this is bbc news live from washington and london. america prepares for a change of leadership. joe biden is projected to be the 46th president of the united states after defeating donald trump. thank you forjoining me, that was the us president elect addresses supporters for the first time since his election win. very insightful. it is all about mr biden says he aims not tone and that is what we are seeing already in our political discourse. to divide — but to unify. as counting continues in some to all those of you who voted for president trump, i states, how did joe biden get to the understand your disappointment tonight. 270 electoral college votes needed we have to stop treating our to make victory certain? opponents as our enemies. they are not our enemies, here‘s my colleague ros atkins with a summary. they are americans. to become president of america you need a majority in the kamala harris will make history by becoming the first electoral college. female vice president this is a system and woman of colour. where the candidates she says voters have compete for individual states. sent america's children if you win a state then you get a message — to dream

a certain amount of electoral college votes. to become president you need 270 with ambition. electoral votes. now, because of the reasonable political predictability of a lot of states in america we always knew thatjoe biden will take california, joe biden will take see yourselves in a way that others new york. may not simply because they have never seen it before. it was the state that we but know that we will applaud couldn‘t predict that really you every step of the way. decided which way this election went. the victory for mr biden in the hours that followed and his running mate sparked nationwide celebrations among democratic supporters. the polls closing, donald trump has yet to concede — or to speak publicly — actually, the news was better but he has continued to assert for president trump — he took on twitter that he won florida earlier on, later on he took ohio and iowa. he also took tuesday's presidential poll. texas, which the biden campaign had given some attention to. but that is really where the good news stop for president trump. then at the biden campaign started getting better news. we know there was a huge focus on the midwest, hillary clinton lost all the in the midwest, joe biden was to try it's time to stop treating our and win them back. opponents as our enemies — and he took wisconsin, that's the message from us he took michigan, president—electjoe biden. he delivered a speech which meant when the day started he to cheering supporters near his home in delaware after it became clear needed 17 more to become president.

he'd won the bitterly there were various routes either by contested election against president donald trump. the southwest, nevada or arizona or mr biden said it was time to end simply through the state where he what he called the "grim era grew up, pennsylvania, he grew up in of demonisation in american politics". scranton. a few hours ago that is he added that his administration would marshal the forces of decency, what happened. he took pennsylvania fairness, science and hope. we'll have reaction to that and that talking to 273. we‘re still speech from around the world, but first this report from our correspondent, waiting on north carolina, georgia, lebo diseko, in washington. arizona. nevada has been projected as well. it currently stands on 279. the president—elect of the united states of america, joe biden! it doesn‘t matter what happens in these other states, he already has enough to be the president—elect. cheering. one of the things that will define a moment that has been 30 his presidency is how much progress years in the making. he can make with congress. let‘s joe biden makes his victory address, repeating his campaign promise look at both houses of congress. the to unite a divided country. senate matters more. the democrats for all those of you who voted for president trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. have 46, add in two independents who tend to vote for them and they on i've lost a couple of times myself. 48. republicans have four of them but now, let's give each other a chance. outstandingly expected go in the cheering. direction of the republicans. the thing we are focused on is the two run—offs for the senate seats in

georgia. they will happen in it's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, january. if the democrats take them see each other again, it will be 50—50 and then the listen to each other again, deciding vote goes to the vice and to make progress, we have president and the vice to stop treating our opponents president—elect is kamala harris, a as ourenemies. democrat. that is why there will be they are not our enemies, a huge amount of attention on george they are americans. in the coming weeks, notjust because of the fact we still don‘t he and his choice for vice president know who won the state in the are making history. kamala harris will be presidential election. i will the first female, black, wittily mention the lower house of and first south asian ever, in this role. she paid tribute to her mother, congress. this is less dramatic, the who came to the us from democrats controlled it before india at the age of 19. election day and they still control it. the republicans made some gains i am thinking about her. but that will not have any impact on and about the generations of women, black women... the fact that the democrats, on the cheering whole control the lower house. it is the senate that is the unknown at the senate that is the unknown at the moment but we know about the ..asian, white, latina, house and we know who is going to be president, too. that was ross atkins native american women, who throughout our nation's history looking at the all—important make—up have paved the way for of congress as we go into the next this moment tonight. administration. at 77, joe biden will be the oldest tackling covid—19 will be president to take office, but as vice—president elect, their first order of business. kamala harris is also

set to make history. on monday, joe biden will name she will be the first woman, a task force of scientists the first black and the first and medical experts. asian american to hold the position. nomia iqbal looks at her rise in the nation's capital, to the second highest office in the country. washington, dc — jubilation. the nation was born with the words, we're here to support biden "all men are created equal." and celebrate his win tonight. it‘s taken more than two centuries for that promise to begin to be and the first black, realised by a woman. female vice president in office! kamala harris struggled when she ran we're here because america has been to be the democratic party‘s pick for president, but later found liberated from the hatred and, just, a role as the progressive casual racism that we've been counterweight tojoe biden‘s more experiencing for the past four years. establishment candidacy. joe biden and i are proud, somebody said we won a big battle today, the war is not over, but we have really accomplished patriotic americans who share something big today as a people. there have been people the values with the vast majority here all afternoon celebrating joe biden‘s win, and they are likely of the american people, to continue right through the night. and while the crowd may have gone down somewhat, who want a president the excitement certainly hasn't. of the united states who speaks truth. and with the white house she was born in california just metres behind us, to immigrant parents ofjamaican it's hard not to wonder and indian heritage. what its occupants must be thinking. this was donald trump as projections came she was elected to the senate four through thatjoe biden, years ago, off the back of a successful career

not he, had won. on social media, he remains as a prosecutor. something that later damaged her defiant and is pursuing support among some liberals, who thought she‘d been too tough various legal challenges. but his refusal to concede on african—american defendants. didn't dim this moment. she graduated from this university, it was a historic night, where her elevation to the nation‘s offering a new chapter for america. second—highest office is viewed lebo diseko, bbc news, washington. as hugely symbolic. i have to admit, i'm so far, president trump seems unwilling to concede still in a bit of shock about it. defeat and has vowed to contest election like, i'm thrilled, results on several fronts. i wanted this to happen. so what happens now? i imagine she's going to take all the things that she learned a recount will be held over her lifetime and put them into policy, which will make her, in georgia, where the margins again, more than a symbol, it will are tight — althouthoe make her a politician of substance. biden‘s lead has recently stretched to just over 10,000 kamala? votes with 99 per cent it‘s not kam—arla. it's not carmela. of ballots now counted. but she still had to teach mr trump also wants a recount in wisconsin — the country how to say her name. which was projected for the president—electjoe biden i‘m kamala harris. on wednesday. and she was openly on saturday, the trump attacked by the president. i thought she was the meanest... campaign filed a lawsuit over ballots cast on election day in arizona that it claims were incorrectly rejected. arizona's secretary of state, ..the most horrible, most disrespectful of however, said in a statement anybody in the us senate. that the case was "grasping at straws". if the election if kamala harris had been born result is challenged —

it would require legal teams more than 100 years ago, to begin in the state courts. she would not have been able to vote state judges would then need to uphold the challenge and, as a black woman, and order a recount, and supreme court justices she would have had no rights. could then be asked but, now, she‘s set to become to overturn a ruling. the most powerful and influential so far no evidence has been woman in american political history. provided for the alleged nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. voterfraud. 0ur north america correspondent will grant it‘s almost 24 hours since the bbc joins us live from washington. and us networks called pennsylvania forjoe biden, giving him enough electoral college it has been such a roller—coaster, i votes to pass the threshold of 270. cannot believe that is not going to it confirmed victory forjoe biden bea cannot believe that is not going to be a massive bit of breaking news in the most dramatic of us today. what can we expect? i think presidential elections. we‘ll leave you with some the breaking news that people will be looking for most likely today of the images from saturday. will be some kind of reaction from president trump or at least his team that goes beyond the same allegations of fraud that have been provided with no evidence over and over. but the signs are not good on cheering. that front, he continues to simply we have shown the world use twitter to quote people who seem to support his position or remake he that we are united.

same argument again without providing any evidence, not even fresh evidence, be have not seen any evidence yet. that's where eyes are we need to do the recounts looking to the white house and was that we need to fight it in the court. whether there will be something it is not over. substantial that appears to put some we did it, joe. you're going to be the next flesh on the bones of these allegations or accept that the president of the united states. artist allegations and decided to move on but that as many have said looks increasingly unlikely. what aboutjoe biden? his transition team is ready in place, what are we for four years she marched and expecting him to be doing. the organised for equality and justice, for our lives and for our planet. likelihood for him is finessing the and then, you voted. team, getting things ready, small cheering and applause things that he himself will not necessarily be involved in but creating a twitter handle for the transition, things that make it look like the work of government is already in place. that is the image i have long talked about the battle she has been trying to project since the vote, and there will be acts for the soul of america. we must

restore the soul of america. and that he has to take part in whether on not that as security briefings, oi’ on not that as security briefings, or covid—i9, making decisions about make no mistake, too many dreams personnel and at some stage one with have been deferred for too long. we think come back to washington. he must make a promise for the country, will be in delaware for the time for everybody. being and be happy to be and his home state, a devoutly roman catholic man, will be going to church on sunday. what about congressional republicans question but particularly majority leader mitch mcconnell. their silence has hello there. it has been a grey and been deafening, still no word from any key republicans one would be gloomy sunday for many, but for the looking to to come out and move this stage in november it has been incredibly mild and that continues on from president trump's repeated this week. we have two areas of low allegations of fraud to say yes we pressure out of the west and this one will bring showers tomorrow. in the house and recognise you joe this is with us today bringing rain. biden as president elect. that has both coming from a southerly not happened, it is not necessarily direction and with the southerly about to happen whilst legal flow we continue the mild theme, not

challenges are in place and they are just into tomorrow but through much trying to pick out a route that the week. temperatures above where they should be for the time of year but do expect rain at times and some neither angers president trump to of the wettest conditions for the much but fails to recognise that midweek onwards, especially for the something very key and crucial has west. mild as we go into the happened in the politics of this evening, temperatures staying in country. they way they seem to be double figures for many but plenty trying to do that is by saying after of cloud around as we see the day an valid allegations of fraud those out. patchy rain or drizzle for must be investigated, that was the central and eastern scotland through northern and eastern england. line that came from marco rubio the confined to most eastern counties tonight clear skies in the west. showers will push up through the senator and florida but the pressure will be growing significantly to channel islands, south—west england, actually make a decision and say yes wales and into northern ireland. by we recognise that joe the time we start monday morning, actually make a decision and say yes noticed how the temperatures have we recognise thatjoe biden is now noticed how the temperatures have not fallen a great deal compared to what we have at the moment. it will president—elect. any sign of a bea mild what we have at the moment. it will be a mild start to monday but the next level of cloud on the satellite meeting between outgoing and incoming presidents bowler not even is this where the front, a trough in the sign of a phone cork, just this the isobars which enhances the very open—ended line from the trump showery rain we will see some hefty campaign that says the president showers at times through south—west england, wales and northern ireland. will recognise a free and fair some willjust north—east and election, the results of that. the

implication being that was not one. eastwards and very few showers across eastern england, certainly however until that is ironed out until late in the day. once there from their point of view and they will be a fair amount of cloud, accept that indeed it was a free and there will be sunshine coming and going through the day, especially fair election certainly that there between the downpours and allegations of fraud are baseless, then i don't think we will see any temperatures, milder still over kind of meaningful effort by the scotland, northern ireland and northern england. as we go into president himself to sit down with monday evening and monday night, joe biden although it may eventually showers drift northwards and a kink ta ke joe biden although it may eventually take ona joe biden although it may eventually take on a life of its own and the in the isobars enhances the showers, pushing them northwards and transition team works with whiteness eastwards to take us into tuesday. personnel but who knows for the time another mild start. there will be being, president trump assured showers, particularly to the eastern half of the country and we could see himself to be very unique heavier showers push up across the individual, polarising and will remain that way for the final days south east corner, but overall after a cloudy start to the day, in office that lie ahead of him. optimistically there will be more very unpredictable. thank you. sunshine developing on tuesday. although there will be the odd shower in the west, most places will finish the day on a drying out and still a mild one as well. beyond that, temperatures will drop a little bit but it did stay mild. to wednesday and friday we will see heavy rain and strong and gusty winds, particularly in the west. goodbye for now.

the president saying he is courting professorjonathan turley. there is a twitter thread from the presses they met professor saying that is currently no evidence of systemic fraud in the election but there is

ample evidence to conduct refuse we will look at his article in detail. what has it been like in washington? it isa what has it been like in washington? it is a party and don't forget this asa it is a party and don't forget this as a democratic city so you would expect to see crowds i saw last night, absolute cheating and the streets, people were driving down constitution avenue and across the mall, groups of people singing and dancing, hanging out of cars, honking horns. to be honest you are not northern was a pandemic also this is bbc news. our top stories... going on. i have never seen so many this is bbc news live from washington and london. people on the streets and happy america prepares for a change of leadership. people. i am dying to know what they joe biden is projected to be the 46th president we re people. i am dying to know what they of the united states after defeating were singing. i cannot repeat it on air. idid donald trump the us president elect addresses supporters for the first time since were singing. i cannot repeat it on air. i did mean to lead you down, his election win. that it might be an old sea shanty mr biden says he aims not oi’ that it might be an old sea shanty to divide — but to unify. or something. let's move on quickly.

to all those of you who voted for president trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. for republicans, who identified strongly with president trump, we have to stop treating our the election has been opponents as our enemies. a huge disappointment. some believe, without clear they are not our enemies, evidence, that the election has been stolen from them. they are americans. 0ur correspondent james clayton has been speaking to trump supporters in nevada. kamala harris will make history by becoming the first female vice president. you have organised she says voters have sent these protests, why? america‘s children a message — so, myself and actually quite a few other people across the country, this is a national effort. we are organising these stop the steal protests here in nevada, arizona, wisconsin, michigan, georgia and pennsylvania. these are the final battleground states. and we want the people to come out and hear the truth. there is a lot of censorship still going on right now online, a lot of ballots are still being counted, and in some of these races it's getting so close, it's about a 1% difference or less. if we want every legal vote to be counted, then they should, and americans deserve to have a free and transparent election. what's your evidence that this

election is being stolen? we are seeing a lot of different cases of voter fraud in pennsylvania, in michigan, wisconsin, georgia, here, just in nevada, we are finding out there are some dead voters that had voted in this election. even if that were the case, and i haven't seen any evidence for that personally, but even if that was the case, biden‘s lead here is now in the tens of thousands. you're not alleging that tens of thousands of dead people voted here, are you? no, i'm not alleging that, of course not. but they are finding cases where that is happening, or signatures are not matching. where the trump campaign have had republican poll watchers that should be a part of the process that are not part of the process, with the ballot counting. you are here pretty heavily armed, right? you know, maybe, maybe. maybe just a little bit. what's made you feel like you need to bring a weapon to today's protests? it's not the fact that i have to.

it's the fact that i can. and that people have died for this freedom, so i can sit here, i can defend my country, i can defend my president, and i can bear arms as much as i want, because that is our human right, that's in our constitution, it's our second amendment. i'm not a threat. i actually carry more medical than i do ammunition. i'm just here to represent my president and have a show of force out here with all my friends and show some support. the registrar here said that he felt worried for the safety of some of the ballot counters here. if people turn up with guns, that can be quite threatening to people. do you accept that? the only thing that makes something threatening is an action. you can't just stand around and be a threat. now, if i had this gun, you know, pointed at you, that's a little different. butjust right here, nice and slung, hands not even on it, no threat. no threat, not so. i mean, these cops over here, they are armed to the teeth. they've got ar—15s and 870 shotguns in their cruiser, locked and loaded.

why is that any different for me to do it? why is it different for you? and why are you actually here? do you think there was voter fraud at this election? yes. i believe that there was voter fraud. i believe that we have way too much unanswered questions. i'm going to be completely honest with you, ifjoe biden is the true winner, i will accept that. that's just what i have to do because i love this country and i will stand for this country no matter who is president. but i don't believe that's what's happened. what's more on our website.

borisjohnson has spoken about a trade deal with the us, this is a pa rt trade deal with the us, this is a part of what he has to say. trade deal with the us, this is a part of what he has to saylj trade deal with the us, this is a part of what he has to say. i am a keen student of us trade policy and they are tough negotiators. i have never believed this was going to be something that would be a complete pusher under any us administration. i think that is a good chance we will do something, liz truss and our teams are made huge progress and we will get on but what i am very excited about is what is happening to the global consensus on tackling climate change. next year the uk hosts a summit and already you have

country hosts a summit and already you have cou ntry after hosts a summit and already you have country after country lining up to support the ambition of zero by 2050, japan came through, korea and china with a plan to do it which is fantastic. i think with president biden in the white house and washington we have video prospect of american global leadership tackling climate change and the uk was the first major country to set out that objective of net zero by 2050, we lead the way a few years ago and are really helpful that president biden will follow and help us to deliver a really good outcome at the summit next year in glasgow. one thing that does trouble president biden is the internal market bill, are you determined to pass that through

parliament as it is? as i said, the parliamentary timetable goes ahead and the whole point of that bill and the finance bill is to protect and uphold the good friday agreement and peace process in northern ireland. that is one of the things we are united on without friends in the white house. on climate change, what would you like to see a biden administration do and do think they will be able to deliver given they face a divided country?” will be able to deliver given they face a divided country? i am sure that president biden and kamala harris without commitment on this issue will be able to get the united states influence and power and might to turn and focus on the issue of net zero by 2050 and that is the

thing, the uk a couple of years ago under this conservative government came out in favour beginning to net zero by 2050 so you would reduce your carbon emissions across the board, transport emissions, house—building, industrial domestic property bring it down and we have the technology to do it. the settle m e nt the technology to do it. the settlement have the technology and the us and you can do it whilst delivering hundreds of thousands of new greenjobs at delivering hundreds of thousands of new green jobs at the same time. i see that president biden shares a slogan, build back better, we claim no proprietary rights over that but when you come to build back better one of the ways is to do it through green industrial revolution and green industrial revolution and green energy and home—building,

transport, those measures cannot only reduce your c02 transport, those measures cannot only reduce your co2 emissions and enable us to get to net zero by 2050 but are capable of moving the economy followed sub look forward to talking about that issue with the white house. the queen has led the nation in marking remembrance sunday — as people around the uk paid their respects from home due to coronavirus restrictions. 0n the 75th anniversary of the end of the second world war — she was joined by family members and the prime minister at the scaled—back service at the cenotaph in london. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has more. the numbers were depleted, but for all that the massed bands and everyone else had to be socially distanced and the pavements were empty of crowds, the purpose was unchanged. 0n remembrance sunday, in a year when loss has been more

keenly felt than most, the ceremony of remembrance at the cenotaph had a particular power and poignancy. as 11 o'clock approached, the queen took her place on a balcony, as the prince of wales led other senior members of the royal family to their places in readiness for the two—minute silence observed in whitehall and around the nation. big ben chimes the hour

in whitehall, the prince of wales placed the queen's wreath against the cenotaph‘s northern face. other members of the royal family followed. absent, for their different reasons, were princes harry and andrew. the wreath—laying by the politicians, a small group of commonwealth high commissioners and the military chiefs would normally have been followed by the march—past by thousands of veterans. the record will show that in 2020, 100 years after the cenotaph was unveiled, things had to be done differently. the veterans were represented by a group of 25. yet, for all the changes required by the pandemic, lives lost in war and more recently were recalled and honoured, for remembrance is carried in the heart. nicholas witchell, bbc news.

i'm nowjoined by charles somerville who is a d—day veteran. things very different this year, what did you do to commemorate this year as much event? for 363 days and a yeari year as much event? for 363 days and a year i normally managed to live without remembering anything about the war but there are two days, the 6th ofjune and 11th of november which i always celebrate. next wednesday the 11th of november i shall find a quiet spot in the house andi shall find a quiet spot in the house and i will stand to attention for a few minutes thinking back to those days when i served in the royal navy. thinking particularly of some

very good friends i had, we first met when ijoined the minesweeper and it wasn't until the next week we found out how differently we are because i am shocked scotland and he is jewish but because i am shocked scotland and he isjewish but i also go back to thinking about some other dreadful things we had to do. particularly lucky are unlucky your enemy. using a u—boat anger over the side —— and you go over the side and cf that are any survivors. fa come and close enough you haul them out and get them on the quarterdeck how they

have diesel oilfrom them on the quarterdeck how they have diesel oil from the lungs. when you look at them closely you find out this chap is just about the same age as me and at that point he is no longer an enemy, he isjust a young seller who needs help. —— a young sailor. it seems extraordinary that you were there 75 years ago, the way you were there 75 years ago, the way you can recall so vividly you'd experiences. yourfatherfought you can recall so vividly you'd experiences. your father fought in the first world war, you fought in the first world war, you fought in the second, how important is it for today's younger generations to remember that sacrifice? today's younger generations to remember that sacrifice ?|j today's younger generations to remember that sacrifice? i think it is vital that not only the young people remember but every single

person and the world remembers. we should all be remembering the millions of citizens that were killed because somebody wants something different. it is important that we never forget not any day the damage that has been done to the world all over the world with people having different opinions. it is like falling out with your neighbour, we have to learn to be neighbourly on a gigantic scale. well said, thank you very much indeed forjoining us on bbc news.

compared to last week the week ahead will be mild, temperatures up on yesterday across scotland and northern ireland identities that of the evening, temperatures and double figures are not the mid—teens. rain and drizzle particularly across scotland, northern and eastern england, continuing to be confined to eastern counties through the night, clear skies developing for a time but plenty cloud and showers returned to the channel islands and south—west wales and northern ireland enter tomorrow morning. temperatures are barely dropping from what we have at the moment so it will be a mild start, cloudy and sunshine he then the, not the dense fog, misty for some, some parts of scotla nd fog, misty for some, some parts of scotland and eastern england rifle a time but heavy showers working from the south and west, hit and miss, some places avoiding them but another mild day, if not milder than

today for scotland, northern ireland and northern england.

this is bbc news live from washington and london. america prepares for a change of leadership. joe biden has been confirmed as the 46th president of the united states. defeating donald trump. the us president elect addresses supporters for the first time since his election win. mr biden says he aims not to divide — but to unify. to all those of you who voted for president trump, i understand your disappointment tonight. we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. they are not our enemies, they are americans. kamala harris, who will make history by becoming the first female vice president, says voters have sent america's children a clear mesasge — to dream with ambition. see yourselves in a way that others

may not simply because they have never seen it before. but know that we will applaud you every step of the way. the victory for mr biden and his running mate sparked nationwide celebrations among democratic supporters. donald trump has yet to concede, or to speak publicly, but he has continued to assert on twitter that he won tuesday's presidential poll. we heard earlier about president trump tweeting his complaints about the election camp, complaints that have been echoed by some, but not all americans. what is it like being in the white house right now?

bryan lanza is a former communications director for the trump transition team. hejoins me from greenwood, virginia. thank you forjoining us. when will the president invite mr biden to the white house? thank you for having me. i think the president has said he wants to exercise his legal options, i think some of those come to an end by late next week. any time after next week, he will probably calljoe biden and congratulate him and open up his officers to a normal and peaceful transition. then looking to 2024, there has been speculation about mr trump running again. defeated or retired president have not had an easy time of it, why would mr trump even easy time of it, why would mr trump eve n wa nt easy time of it, why would mr trump even want to think about trying it? he is still feeling he has a lot to contribute. he gained support from 2016, he gained 5 million new voters

from 2016 so it is the start of a political movement that will far exceed the trump era in the republican party. but he feels he has a lot to contribute. i do want to hear from has a lot to contribute. i do want to hearfrom president trump during the biden administration. i want to hear his vision and his insight if biden is doing the right thing in respect of the economy. we saw horrible economic growth under obama. we have seen the good years in the president trump so he has experienced in leading the country ina great experienced in leading the country in a great economy. the last thing we need is a slow economy. if that is whatjoe biden offers, eight yea rs of is whatjoe biden offers, eight years of barack obama, it is easy to vision they will be another president trump in 2024. give us a break, we haven't got over 2020 yet. but it is an interesting point you make about the fact that donald trump isn't going to go away and we

may well be hearing from him politically, which brings me to my next point. you say you think that he will accept these results, do you think that his 17 million plus supporters will accept these results. -- 70 million plus. no, i don't think that. no different that the hillary clinton supporters who did not accept trump's victory four yea rs did not accept trump's victory four years ago. we have a country that is deeply divided. we will see ifjoe biden can bring it together. we hope he does. he can call on me and i can do my part for the country but we area do my part for the country but we are a very divided country. president trump did not experience any type of hillary clinton telling the country to unite behind president trump. i don't expect it to happen this time, we are to divided these days. do you think that when we see these tweets, when we talk about these legal issues that the president is raising, that

it is part of a political strategy, a long—term political strategy?” don't think that. i think president trump has a responsibility to his supporters to make sure an accurate and legal count takes place. it is more than him, it is for the people who supported him and want legitimacy in the process. when you see the media shutting them down and say, you don't have the right to ta ke say, you don't have the right to take the legal case forward and when you hear the democrat saying no, the election is over, it is his constitutional right. it is not uncharted territory, but the more complaining you hear from the left and the media that president trump is doing this, his voters want to make sure an accurate count took place. to silence their voices at this time only makes the division. the only way we can get any ramblings of unity is for this

process to go forward legally, forward in a transparent way and then we can take the steps to heal. but anything short of that, i don't see a trump supporter extending their hand. it does look beautiful where you are, so rural and tranquil, i am quite envious. you are in virginia, which did vote for joe biden, what has been the atmosphere there, get as outside washington a bit? this went overwhelmingly to president trump. you see a couple of biden science, i have seen a couple of people who are shocked what happened. but they have alljust shocked what happened. but they have all just wanted an shocked what happened. but they have alljust wanted an accurate count. they love their country and they wa nt they love their country and they want the american president to succeed, whether it isjoe biden or donald trump. but they are a little bit shocked and they feel a little bit shocked and they feel a little bit unhappy with the election results. i think people expect that different result last tuesday.

results. i think people expect that different result last tuesdaym results. i think people expect that different result last tuesday. it is lovely to see you and lovely to see rural virginia as well. thank you for joining rural virginia as well. thank you forjoining us. thank you. of course, the election isn'tjust significant in terms of what happens within the united states — the whole world has been holding its breath to see what the outcome will be. that includes the middle east. in iran, president hassan rouhani said the next us administration should use the opportunity tocompensate for donald to compensate for donald trump's mistakes. with me now is kasra naji from bbc persian. i feel i have revealed what the president said, but what is around's reaction? their reaction is that they are happy to see the end of president trump, because he gave them three years of real hell in terms of most stringent sanctions as pa rt terms of most stringent sanctions as part of this maximum pressure policy against iran. pushing the iranian economy on the verge of collapse. they have been waiting for this, they were hoping that trump would go

and the new president would pursue a new policy. now, the issue is how this new administration is going to deal with iran. president—elect biden has said that he would like to go back to the iranian nuclear agreement. he wants to pursue diplomacy as a means to dealing with iran. all that is good news for the iranian president. he has been suggesting that iran could be open to negotiations. i remember those rounds of nuclear talks, it was seen asa rounds of nuclear talks, it was seen as a big deal when it was agreed and signed, i think it was in 2015. do you really think mr rouhani and mr biden would bring it back? you really think mr rouhani and mr biden would bring it back7m you really think mr rouhani and mr biden would bring it back? it is very difficult, it is not going to

be easy. the fact is, the iranians need to put an end to the sanctions and this policy of maximum pressure. because it is a next essential issue for them and it is undermining the stability of the clerical regime in iran, so president rouhani, iranians supreme iran, so president rouhani, iranians supreme leaders, they know they have to do something. negotiation is a way forward. but the general feeling is, president—elect biden is not going to be in a hurry to lift the sanctions against iran. january of this year, there was the possibility ofa this year, there was the possibility of a sustained conflict between the united states and iran after they admitted killing qasem soleimani. but in the same year, there is a significant decline of tensions?-

least from the iranian side, there is hope for a sea change in policies. as you said, the killing of qasem soleimani is a major issue. the iranian government couldn't possibly, under these circumstances, negotiate with president trump. president trump, a few weeks before the elections went on television saying the first call he will receive would be from the iranians suggesting negotiations. it was not going to happen because it was too humiliating for iran to do that and they couldn't possibly negotiate with someone who killed qasem soleimani. but biden doesn't have that baggage for the iranians and the iranians would like these negotiations to start. the issue is whether president—elect biden would start these negotiations in a few months‘ time or not. but the general

feeling is, he might use the pressure of sanctions to extract quite a bit before he agrees to sit down and negotiate with the iranians. see you in istanbul. thanks very much. the transition period between president trump and president—elect joe biden is under way. i‘m joined now by tony fratto, who served as deputy assistant and deputy press secretary to former united states president, george w bush. forgive me for saying, but mr bush, at times, was deeply unpopular. i am thinking about the eruption of protests surrounding the iraq war. he personally was made fun of a lot of the time. he had to deal with a lot of the sort of unpopularity that donald trump is now going through.

how do you, as somebody close to an unpopular president, deal with that and what advice can you give the president? i don't know if it is advice he would take. president bush a lwa ys advice he would take. president bush always had faith that the principles that his decisions, had a long view of history and understood you make decisions and do things and sometimes they may be popular or unpopular in the moment. but that can only be judged unpopular in the moment. but that can only bejudged over the unpopular in the moment. but that can only be judged over the term of history. so you harden yourself to that understanding, that yourjob is to make good decisions, not necessarily popular decisions. i don‘t know president trump sees the world quite the same way. we hear it every day, the request of credit and he doesn‘t get enough credit for the things he‘s done. frankly, other previous presidents don‘t think that

way. that would be my advice, he should use this period to focus on the things he considers his accomplishments, if it is important to him. the most important thing for him to focus on, he has about two and a half months of still being president of the united states and we have a raging covid—19 pandemic here and that is the thing to still focus on. finish the job, here and that is the thing to still focus on. finish thejob, if he wa nts to focus on. finish thejob, if he wants to improve his legacy as president. with 70 million plus people having voted for him in this presidential election, what do you see as the bigger challenge for the republican party in the next four yea rs ? republican party in the next four years? it is a big question. i am a republican and i hope to stay a republican, i hope the republican party returns to its more traditional views and principles on a whole range of policy issues. that

is to be seen, but there is no question president trump had an incredibly enthusiastic following in the base of the party. i don‘t think thatis the base of the party. i don‘t think that is going away for some time. the party has real challenges and its appeal to people of colour, which are growing in this country, to immigrant populations that are growing in this country, to suburban and college—educated households that are growing in this country. it has to rethink its views on the big policies of the day to be relevant for those communities in elections going forward. georgia going for vice president biden should be a wake—up call to the party. this is a southern led conservative state that should be a republican state and should be a republican state and should have been for some time. this was a reaction to president trump

and the changing demographics in that state. that will happen in other states, including in the south. the republican party absolutely needs to evolve. the bush obama transition in 2008 and 2009 worked well, no keyboards with defaced in that one. do you need to cooperate with the outgoing white housein cooperate with the outgoing white house in order to have a successful transition or can it be done in parallel? it is possible if there is cooperation. we have change the law since then, in the bush white house we made it a high priority to have a smooth transition with the obama administration. we hope that is the case this time. the best advice president biden has, he has been in the white house. he has an

experienced team with him. if anyone can doa experienced team with him. if anyone can do a parallel transition, he can do it. he is starting right away. tomorrow he will be announcing his covid task force. smart thing to do, not wait forjanuary the 20th to begin to address some of the biggest issues and there is no bigger issue than covid right now. tony, we keep talking about how much of the centristjoe biden is, do you think there is room for moderates in america any more? speaking as one, i sure hope so. we are always going to have differences on big policy issues. it is a big country, the regions are real. if there is a lesson to learn from this election, the regions and states, they do matter in the united states. we are a lwa ys matter in the united states. we are always going to have policy

differences. what we have a