle. even if they are fraudulent, cast by ineligible or deceased voters, only a party engaged in wrongdoing would unlawfully keep observers out of the country in and then fight to block their access, so what is biden hiding? this directly from president trump. fighting words from president trump. fighting words from president trump. today pink in philadelphia, pennsylvania? trump. today pink in philadelphia, pennsylvania ? when trump. today pink in philadelphia, pennsylvania? when i speak to lawyers, they do not think the legal claims are going to go anywhere. what is the state with ongoing

lawsuits against his ballot result? —— this ballot result. i had been speaking to lawyers, who had said what they are contesting. you will remember the pennsylvania supreme court ruled any dates coming in between a 3rd of november and the 5th of november, now in absentee votes, would be accepted. the supreme court left a window open saying, we are open to looking at this again after the election. some of the republicans in pennsylvania had requested the supreme court to review this, to reassess this. —— have requested. lawyers say they are only looking at a handful of votes we re only looking at a handful of votes were not enough to change the outcome of this actual election. the margin is so wide and with so many votes still to be counted here, we have called it based on a difference

of about 311,000 between the two men. they are still counting. that margin could increase because a lot of the votes are still coming in from philadelphia, which is a democratic stronghold. what they are talking about and the legal case they are basing this on is based on 80,000 votes which will not make a difference to the outcome of this election. thank you so much. these are pictures from washington, from black lives matter plaster. actually, this is from the centre of washington, not far away. actually, this is from the centre of washington, not faraway. —— actually, this is from the centre of washington, not far away. —— plaza. reflect on this moment in history. it is extraordinary. this is a man who has wanted to be president for

decades. he has been training for this for decades. in his two previous attempts, he was not the right man for the moment. this time the moment has found joe biden. it was a moment in the pandemic it was a moment where they're very populist president who was extremely divisive. looking back at the democratic field, you remember these scenes. at one point, i think we had almost 20. there were people who we re almost 20. there were people who were younger, who were more diverse, women who were more progressive, who definitely excited the base of the democratic party more. then you had a 77—year—old white guy in the middle of it all, who was not a particularly good debater that made the case that he could peel away votes from donald trump in a way none of the other candidates could.

ever since donald trump became president in january of ever since donald trump became president injanuary of 2017, democrats have had a main mission to get him out of the white house. joe biden make the case to his party, a fractious democratic party, which is becoming increasingly liberal and progressive, that he was the only person on that stage of 20 odd people who could actually get that job accomplished. he is finally after a tumultuous week, a campaign where he has not been able to go around the country because his campaign imposed a restriction that it was going to abide by plaza protocol and not give big rallies. it was closer than many thought it would be. —— abide by covid protocol. president biden will be president of the united states and the vice president—elect, kamala harris, has tweeted this was at this

election is about so much more than joe biden or me, it is about the soul of america. we have a lot ahead of us. let's get started. 100 years after women got the right to vote in the united states of america, there will be the first female vice president in the country and in four yea rs president in the country and in four years time she will be the frontrunner to take up the democratic candidacy see for the president. big scenes now we are looking at on this sunny november day. people celebrating that we should remember there are millions of people around this country, this country is deeply split down the middle, it is a an even split and they will not be happy. joe biden has been predicted to get a 270 electoral college votes and he will become the next president. 0ur north america correspondent has the

latest. it took four days but america has a new president—elect. having won in pennsylvania, joe biden has crossed the threshold of 270 electoral college votes and has therefore been projected as winner. throughout, his strategy was to exceed presidential calm and patience, in sharp contrast to the incumbent in the white house. president trump is still threatening legal action over the state he lost. since the polls close, the president has been alleging electoral flawed without giving evidence. judging from his tweets, he is not in a conciliatory mood. writing in full capitals, i won this election by a lot. behind the scenes and the bravado of the president, the trump hand had slowly began to accept it was slipping away from them. even the recounts which are expected in

georgia will not change the outcome. biden supporters have been celebrating for every day, since he pulled into a clear lead. now the only question is whether the most divisive president in modern times will end his time in office with a dignified phone call to concede or a lawsuit. look, james, iwas dignified phone call to concede or a lawsuit. look, james, i was texting people on the trump campaign and the senior adviser said to me, on the record, we do not pair what ap thinks, people determine elections through legal votes could not bias fa ke through legal votes could not bias fake news legacy media platforms. that is from a senior adviser to the trump campaign. shall we go to laura? 0ur colleague is not farfrom you, she is in black lives matter

plaza. give us a sense of the scene? it is ecstatic, it is cheap lent. people are having, cheering, singing, he is gone. thank you both for being at the bbc at this moment. tell me, how are you feeling at this news thatjoe biden has been predicted to be president—elect? very excited, very pleased me very proud of my country. i am so happy and glad. this is for the people and by the people. i know this is the first time you have come here to black lives matter plaza because he had been concerned about covid.|j

think we have had enough of the negativity and the mistreatment and i think the black voters rose to the occasion and i am proud of notjust black voters but all the haters, america has spoken. when you tell me you feel like america is back. —— voters. i believe america has spoken today and we want to find a way back today and we want to find a way back to the world stage. churro, how do you hope thatjoe biden can lead and heal when the country is so divided. —— cheryl. heal when the country is so divided. -- cheryl. i am sure he has a long way to go. hopefully he will surround himself with the right people. he has a lot ahead of him. he has covid, job insecurity housing

insecurities. a lot of things. racial tension. he has insecurities. a lot of things. racialtension. he has a lot insecurities. a lot of things. racial tension. he has a lot on insecurities. a lot of things. racialtension. he has a lot on his plate. i think his past record speaks for that. why locate you were telling me that when barack 0bama was elected in 2008, you felt the country had turned a corner. —— was elected in 2008, you felt the country had turned a corner. -- you we re country had turned a corner. -- you were telling me. i did. with donald trump in office, i was very disappointed in my country. to see the same things i could see, the divide in races. just the morals. it was astonishing to see that. as far asiam was astonishing to see that. as far as i am concerned, we cannot turn a blind eye or look the other way. if something is wrong, we had to step

up something is wrong, we had to step up as americans. definitely people owe the party. people either party. thank you so much forjoining the bbc. god bless america. yes, very good. god bless america. that is the made from these joe good. god bless america. that is the made from thesejoe biden supporters, who feel their country is coming back to them. —— the mood. thank you very much forjoining us. it isa thank you very much forjoining us. it is a remarkable moment, both for joe biden supporters but also an extraordinary moment for donald trump supporters, who were convinced he would still be president, that he would win this election and who still really love this president and won't be going anywhere. the future of donald trump will be very interesting to look at and we will look at that later. 0ur reporter

joins us from philadelphia. philadelphia is the centre of the political world at the moment. when a call was made it was philadelphia that had pushed joe biden over to 70, what was the reaction from the crowd ? - - 70, what was the reaction from the crowd? -- 270. there were lots of screams, lots of swear words and parties. a lot of donald trump supporters are still around. you can see it here. there is a group of trump supporters on this side, who are waving their flags. this is very loud. playing loud music. they are com pletely loud. playing loud music. they are completely outnumbered by joe loud. playing loud music. they are completely outnumbered byjoe biden supporters on this side here. they had been chanting, lock him up, lock him up! applause

if you are in any doubt philadelphia isa if you are in any doubt philadelphia is a democratic stronghold, this is evidence it really is a place where joe biden got a huge amount of support. some trump supporters are still here. every time they leave, people burst into applause. this was a state that did it forjoe biden and there is something poetic about it because he is from pennsylvania. also, his running mate has made history here today as well, which a lot of supporters are happy about. senator kamala harris is now the most influential and powerful women in american political history, the first female vice president, the first female vice president, the first person of colour. as you can see, celebration here in philadelphia. i hope you can hear me. my we can certainly hear the celebrations and the people singing in the background. ——

celebrations and the people singing in the background. -- we can certainly hear. a statement from the person who has been the most powerful democratic women up till now, and that is the speaker, nancy pelosi. she has put out a statement saying thatjoe biden and kamala harris one with a strong majority. the democratic majority in the house of representatives was slightly reduced during the course of the election. let's go to virginia where president donald trump is actually playing golf at the moment. this is his golf club out in virginia. can you see which one hears? is him swinging? it is sort of... —— which one he is? about an hour ago, we had the president was on his way to his golf course in sterling, virginia. he is out there at the moment. i do not think those are pictures of him but they are the golf carts. it is

extraordinary to think that president trump is on the golf course at the moment thatjoe biden is declared the next president and the winner of this election. you had to wonder if there is 3g on the golf course, if there is mobile phone reception. maybe he would rather be on the golf course today than in the white house. we have had from people close to the campaign, that they we re close to the campaign, that they were feeling very demoralised over the last day or so, the mood in the white house was bleak. we have had an increasing number of republicans effectively projecting to the president that he had to accept he was going to lose. the murdochs making a concerted effort through fox news, commentators on fox news, new york post and the wall street journal, pointing the way to be president, saying that you had to accept defeat and accept it

graciously. —— the president. the president on the golf course when joe biden is declared president—elect. we had people from black lives matter plaza. the lawyers of president trump say they are still going to bring legal action. the former new york mayor accused pennsylvanian authorities of not checking the mail—in votes. those mail—in ballots could have been for anybody. those mail—in could have been written the day before by the democratic party hacks that were all over the convention centre. what i am saying to you is, not a single one was inspected, as the law required. even when a court order was obtained to allow republican inspectors to get six

feet closer, they made the people counting the ballots six further feet away. —— they moved. counting the ballots six further feet away. -- they moved. this is still being litigated that lawyers and republicans had come to a conclusion that the lawsuits will not be enough and the networks have called this now forjoe biden. we are atjoe biden's headquarters in delaware. what is the plan? is the plan is going to go ahead by nearly now, which we had been anticipating for the last four days. they stayed behind me will be the place where mr biden addresses the nation later this evening. a full programme is organised, including fireworks. kamala harris will also speak. this is the event they have been building towards all week, and trying to keep a measured response to the slow

counting of the votes. now is the time for them to celebrate and say how excited and joyful they are. this is a secure area and has not been stormed by the fans of mr biden. they are driving around and honking horns and gathering in the parking lot. tonight we are expecting a sort of drive in event, the kind he had on election night. this is one way he has been holding rallies, to have people come in their cars. quite a lot of noise later tonight as the campaign takes in the information, enjoys it and i celebrate it, but they are also being told they are ready to go from day one after that to start with a transition period. are we expecting beyond a celebration, barbara, of course, fireworks have been planned as well. how quickly will we get

some indication of what the new biden administration will look like? i think quite quickly stop he spent two terms in office as vice president 0bama. the team around him is very much 0bama biden lanai. they know what they are doing. —— alumni. they had been planning for a transition for a couple of months now. we expect to see him appointing officials quite quickly, white house staff. people who do not need to be approved by the senate. the cabinet officials will be later in the month when he will be naming them because they will have to go to a senate process. it looks at this point as though the democrats were not controlled the senate that it is not looking as positive as they thought.

the agenda item which is right at the top of the list that they have already been working on is dealing with the pandemic and are coming up with the pandemic and are coming up with a national strategy to combat the coronavirus, involving everything from testing to vaccines toa everything from testing to vaccines to a coordinated message, a public health message occur something president trump did adopt which includes a national mask mandate. he has had a team of scientists and doctors working with him throughout. that would be the first thing they push for. they will try to get through a stimulus package which was impossible before the election, to help out economically. more difficult than they anticipated because the republicans still control the house. this is the kind of thing they will get working on a list right after the celebration, i would say, on day one. they have been telegraphing that for some time. that report from delaware.

ireland is one of the first countries to congratulate the president—elect. they tweeted, i wa nt to president—elect. they tweeted, i want to congratulate the new president—elect of the usa. in the last few minutes, the biden campaign has set up this statement on the half ofjoe biden. here it is: donald trump's campaign has released a statement from the president, accusing his opponent of rushing to

falsely pose as the winner. mr trump claimed the election is far from over and that mr biden is not the winner. they said from monday they will start prosecuting the case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld. joe biden has changed his twitter profile. it now says, joe biden, president—elect, has been to dr biden and proud father and grandfather. justin trudeau as well from canada. congratulations. 0ur two countries are close friends, partners and allies. we share our relationship that is unique and close on the world stage. there are a lot of leaders around the world, in europe and canada, who have had a very tricky relationship with donald trump, who had found his style hard to work with and they will be expecting a return to more normal

diplomacy and a joe biden. joe expecting a return to more normal diplomacy and ajoe biden. joe biden knows a lot of these leaders. he was head of the foreign relations committee in the senate and has a lwa ys committee in the senate and has always taken an interest in foreign relations. given he may not have a democratic senate and his actions may be limited, it is in the realm of foreign affairs and world relationships thatjoe biden may be able to do more. those relationships will be ones he will be wanting to cultivate. let's stay in washington and speak to gary 0'donoghue, who is outside the white house. the normal sequence of events is that the person who has lost an election gives a concession speech and the person who has won the election gives a victory speech. i suspect we might not get that today. no, i do not think they will get that at all. we will get the victory speech later on that no sign of a concession

whatsoever. it is important to remember the concession speech in many ways is a signal to the bureaucracy, the supporters around the country connect to the nation, that he won begins the transfer of power. it is a way, an informal way, of this is what happens from here on in stop it is a transition in us politics. the new president does not ta ke politics. the new president does not take office until january politics. the new president does not take office untiljanuary the 20th. it is hoped there would be a cooperation period where the new administration is in on the briefing and sits in the room and makes the tra nsfer of and sits in the room and makes the transfer of power as easy as possible. at the moment it does not look like anything like that will happen. there will be a lot of confusion in the bureaucracy and thatis confusion in the bureaucracy and that is a moment of vulnerability for the united states, if there is confusion. just looking at pictures

from downtown washington and biden supporters celebrating all over the country. cheering and cars honking. supporters of donald trump will be equally upset about this and many of them may feel the election is fraudulent, the president is still saying that today. what impact does that have onjoe biden as he prepares to announce his victory and is now the president—elect? what impact does it have on his presidency that half the country may not feel it is a legitimate wind that he has? it is a huge challenge. the word certainly will not be enough. there will be a lot of work to do. how does he heal a divided country that is so split, so polarised? notjust during the trent presidency but for 15 or 20 years before that but we have seen polarisation increase. —— de trump

presidency. a lot of people will believe it when donald trump says the election has been stolen. it will be the actions rather than the words of the new administration which try to heal that and it'll be about the policies he implements and concessions he may or may not have to make to his left wing. his ability to get anything legislative done because at the moment the senate is still in the air with run—off races in georgia. it is a big ask for the democrats to win base and then have a shout of control of the senate. that looks unlikely. —— to win both. his options are quite narrow in terms of what he does. he signalled in the past that he is a transitional figure, which many people have taken to mean that he only plans to do one term in thisjob. that to mean that he only plans to do one term in this job. that also to mean that he only plans to do one term in thisjob. that also hampers

his ability to take a longer term decision. he will be looking... there are two senate races in georgia which have not been called. it isa georgia which have not been called. it is a very slim hope that democrats might be able to windows, in which casejoe biden can have a democratic senate. —— win those. barack 0bama also had a divided government and he knows how hard it is to get things done when there is a republican senate and democratic white house. thank you forjoining us. iam white house. thank you forjoining us. i am hearing different things from people who have been close to the president that are not in the campaign, saying it is over, he needs to call and give a concession speech, and people who are still on the campaign saying, we will fight this, it is not up to the media to call this. what do you think the

president should do? the president should continue to fight. i would have no problem withjoe biden being president of the election was fair. what happened election night was betting stopped suddenly in swing states. we woke up in the morning and joe biden had 65,000 votes suddenly and no votes for our president. this is a national disgrace. sorry, back out, what you mean the voting was suddenly stopped? the fighting stopped when the polling stations closed? the counting suddenly stopped, and then you suddenly stopped, and then you suddenly woke up in the morning, and joe biden had all these votes, and only in swing states. but you know why that is, you know we had votes later, because some of the states counted the males—in votes after they counted the on the day votes.

we can current business, but we know what happens. actually, we don't, and this is going to show all the corruption and the voter fraud that has happened. in the swing states. you notice, more votes than barack 0bama or hilary clinton, and this is the man who stayed in this basement and tavern campaign, doesn't that seem strange to everybody? well, there is no point in peddling conspiracy theories, there are a whole load of votes, millions of votes for donald trump, millions so forjoe biden, this was a close election, everybody realises that in these states it's pretty close, but there is no indication there was widespread fraud perpetrated, that is even the republicans i speak to, i have texts from people who are close to the trump campaign saying it's over. it doesn't help the country, the democracy of the country, the democracy of the country, to say things that aren't true. the reason thatjoe biden got

a hollowed of votes after donald trump got votes was because the mail—in ballots were counted afterwards. you accept that, surely? i accepted he had more mail—in votes, he did push the mail—in votes, he did push the mail—in votes, but the trump administration is going to come up with evidence to show there was a huge amount of voterfraud, and show there was a huge amount of voter fraud, and let's show there was a huge amount of voterfraud, and let's get show there was a huge amount of voter fraud, and let's get that a little bit of time in the courts and ta ke little bit of time in the courts and take a look at it. if this is a fair election, i can accept that, i am a military man, it is mr president to me oncejoe military man, it is mr president to me once joe biden military man, it is mr president to me oncejoe biden is sworn in, if he's sworn in, but having an election with this kind of fraud and this kind of corruption, it only hurts our democracy. as you said, let's see where these legal cases 90, let's see where these legal cases go, right? until these let's see where these legal cases go, right? untilthese legal cases have proved there was fraud, let's not say there was fraud. 0k, would

you believe there's 65,000 mail—in votes a nd you believe there's 65,000 mail—in votes and it all went to joe you believe there's 65,000 mail—in votes and it all went tojoe biden, to set so normal to you? actually, what we're getting out of philadelphia is a split, and this is why all the networks have taken four days to call this, because they have been very careful, and this is a fox news today and they are being very careful that the vice president, joe biden's lead is definite. would not be possible to split in the votes left to be counted for president to catch him. i understand what you are saying and we're going to give this time. if you remember the 2000, when we had the run off with al gore, he went to december 23, i think it was... it was 36 days. and it was a

recount. he was seen as a patriot for doing that and checking to make sure it was right. we have the same situation about four states... nobody is disputing that the president doesn't have a right to bring these legal disputes, he can ask for a recount when a vote is very close, as it is in georgia, and georgia will go through the recount process , georgia will go through the recount process, that is absolutely legitimate. the problem for america might be claiming there was fraud when there is no evidence of fraud. so let's see where these legal suits go. we have to leave it there, thank you very much forjoining. and i will reiterate, he a senior adviser to the trunk and takes me earlier, saying we don't care what the ap says, the people to turn the election. is a veteran campaigner

decided they are going to carry on fighting, it will be fascinating to watch what happens. what's really interesting, you see republicans not wanting to accept the call, butjust the text of the constitution, the terms of the president and vice president shall end on the 20th of january, the next terms will begin, just matter if there is no concession, joe biden starts work on that day, that is what the constitution says. i love it when you get historical on me!|j constitution says. i love it when you get historical on me! i have time during the interviews! joe biden has won the race following the cliffhanger vote count after tuesday's election. he was a profile of the new president—elect. tuesday's election. he was a profile of the new president-elect. joe biden had waited a long time for his run at the white house. now 77 years old, most of it spent in politics, few could match him with experience, and none had a

personal back story quite like his. his early career was overshadowed by tragedy. he was elected to the senate in 1972. six weeks later, his wife and baby daughter were killed ina car wife and baby daughter were killed in a car accident. his two sons were badly hurt. in this extraordinary moment that mixed the personal and political, at their hospital bedside, joe biden took the oath of office and never forgot those who rescued them. 80 among driving a tractor trailer broadside at my wife and children and kills my wife and killed my daughter. guys i grew up with... killed my daughter. guys i grew up with. .. the people killed my daughter. guys i grew up with... the people who got me elected... they were the ones there with the jaws of life in their hands, saving the life of my two sons. the personaltorment hands, saving the life of my two sons. the personal torment almost

drove him from politics. but family and influential friends persuaded him to stay. his focus became foreign affairs, tethering him to ronald reagan's policy on apartheid in south africa. our loyalty is not to south africa, it is to south africans, and us africans are majority black and they are being excoriated. it is not to some stupid puppet government over there. he ran for president in 1987 but ran out after using an extract of a speech by britain's former labour leader neil kinnock without attribution. america's intervention in the balkan wa rs america's intervention in the balkan wars was partly due to his pressure on bill clinton. europe and chatting we're told we're not taking sides. i'm here to take sides. milosevic is a warcriminal, i'm here to take sides. milosevic is a war criminal, the leader of the bosnian serbs. he is no better than himmler. in 2008, he ranfor

bosnian serbs. he is no better than himmler. in 2008, he ran for the presidency again. his campaign lost stea m presidency again. his campaign lost steam it but his popularity, blue—collar roots and foreign policy expertise, impress the eventual winner, barack 0bama. is a vice presidential nominee, he said goodbye to the senate after nearly 40 goodbye to the senate after nearly a0 yea rs. goodbye to the senate after nearly 40 years. i say for the last time with more gratitude than i can express , with more gratitude than i can express, i yield the floor. i will bear true faith and allegiance... joe biden was a forceful voice at the heart of the administration, sceptical and sending more american troops to iraq, in favour of gay rights and same—sex marriage despite a deep catholic faith. this also gives the internet one last chance to talk about our bromance. his strong relationship with barack 0bama was plain to see. when his son died of cancer in 2015, joe biden sat out the next presidential race.

but in 2019, he decided to give it one last try. in a campaign dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, most polls had put him ahead, and there was that a bad—tempered debate with donald trump. what you shut up, man. it's ha rd to trump. what you shut up, man. it's hard to get any word in with this clown. there were gaffes, forgetfulness. donald trump persisted with the sleepyjoe attacks. he was also accused of being over tactile with female colleagues. but he is a natural politician, connecting to people with his experience of both public life and personal tragedy. 0ften saying it's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how quickly you get back up. whenjoe biden was a young senator who just lost his wife and daughter in that terrible car crash, james,

he didn't want to become someone who was known as a grieving politician, he wanted to be... he thought that was somehow weak and not acceptable. it was really after his son beau died, just before the 2016 campaign after brain injuries, he felt that it was ok to express that so publicly. he's so good at it, i've seen him a lot of times that in public and he will spend hours on a rope line talking to people. barack 0bama jokes, when it was the two them, he'd have been gone! it would ta ke them, he'd have been gone! it would take him an hour, and he was stood there waiting to try and talk to him with my cameras. he is somebody who has that, but initially, it's not what he wanted to be known for. back in the 19705 and 805, people wouldn't show their emotions as much, but now it is clearly part of his identity in the campaign played

atop the whole time, the personal side of him. and the book that he wrote after his son died was called promised me, dad. that was about staying in the public arena? yes, because joe staying in the public arena? yes, becausejoe biden says his son beau asked him to stay in public life. it was because of beau biden's death thatjoe biden didn't run in 2016, he said there was too much that he and his family were dealing with and he didn't feel it was the right moment to run, when he was in the midst of that kind of grief. now it is four years later and it has turned out to be his moment. in last few moments, kamala harris have at this tweet with the caption, we did it. it contains video of her speaking to the president—elect, i think we can show you that. we did it, we did it, joe! you're going to be the next president of the united states! it it looked like she was

out on the golf course, i'm sure she was out for a run! there is a lot of reaction on twitter, here is one from the husband of kamala harris, tweeting this picture of him hugging his wife with the caption, so proud of you. we should take a second to talk about at this moment, because kamala harris is also history making. she is going to be the first woman vice president, the first non—white vice president. it's a big moment in this country, she's just turned 56 years old, i know this because she is a couple of weeks older than i because she is a couple of weeks olderthan i am, because she is a couple of weeks older than i am, and it's a big moment for women of colour in this country, to see a woman like kamala harris, who is this distinguished career, attorney general of california, senator of california, and now sure, she's going to be occupying the vice president's mansion. and ifjoe biden, who takes

over as the oldest president in america ever, decides that he only wa nts to america ever, decides that he only wants to do a one term, of course, she becomes a fight to the democratic frontrunner. so for women, 100 years after women got the vote in this country, it's very big deal there is a non—white woman in such a prominent position. what kind ofa such a prominent position. what kind of a vice president might she be? it's interesting, i think she's a bit ofan it's interesting, i think she's a bit of an enigma on a policy. she made a very shrewd decision to get out of the race that she ran herself in the primaries. she wanted to be a presidential candidates, but she got up presidential candidates, but she got up very quickly and made a shrewd decision to get out quickly and made us decision to get out quickly and made us shrewd decision to endorsejoe biden very quickly. both of those have paid off for her. she's a prosecutor by training, we have seen her in the senate, you remember her in the brett kavanaugh, contentious hearings, when he was accused of sexual harassment, harris who was one of the most forceful democratic

senators when it came to quizzing him. so there has been some speculation she would try to pull joe biden to the left, i think any speculation that this is going to be afar speculation that this is going to be a far left democratic presidency has gone out of the winter by the na rrowness of gone out of the winter by the narrowness of their win and the fact that they won't win the senate. laura is in black lives matter plaza near the white house. absolutely, just listen to the crowd football, there isjubilation, just listen to the crowd football, there is jubilation, people just listen to the crowd football, there isjubilation, people popping champagne and arm joint by a 21—year—old student from george washington university, you two both voted for the first time, you voted forjoe biden, how are you feeling? excited, relieved, joyful, just can't describe the feeling, being a first—time voter, knowing you're pa rt first—time voter, knowing you're part of this movement that got them in the white house. just relieved.

how are you happy with all the work that everyone put in, excited to have donald trump out! you voted in that key state of pennsylvania, so how are you feeling about that vote and its significance when you see i close it was? i know how much my vote with my being from a county that went 0bama/trump, my vote now don't get here in time, i was ready to run back to pennsylvania to vote on election day. just happy to see pennsylvania turn blue again.|j on election day. just happy to see pennsylvania turn blue again. i know you are majoring political science, such as a young photo, how do you feel about young voters and their contribution, they seem to have turned out in droves?” contribution, they seem to have turned out in droves? i know a lot of young people volunteered, a lot of young people volunteered, a lot of college students, the work finally paid off. perhaps some of

theissues finally paid off. perhaps some of the issues like climate change will become more central. what are you hoping forfrom a biden presidency? waiting to see the banks in roll—outs, trusting our scientist, hoping to rejoin the who, we won't be leaving. also excited to see kamala harris represent black women, iam glad kamala harris represent black women, i am glad that his administration will reflect america. what is it you're hoping forfrom will reflect america. what is it you're hoping for from a will reflect america. what is it you're hoping forfrom a biden administration? control the you're hoping forfrom a biden administration? controlthe pandemic finally and controls the recovery and climate change, because time is running out on that. wrote standing up running out on that. wrote standing up for reproductive rights and that sort of thing. of the selection was sort of thing. of the selection was so close to a divided america, how do you thinkjoe biden can heal this country? he wasn't my first choice because i think is the right person

for this moment, he is empathetic and went through a lot of loss, i think it is said to connect with people. i think he's going to be able to bring our country to. as best i know, he is not going to be a divisive president like we have now. asa divisive president like we have now. as a shock two, is a 21—year—olds, a first—time how divided america is? it is very, very loud here, might wait for it to calm down a bit. but just tell me, you're the next generation, do you feel confident about america's future, despite the divisions? i do, i think it's about america's future, despite the divisions? i do, ithink it's going to bea divisions? i do, ithink it's going to be a long run ahead of us, a lot of soul—searching and trying to have conversations about why we are so divided as a nation. but i do think that we are going to make progress. the on the way that a country moves forward is by making change and addressing the problem. i think

there's a lot to think about, the outcomes of this election but i hope we can move forward and that the younger generation is going to be right there driving the change. where in black lives matter plaza, a tumultuous year, do you feel the death of george floyd made a difference in promoting activism in this election? there have been a lot of protest, it was good to see these issues getting more attention and hopefully criminaljustice reform will finally get past. hopefully that biden and most are itching to get something done on that. what you feel about the activism in the wake of george floyd's death and what i could be for a biden presidency? the small number of votes probably came from philly, atlanta, detroit, like americans character selection, i thinkjoe biden is going to have to look to them. people like stacey

abrams and george are all the credit in the world, an incredible woman, i do thinkjoe biden should lean on their voices moving forward. how do you thinkjoe biden, well, just a final question, how are you going to celebrate tonight? we talked about p°ppin9 a celebrate tonight? we talked about popping a bottle of champagne, what else? i get some eggnog! alaba rating lots of excitement and relief. thank you so much, first—time voters here, thank you for joining first—time voters here, thank you forjoining us. there you have ricotta, the youth vote turns out that this election and she heard that this election and she heard that from first—time voters from what they are hoping for from a biden residency. i think we have pictures of the president, we mentioned he was on the golf course... you can you spot him this time? can you? jet! you're younger, you have far better

eyesight! i think that's him there, isn't it? that's what it looks like. he's very tall with the white house. this somehow fitting, office presidency, this is the president, you remember, he criticised barack 0bama you remember, he criticised barack 0 ba ma relentlessly went you remember, he criticised barack 0bama relentlessly went barreca prance and was present for going out and playing golf, with donald trump, there is a tweet for everything, and are tweets about criticising barack 0bama, and now there he is on the day that it's nancy has lost the election and there is on the golf course. and probably on a golf course. and probably on a golf course owned by him, are we sure about that? yes, i think this is the one in stirling, virginia, which is where he has, getting into the golf ca rt. where he has, getting into the golf cart. reports of how it has been very difficult to tell the president

effectively that he was on the way out. these are recorded picture but we understand he is still there. are some presidents, when they are in trouble, they have people can come to them and say, it's moving to. you look back to 1974 can nixon, when he was being impeached, the grey beards came to him and said he had to go. does donald trump have those kind of people can look at him in the face and say it's over? such a good question. the only ones i can think of ourjared kushner, duncan trump, the family, particularly jared and ivanka, the president of very soft spot for his daughter and would listen to her, he thinks that jared kushner has been a useful counsellor to him in the white house, by a large. i think the other person has a huge amount of influence over donald trump is someone who's not evenin donald trump is someone who's not even in the white house, and that rupert murdoch. and what we saw it over the course of the last 12 hours

was telling, you had laura ingram, a staunch supporter of the president, one of the commentators on fox news, last night on fox news saying that, effectively, it will do your legacy good if you leave with grace and good if you leave with grace and good humour. and you are so loved by the people, laura ingram was saying, that this will only benefit you. i listen to that late last night and thought, that is telling that fox news commentators are starting to see that. then use of the wall streetjournal today saying that the writing is on the wall, and the new york post said the same thing. i remember speaking to a republican strategist, not a pro—trump strategist, not a pro—trump strategist, who said to me on the day of election, was, watch fox news, a fox news go hardline, this is not a legitimate election and carry that on, or do they distance themselves from donald trump and the

murdoch empire has distanced itself from donald trump in a big way in the last 24 hours. we are joined now bya the last 24 hours. we are joined now by a distinguished fellow in law and government from penn state, currently in washington, dc. professor, thank you very much for joining us. your reaction as we are and a half into the news thatjoe biden will be the next president of the united states? it seems inevitable at some point last night as president biden was formerly an votes a hea d as president biden was formerly an votes ahead in the popular vote —— 4 million votes ahead. and also on the cusp of an electoral college victory in several states. so close by some counts, but pretty decisive. did you

expect current president, donald trump, to respect traditions and norms of democracy and give some kind of concession speech or at least leave on irregular manner? and if he doesn't, how damaging might that be to joe if he doesn't, how damaging might that be tojoe biden? if he doesn't, how damaging might that be to joe biden? are sticking in my law professor lane and i say there really is no legal significance to where a concedes or not. the process of transition in the united states is controlled by the united states is controlled by the constitution and laws that we've enacted. so, the electoral college will meet in december, they will cast their votes. the senate will account those votes in january and he'll be inaugurated onjanuary the 20th. so the rest is all theatre, not law. do you think this election and this result was really all about

donald trump and the kind of president he's been for the last four years? in some sense, it was. i think, certainly, the democratic turnout is an effort to mobilise the democratic electorate and reverse what occurred in 2016 was a motivating factor. and generally in america, when an incumbent is on the ballot, the decision is whether to stick with that encumbered or turned out, and we've done that three times in the recent history. thank you very much, professor, forjoining us. i quickly want to reach this tweet from the mayor of paris — welcomed back america. according to reuters, boris johnson welcomed back america. according to reuters, borisjohnson says the us is our most important ally forward

to working closely on shared priorities. 0k, we'll be back with more. f°99y foggy for some, for others, temperatures rising and rising further sub at the nexus few days. this indication of low pressure to the west. cloud working northwards to get a cloudier sunday but at the same time, because the winds are from the south, milder air push its way northwards ever so slowly. temperatures on the right but through the night, still chilly, and it is across the north where we will see dense fog patches, particular in north east england and parts of central and eastern scotland. to get there, this evening will be chilly across parts of scotland and northern england, especially in the fog, but staying in double figures in the south throughout tonight. the channel islands and southeast

england, eventually through the evening across wales and northern ireland, rain pushing in. low cloud and fog becoming more of a story towards the north east and eastern scotland. frost tonight and a little less likely than recent days. this chart shows pressure to the west, wind blowing around so suddenly winds developing. wet start for some in wales and northern ireland and southern and eastern england. temperature pushing northwards, staying great and murky, northeastern parts of england and parts of central and eastern scotland. butting up towards the south and across northern ireland and feeling present in the sun. shower is returning to the channel islands, south west england and wales, low—pressure to the west, so that southerly flow and across western areas likely to see outbreaks of rain through the night

into monday. a damp start to the week in western areas, eastern areas, cloud around, but that will thin and break at times allowing sunny spells through, some heavy downpours in the second half of the day for wales and the south west. temperatures above where there should be for the time of year. for the rest of the week, low pressure remaining to be west but turning when there are three main tweet, rain at times, especially across western areas, some eastern areas 00:58:29,983 --> 2147483052:06:00,733 staying predominantly dry. see you 2147483052:06:00,733 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 soon.