joe biden calls on americans to come together, as he pledges to heal the country. the new president—elect has addressed supporters and told those on his first full day as president—elect, mr biden goes to church in delaware. george w bush congratulates mr biden, saying the election was fundamentally fair, but that donald trump is the right to request recounts and legal challenges. last night, the president elect told his supporters he aims not to divide but unify the nation. for all those of you who voted for president trump, iunderstand of you who voted for president trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. we have to

stop treating our opponents as our enemies. they are not our enemies, they are americans. kamala harris will make history by becoming the first female, first backer —— first black and first asian—american vice president. once again, donald trump heads for the golf course. the president has continued to assert on twitter that he won tuesday's poll. away from the united states, the two delete my queen has attended the ceremony to mark remembrance sunday to one of the dead from two world wars. “— to one of the dead from two world wars. —— the queen has attended a ceremony. it is the first full day since joe biden became president elect of the united states, and while his advisers have started discussing who

will fill which posts in his cabinet, joe biden himself took the opportunity to attend church this morning in greenfield. last night, he was urging his supporters to stop treating opponents as enemies, and he has promised his administration will marshal the forces of decency, fairness, science and hope. then the last half hour, an important intervention from former president george w bush, who has released a statement congratulating joe biden on his election victory. in a statement, he said: and donald trump chris mikey has gone to play golf for the second day in a row. earlier, the president claimed again the election had been stolen from him. he made allegations of voter fraud and cited corrupt big city machines as being behind joe biden‘s

victory. we will have a lot more reaction this hour, but first, this report from washington. the president—elect of the united states of america, joe biden! a moment that has been 30 years in the making. joe biden makes his victory address, repeating his campaign promise to unite a divided country. for all those of you who voted for president trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. i've lost a couple of times myself. but now, let's give each other a chance. cheering. it's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again, and to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as ourenemies. they are not our enemies, they are americans. he and his choice for vice president are making history.

kamala harris will be the first female, black, and first south asian ever, in this role. she paid tribute to her mother, who came to the us from india at the age of 19. i am thinking about her. and about the generations of women, black women... cheering ..asian, white, latina, native american women, who throughout our nation's history have paved the way for this moment tonight. tackling covid—i9 will be their first order of business. on monday, joe biden will name a task force of scientists and medical experts. in the nation's capital, washington, dc — jubilation. we're here to support biden and celebrate his win tonight. and the first black, female vice president in office!

we're here because america has been liberated from the hatred and, just, casual racism that we've been experiencing for the past four years. somebody said we won a big battle today, the war is not over, but we have really accomplished something big today as a people. there have been people here all afternoon celebrating joe biden‘s win, and they are likely to continue right through the night. and while the crowd may have gone down somewhat, the excitement certainly hasn't. and with the white house just metres behind us, it's hard not to wonder what its occupants must be thinking. this was donald trump as projections came through thatjoe biden, not he, had won. on social media, he remains defiant and is pursuing various legal challenges. but his refusal to concede didn't dim this moment. it was a historic night, offering a new chapter for america. lebo diseko, bbc news, washington.

between now and the 20th of january is about 70 days, and we enter the transition the stage where the biden tea m transition the stage where the biden team prepares to take over from the trump administration. the transition tea m trump administration. the transition team has already set up a website building up to the day he takes office. joe biden will have to fill the topjobs in his office. joe biden will have to fill the top jobs in his administration, such as chief of staff and secretary of state. members of the transition tea m of state. members of the transition team go into the federal agencies to get briefed on things like looming deadlines and budgets. the aim of the transition is to ensure a smooth tra nsfer of the transition is to ensure a smooth transfer of power between the outgoing trump administration and the incoming biden administration. will grantjoins us the incoming biden administration. will grant joins us from the incoming biden administration. will grantjoins us from washington. it has been a day extraordinarily crowded with presidents. current president

going golfing, the president—elect planning his administration, then a previous making a statement. yeah, it's significant in a sense that we haven't had that many high—profile out and either recognise or support joe biden as president—elect. in that sense, he is relevant. he doesn't play much of a current role in the party in terms of the daily work of congress or anything like that, but he is still an important voice in the republican party, and the things he said the matter. he called joe biden a good man, he said that he had won the right, the opportunity, i should say, to lead and unify our nation, which is exactly the sort of language that one would expect the current president to say about their victor if they were being magnanimous, but we are not going to get that from donald trump, not going to get

anything like it, it seems. it was a very interesting statement. of course, his own father is the most recent defeated president to have to give a statement like that, back in 1992. will it move congressional republicans? i'm not sure. he did keepa certain republicans? i'm not sure. he did keep a certain degree of wriggle i’ootti keep a certain degree of wriggle room for donald trump, of course. he said president trump had the right to follow the legal route and congratulated him on a strong campaign, and said his followers would find their views reflected in the united states in the coming years. nevertheless, in and of itself, it doesn't necessarily put the pressure on mitch mcconnell, who is the senate majority leader, or any of the other major figures in the party to follow suit. i think they are playing this balancing act of making sure they don't fall away from the president at this late hour while also making sure they are not being seen to not recognise the reality in front of their eyes. does

it put pressure on donald trump when we see these elder statesmen changing the tone of discourse in the united states, making it more conciliatory? do you think that's going to have any impact on the president himself? if i'm honest, fio. president himself? if i'm honest, no. mainly because don't think he really worries too much about that. he has always ploughed his own furrow, hasn't he? he has always done his own presidency. he hasn't tried to be another president, to follow video of the other major figures in the republican party. in a sense, the republican party has meant more to his will than the other way round, so in that sense alone, i think it is unlikely he will ship course at this late stage, but i think it does set up the reality of a post—trump world, a post—trump united states, quite well. it shows that key figures in key places in american society and

politics accept that this election was free and fair, thatjoe biden wofi was free and fair, thatjoe biden won it fairly, that it is right, if the system allows for it, that any questions are investigated, but there needs to be an end point to that and they need to get to with fa st that and they need to get to with fast and get on with the business of government. will grant, thanks so much for now. so far, president trump seems unwilling to concede defeat — and has vowed to contest election results on several fronts. so what happens now? a recount will be held in georgia, where the margins are tight — althouthoe biden‘s lead has recently stretched to just over 10,000 votes with 99 per cent of ballots now counted. mr trump also wants a recount in wisconsin — which was projected for the president—electjoe biden on wednesday. on saturday the trump campaign filed a lawsuit over ballots cast on election day in arizona that it claims were incorrectly rejected. arizona's secretary of state, however, said in a statement that the case was "grasping at straws".

if the election result is challenged — it would require legal teams to begin in the state courts. state judges would then need to uphold the challenge and order a recount, and supreme courtjustices could then be asked to overturn a ruling. so far no evidence has been provided for the alleged voterfraud. white back here to help us is former white back here to help us is former white house cabinet secretary bill mcginley. how much time does the president need, and how much time is it reasonable to give him to sort this out and admit thatjoe biden has won presidency? let's talk about this in terms of the legal framework first. under federal law, the 8th of december is the deadline for states to certify their slate of electors,

and there is then the presumption of inclusiveness, which means that federal law is going to give states weeks until the 8th of december to do the initial canvas, the recount and any election contest that may be coming. the electoral college is not scheduled to meet in the state capitals of each state until the 14th of december. in terms of the legal framework, the president has quite a bit of time, but in terms of the political atmosphere and landscape and the pr landscape, i think time is running out. as you said in the wind—up to our segment here, what really needs to happen from the trump campaign and its lawyers now is we need to start seeing some evidence. there has been a lot of allegations made. they indicated they will be filing several lawsuits on monday. they intend to file for a recount in wisconsin. arizona is probably not going to be a recount state, but georgette is, so we need to start

seeing some of the evidence. allegations aren't going to carry the day in court. you have to come in with the evidence. you have been pa rt in with the evidence. you have been part of what has been described as a very chaotic white house. do you see any strategy in this legal action, 01’ any strategy in this legal action, or is it simply more chaos? well, chaosis or is it simply more chaos? well, chaos is the word i would use. i think we are beginning to see that a lot of these lawsuits that have been filed have been transparency lawsuits, stating that republican observers have either not been admitted or haven't been admitted in proximity so that they can actually see the ballots and what the poll workers are doing. there is a process lawsuits that probably should have been filed immediately after election day all worked out prior to election day. we haven't seena prior to election day. we haven't seen a theory for the case or evidence that really is going to change the result yet, but we need to reserve judgment. the president's legal team has stated that monday is

the day for them to file all of these lawsuits. i'm going to reserve judgment until i see what they come forward with and give them the benefit of the doubt, but i think if it's not a compelling case backed up by evidence, i think the political landscape is going to quickly get away from them. bill, it does look like, with president george w bush making a statement, the political landscape is moving. looking ahead, how important is a cooperative transition? transition being run smoothly is always very important. it has always been the hallmark of the american democratic process. i have every confidence that that is going to happen here. in fact, one of the ceremonial things we do in america on inauguration day is inaugurate the president and the vice president. they are moving forward with that in making the

plans. obviously, they will have to make some adjustments with the pandemic, but they are proceeding apace. if you've been following the headlines in the us, the white house appointed deputy steve of —— chief of staff to head up the transition project and according to all reports they have made every statutory deadline than are producing what they are supposed to. while you still have the political back—and—forth, the machinery unconstitutional requirements of the us government are proceeding apace. talking about continuity of government, we have the pandemic, we have a president who is not admitting defeat — do you see a possibility on the 20th of january for there to be the kind of inauguration we have always seen in american politics? yes, with the exception of the pandemic, which is probably going to force some changes. we don't know what the actual ceremony is going to look like. i anticipate actual ceremony is going to look like. ianticipate it actual ceremony is going to look like. i anticipate it will still be held on the capitol hill grounds, as it always has been, but in terms of

an audience in attendance and how many people will be on the stage, that remains to be seen, but both are constitutional, statutory and ceremonial requirements of our democratic republic will march on, they will happen. the joint session of congress will happen on the 6th of congress will happen on the 6th of january, where they of congress will happen on the 6th ofjanuary, where they open an italian certify the results of the electoral college, and inauguration day will happen on the 20th of january. bill mcginley, thanks for joining us. this the staging in front of the capitol building has been going up, so capitol building has been going up, so it's clear something is happening. normally art is in delaware, where the biden rally was held last night. what is the atmosphere like there right now, 2a hours after this historic announcement? really calm here at

the moment, but of course, last night, i don't think anyone really got much sleep, to be honest, because the party and was going on late into the night. we've just come from philadelphia, about half an hour away, and people had their tvs on, smartphones on, listening tojoe biden delivering that victory speech. people here were pretty much convinced that he was going to win. we've heard that donald trump isn't conceding at the moment. he's launching various lawsuits, but the world is waiting for mr trump, and many leaders have already congratulated mr biden. he is hitting the ground running. he has already set up a transition to the white house with his vice president elect, kamala harris. when you say the world isn't waiting, that is

interesting, because president trump does have a very loud megaphone. what is your sense of how the biden camp is managing that? are theyjust ignoring it? it seems that they are, and they are just hitting the ground running. whilst today is family day forjoe biden. running. whilst today is family day for joe biden. he running. whilst today is family day forjoe biden. he has been to church with his family, he has already announced that he will be setting up announced that he will be setting up a covid—19 task force, because of course, as the election aftermath has been playing out, the number of coronavirus cases has been increasing, nearly reaching 10 million recorded cases in the us, and mr biden has announced that he is getting together a group of scientists, technology experts to try and come up with a plan and deliver a safe vaccine. of course, that was the message of his very successful election campaign, to tackle covid—19 and get the country back on track economically. where is

everyone? they are probably in bed, i would imagine, everyone? they are probably in bed, iwould imagine, aftera everyone? they are probably in bed, i would imagine, after a late everyone? they are probably in bed, iwould imagine, after a late night of partying. good answer. i got another one. delaware is a small state, but it now gets a president of its own. we saw what happened when georgia got a president, jimmy carter. i wonder how this state will make the most of it. souvenirs, tools of his house — what will they do? oh, yes, ithink tools of his house — what will they do? oh, yes, i think there will be lots of souvenirs, if there aren't already. delaware is somewhere where joe biden grows up —— grew up, and they think, this is a guy we literally know. there is a diner here in delaware that is famous because he is often seen eating breakfast in there. he is often seen shopping. people know him. it's a really historic moment for them, and actually, does years ago, he gave a speech here at an event where he was

given an award, and he said, when i die, delaware will be written on my heart, so i think this is a truly historic moment for delaware. great. with that thought, thank you very much. delaware will be written on my heart — that is quite something. james, talking about souvenirs, one of the things that always acts as a weather vane in washington, the sellers of souvenirs that line constitution avenue, and you can get a t—shirt for trump on one stand, a t—shirt for biden on the other. over the last few weeks, i know we've been looking at the polls, but the souvenir sellers have definitely been focusing on the biden t—shirts. make of that what you will. interesting.

joe biden may now be president—elect biden, but it has by no means been an easy road for him. the family bereavements he has suffered have been well reported, but what's less well known is that joe biden spent the majority of his childhood overcoming a stutter. the former vice president has been more open recently about the condition saying it still impacts him now. his story has inspired many other who stutter, including brayden harrington who met him on the campaign trail, and was also giving the opportunity to speak live to america at the democratic convention earlier this year. back i met joe biden in backi met joe biden in new hampshire and he told me we were members of the same club. we stutter. it was amazing to hear that someone stutter. it was amazing to hear that someone like me became vice

president. that is quite a performance, just amazing. well a little earlier, i caught up with brayden and his dad owen — and i asked brayden how it makes him feel, to see his friend, joe biden, becoming the president of the united states. it makes me feel really happy for him that he's come this far, and i, ijust had like another meeting with somebody and they, his friend was saying that he would never believe that somebody who stutters would make it as far as president, and it's just crazy how far he's come and how far he will, how far he will go. there is no further way for him to go. what about for you? what are your ambitions for your life? like

jobs and stuff? anything. i had a dream of being in the nba, but that's a really slim chance. i do want, for my firstjob, to work out like a dog place. it is a win— win, because i get money and to play with dogs. lovely to see you, especially since you are both in new hampshire, my home state. i will be heading home tomorrow, so i hope the weather is good. braden, how much do you have to prepare when you do a public speech like that? do you get nervous, and does that make your stutter worse? it makes me nervous, but when i practice more and get

used to like the kind of thing i'm doing, like the speech, i kept practising and practising and it made me a little more comfortable with it, so i did have some moments, and that's just because i get co mforta ble and that's just because i get comfortable with it but sometimes it just doesn't fully make me fully fluent, but that's fine, because it still shows everybody that president biden helped a kid who stutters. well, we've been doing a lot of looking forward to what might happen next. let's look at a few images of the momentous events of saturday. we have shown the world that we are united.

we need to do recounts, we need to fight it in the court. it's not over. we did it, joe. you're going to be the next president of the united states. for four years, you marched and organised for equality and justice. for our lives, and for our planet, and then you voted. cheering. i have long talked about the battle for the soul of america. we must restore the soul of america.

and make no mistake, too many dreams have been deferred for too long. we must make the promise of the country real for everybody.

hello there. it has been a grey and gloomy sunday for many, but for this stage in november it has been incredibly mild and that continues this week. we have two areas of low pressure out of the west and this one will bring showers tomorrow. this is with us today bringing rain. both coming from a southerly direction and with the southerly flow we continue the mild theme, notjust into tomorrow but through much the week. temperatures above where they should be for the time of year but do expect rain at times and some of the wettest conditions for the midweek onwards, especially for the west. mild as we go into the evening, temperatures staying in double figures for many but plenty of cloud around as we see the day out. patchy rain or drizzle for central and eastern scotland through northern and eastern england. confined to eastern counties tonight clear skies in the west. showers will push up through the channel islands, south—west england, wales and into northern ireland. by the time we start monday morning, noticed how the temperatures have not fallen a great deal compared to what we have at the moment. it will be a mild start to monday, but the next level of cloud on the satellite is this where the front, a trough in the isobars which enhances the showery rain we will see some hefty showers at times through south—west england, wales and northern ireland. some willjust north—east

and eastwards and very few showers across eastern england, certainly until late in the day. once there will be a fair amount of cloud, there will be sunshine coming and going through the day, especially between the downpours and temperatures, milder still over scotland, northern ireland and northern england. as we go into monday evening and monday night, showers drift northwards and a kink in the isobars enhances the showers, pushing them northwards and eastwards to take us into tuesday. another mild start. there will be showers, particularly to the eastern half of the country and we could see heavier showers push up across the south east corner, but overall after a cloudy start to the day, optimistically there will be more 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.