this is bbc news live from washington and london. the former republican president george w bush has issued a statement warmly congratulating joe biden for winning an election he said was "fundamentally fair". that is adding to the pressure on president trump to accept the results of tuesday's us election. joe biden spent his first morning as president elect at a church service in delaware. he's already launched a transition team to help him prepare to take office injanuary president trump finds solace on the golf course — though on twitter he continues to assert that the election has been "stolen". his wife melania tweets that every legal vote — not illegal — should be counted. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases acround the world passes 50 million.

joe biden is set to make battling the pandemic one of his first priorities. big ben chimes the hour away from the us — the queen has attended a ceremony to mark remembrance sunday to honour the dead from the two world wars. people across the uk observed a two minute silence. the number one priority for president electjoe biden when he takes office will be how to tackle coronavirus — which so far has claimed 238,000 american lives. he's already announced he will form a coronavirus response committee to ensure it is ready to implement decisions from his inauguration day in january. previously he said he wants to provide free testing for all and hire 100,000 people

to set up a national contact—tracing programme. and says that all governors should mandate wearing masks. that work starts tomorrow with the announcement of his covid transition team who will organise policies to be implemented once he takes office. what can we expect, and what does joe biden need to do? here to discuss that is doctor ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. we had more than 130,000 cases here in the us. the pandemic is getting worse and worse. canjoe biden‘s planning make a difference with 70 days to go until he becomes president? yes, thank you for having me on. as that question sort of presumes its truth, he doesn't have any power until the 20th of january. there are things he can do to be hopeful but it will still require some amount of leadership, ideally from president trump and his

administration, and if not from congress and the governors. the problem is, doctorjha, he will not be there for 70 days. as laura was just saying, yesterday's total, these are new daily cases, went over 120,000. they are setting new day records every week. so... i mean... is there anything he can do in the interim, is there anything he can do to put something in place for when he takes over? there are some things he takes over? there are some things he can do. he can encourage congress to get money out to states, and then he can encourage states to start putting in some of the policies. ideally it would come from the federal government but that's unlikely under president trump. he then send signals to the marketplace that there will be a huge appetite for increased testing and contact tracing. he has no hard power right 110w tracing. he has no hard power right now but he can use these soft power to start making some of these

changes. it will be hard unless the governors and congress help him. he doesn't have much power on his own right now, as you say. the focus will be on the vaccine, but it's not just getting the vaccine, it's about getting it to people, you've got to getting it to people, you've got to get trust among people so they want to have the vaccine, and also you've got to put all of the things in place in a state, and across 50 different states. that takes a lot of work, doesn't it? it does, and this is one where i've been very worried about whether the trump team has taken the logistics of this seriously. as i often say, vaccines don't save lives, vaccinations do and getting vaccines into peoples arms is a logistical challenge. it's not clear the trump team has done that. that's another area where biden‘s transition team can start doing work now so that when he takes over on the 20th of january he can implement some of those plans to get the vaccine is out, and to build the

trust which is necessary. lots of americans are sceptical about vaccines, and they need to be reassured that the scientific process really has been done with integrity. doctorjha, on a more personal note from you as a proud indian—american, and kamala harris, the next vice president, is also then indian—american as well as being of jamaican heritage. then indian—american as well as being ofjamaican heritage. you tweeted last night that you wanted to reflect on the name kamala, you said it was the name of your beloved aunt. can we get your reflections on that, please? absolutely. i came to america when i was 1a. this is a country that has been deeply welcoming to me and my family, and i a lwa ys welcoming to me and my family, and i always felt very american. in the last four years under president trump it has raised for the first time whether people like me are welcome in this country. the

election of kamala harris as vice president is a reminder of what america is and what it should become a welcoming place for people around the world. just to pick up on that, aside from her becoming the vice president, this was as much a relief for you, was it, you had felt this personally in the last four years? absolutely. 0ne personally in the last four years? absolutely. one of the things people fail to appreciate is that the president's rhetoric has raised and unearthed a lot of deep hatred in our country that has been addressed and focused on people like me. a man who is a social media troll, and people have insane things to me on social media, something i've never felt before. it's not all done. i don't think we can bury all of that. but it's a clear step forward to have somebody like kamala harris be our nation's vice president. good to get your personal reflections,

doctorjha, thank you. thank you. let's get more live reaction. larry madowo is in atlanta and joins us now. larry, you are at a trump protest. supporters of the president there. what can you tell us about the mood asjoe biden‘s what can you tell us about the mood as joe biden‘s lead what can you tell us about the mood asjoe biden‘s lead is taking up in the state of georgia? it's the second day of protests here outside the state capital. it is a smaller crowd today. they are not quite sure how many people are coming, but those who are here are keen to make sure they let everybody know that they call this a rigged election. people drive by, some are in support, some are not, so it's interesting to see what happens. joseph cruz being supported here.

the same thing that has happened to trump has happened to me. on tuesday i was trump has happened to me. on tuesday iwas up trump has happened to me. on tuesday i was up in my voting. everything stopped in the middle of the night. we went home. when i woke up it it we nt we went home. when i woke up it it went down. it is showing there are weird things happening here. with all of this recounting back again, i just want to see what are my final numbers. we, as a candidate, we have a right to know what is the final number, what people choose. regardless of if i get elected or not, i want to see my real numbers. you think your election was stolen? yes, but i was running with a strong democrat district. they didn't have to do that because when you run with somebody like me running in a strong democrat district, the high possibility is they will keep it, so why do they do that to my campaign? the official results say you got 69,000 votes, your challenger got

278,000 votes, he got four times more than you. yes. i was working my campaign for over18 more than you. yes. i was working my campaign for over 18 months. i was visiting cities. i was visiting city council. everybody knows my name. so i believe it is more than that. i just wanted to see the final number. if they want to elect me they've got to show it with the number, if they don't elect me, i at least want to see those numbers! what do you think about the presidential result? they sayjoe biden has been elected? about the presidential result? they say joe biden has been elected? who says? the media? it's not been satisfied. it is in the court now. it happened the same thing with al gore, the media said he was elected as president, but at the end of the day it was george bush, because the supreme court, in this case the justice, they are the ones who decide. you are an immigrant to the united states. why do you support president donald trump?” united states. why do you support president donald trump? i came to the united states over 28 years ago.

icame here the united states over 28 years ago. i came here legally. i went through a very long, hard process. not only that, i had to learn the language. i learned the language, right? english. i may have a heavy accent but i know a lot about america because when you become an american citizen you have to study hard the history, and answer questions to the immigration department. what do you think about donald trump's rhetoric about immigrants? he like i am, i am against illegal aliens coming to this country without knowing who are coming in. it took me, you know how many years it took me to become a citizen? 12 years. when i became citizen? 12 years. when i became citizen i already assimilated, i'd already learned the language, i'd already learned the language, i'd already learned the history, and i learnt how to love america. that's why i am pro legal immigration. because when you come here you want to contribute to the country. you

don't want to come and bring your country over here and mess it up here. thank you very much. your english is great, by the way. thank you. thank you. some of the sentiment here. there are a few more resident trump voters here wanting a different result. good to get those perspectives from georgia. interesting. some of the strongest voices on immigration tend to be those who have come as immigrants and did it through legal channels. it took me 12 years to become an american citizen. it's not easy. you've got to do the work. at 77, joe biden will be the oldest president to take office, but as vice—president elect — kamala harris is also set to make history.

she will be the first woman, the first black and the first asian american to hold the position. nomia iqbal looks at her rise to the second highest office in the country. the nation was born with the words, "all men are created equal." it's taken more than two centuries for that promise to begin to be realised by a woman. kamala harris struggled when she ran to be the democratic party's pick for president, but later found a role as the progressive counterweight tojoe biden‘s more establishment candidacy. joe biden and i are proud, patriotic americans who share the values with the vast majority of the american people, who want a president of the united states who speaks truth. she was born in california to immigrant parents ofjamaican and indian heritage. she was elected to the senate four years ago, off the back of a successful career as a prosecutor. something that later damaged her support among some liberals,

who thought she'd been too tough on african—american defendants. she graduated from this university, where her elevation to the nation's second—highest office is viewed as hugely symbolic. i have to admit, i'm still in a bit of shock about it. like, i'm thrilled, i wanted this to happen. i imagine she's going to take all the things that she learned over her lifetime and put them into policy, which will make her, again, more than a symbol, it will make her a politician of substance. kamala? it's not kam—arla. it's not carmela. but she still had to teach the country how to say her name. i'm kamala harris. and she was openly attacked by the president. i thought she was the meanest... ..the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody in the us senate. if kamala harris had been born more than 100 years ago, she would not have been able to vote and, as a black woman, she would have had no rights. but, now, she's set to become

the most powerful and influential woman in american political history. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. much has been made of kamala harris‘ indian roots, on her mother's side, but what about her dad, who was jamaican? we'rejoined now byjamaican reggae singer nadine sutherland. are you composing something in honour of kamala harris‘s jamaican roots ? honour of kamala harris‘s jamaican roots? actually i already did. i had a song called action, which did 0k asa a song called action, which did 0k as a pop song. in our culture we have something called dub which is synonymous with the dance halls of jamaica. what we do in that context is take a song and use it to represent a specific sound. what i did before kamala harris became vice

president elect was to use that song and modify the lyrics. basically endorsing kamala harris. it's called, the words go, kamala harris coming with the action, that song is somewhat a little tune, a little tribute that was done before she became. i am tribute that was done before she became. iam proud. ithought tribute that was done before she became. i am proud. i thought she went out on a limb, and i went out ona limb went out on a limb, and i went out on a limb to support her before she became president elect. have you met her? not yet, but the dreams and aspirations are not quite yet. when idid aspirations are not quite yet. when i did this it was from a feminist and nationalistic perspective. but the dream of many people, the hopes arei the dream of many people, the hopes are i will meet her, and probably perform at the inauguration, bring my caribbean style to it. she knows

you have that song. it's out there now. it's out there! chuckles you cannot be what you don't see, that's what they say, so what does this mean to little girls all over the country who see the vice president elect standing up there? speaking as a jamaican, but also i'm speaking as a caribbean american, because i'm part of that tomography. i don't think we've ever seen a woman get to this level in the us. here we are. we are seeing a woman, who is of immigration descent, basically, ascended to this. i think it isa basically, ascended to this. i think it is a message, especially to my nieces and nephews, as grown girls, that they can aspire to be anything, and any women in general, of any colour. this is momentous for gender

in america. this is momentous for little black and brown girls in jamaica watching this, and seeing what hard work and probably dreams, and probably tears can really lead to. the possibility is being vice president elect of the us. it is a powerful moment, in fact. thank you so much, nadine. thank you so much for having me. god bless you. chuckles a very happy nadine sutherland. i shall find song later. let's have a look at some news from here in the uk. the queen has led a ceremony marking remembrance sunday — as people around the nation paid their respects to the dead from two world wars. she was joined by family members and prime minister borisjohnson at the cenotaph in london in a service scaled—back due to coronavirus restrictions. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has more. music: nimrod by elgar.

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 minutes' silence observed in whitehall and around the nation. big ben chimes the hour.

music: last post. 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. returning to the election now... all eyes will be on the white house tomorrow as we wait for the president's next move — one man who can perhaps give us some insight into what's happening is the former white house director of communications anthony scaramucci. now an arch opponent of mr trump, he celebrated in true "mooch" style, donning a bathrobe and champagne to celebrate mr biden being projected as president elect. i asked him if this election was the end of mr trump's style of politics this sort of anger, and populist fervour, and rankle, once it dies down people will go back to their regular lives and think, why was i

so involved? regular lives and think, why was i so involved ? they regular lives and think, why was i so involved? they will go back to american football, american baseball, and he will be on the ash heap of history. give it six months. the nonsense about him challenging the vote is absolutely absurd. more denial nonsense by him. i'm laughing at the whole jared kushner story because i know how they operate. the leak, trying to make it look like jared kushner is quasi normal. this is an absurdity. it's an embarrassment for the united states around the world. he hurt the country. but you could see the jubilation last night. will he be interested in going to georgia and campaigning when there are two senate seats up for grabs injanuary and he's this powerfulfigure in the republican party, or will he slink off into the night? probably somewhere between. i don't see him campaigning for anybody else. the only thing he cares about is himself, so i don't see why he would

go down to georgia and campaign for people. this loss was absolutely humiliating. you are talking about three presidents who were removed from office since the end of world war ii. he knows and his team knows he is the one who lost this. it was his rhetoric, his style on twitter, it was the denial of the coronavirus and the impact of that and the impact it had on the economy. there is only one person to blame for this loss and that's donald trump, so i don't see how he will get out on the campaign hustings as a loser, something he supposedly despises, yet he is one of the biggest ones. i don't see how he will go down to georgia and campaigned for anybody. but anything is possible in trump world. what is more possible is people around the country needing to continue to coalesce and get rid of this ridiculous form of political ideology created by trump.

this ridiculous form of political ideology created by trumpm this ridiculous form of political ideology created by trump. it is quite an in tray, health crisis, a race relations crisis, climate crisis. he is trapped between the progressive left in his own party and the republican senate. it is an unenviable task he has ahead of him, joe biden. no question about that. it's the hardest job joe biden. no question about that. it's the hardestjob in the world arguably. i think he is well suited to thejob. he has multiple decades of experience. he is also a centrist. he will be the oldest person to be inaugurated formally as president. i am person to be inaugurated formally as president. iam hoping person to be inaugurated formally as president. i am hoping and person to be inaugurated formally as president. iam hoping and praying he will be a post—partisan leader. i'm hoping he will try to cut a deal with senator mcconnell on infrastructure and my recommendation is incremental steps to bipartisanship. that will heal the nation. i think he is capable of doing that. there will be people on the radical left who will be hitting him. i'm sure of that. he has that

nonsense. but remember what happened tojeremy nonsense. but remember what happened to jeremy corbyn nonsense. but remember what happened tojeremy corbyn in your country. the radical left were strongly repudiated as well as trumpism in this country. i think people want a centrist government. hopefullyjoe biden can be a good steward. this will be a very hard task for him ahead, no question. does the republican senate, in a way, give him some cover to cut deals with mitch mcconnell? i believe so. i hope they don't look at it that way when they lay out the venn diagram of outcomes. i hope they get there. 0ne of outcomes. i hope they get there. one of my republican friends who despises president trump but would never admit it publicly said the collection ofjoe biden is good for the soul, and the re—election of mitch mcconnell is good for my pocketbook. it's a bit cynical but i think that's where people are right now. they are just hoping that these quys now. they are just hoping that these guys who measured things, cooperate,

ta ke guys who measured things, cooperate, take the heat down in the country, ta ke take the heat down in the country, take down the divide, and before you know it people will be wondering why they were involved with trump in the first place, that anger based demagoguery has nothing to do with america. always great to talk to you, anthony scaramucci. a thank you. i will send you more pictures. do that, but no more champagne, not ona do that, but no more champagne, not on a sunday. 0ne do that, but no more champagne, not on a sunday. one very happy mooch. you know what else will happen on january the 20th? there will be two dogs at the white house. there have been no dogs during the presidency of donald trump. that's right, and it's the first time ina that's right, and it's the first time in a century that there hasn't been a presidential pet because donald trump didn't have a dog, cat, goldfish, or anything else, donald trump didn't have a dog, cat, goldfish, oranything else, despite having a teenage son. joe biden is going to bring german shepherds to the white house. two! amazing.

they are not exactly cuddly. what is he trying to signal by having that kind of dog? might makea kind of dog? might make a mess of milani trump's south lawn. see you tomorrow. —— melania's south lawn. hello again. 0ur weather will stay mild for the next few days, thanks to southerly winds. those winds though will be dragging in a lot of cloud, and we have rain in the forecast this week, especially across western areas. now, on the satellite picture, we have a stripe of cloud across the uk the moment bringing some damp weather, low pressure to our southwest, bringing a bit of patchy rain over the next few days. a more substantial area of cloud in the mid atlantic, that's coming our way midweek to bring some heavier rain and some stronger winds as well. now, right now, we have got a lot of cloud and some damp weather, bit of light rain and drizzle across scotland, england and wales. with fog patches around already, that fog will become quite extensive later in the night across wales, england and scotland.

northern ireland, western fringes of england, the visibility probably improving later on as the next area of rain moves in. that rain is associated with that next area of low pressure i showed you on the satellite picture a moment ago. now, the low—pressure is going to continue to be quite weak, so the rain on it is going to be quite patchy as it extends across northern ireland across wales, western england, western scotland through the day. a very murky start though across scotland and england in particular with quite extensive fog, particularly over the hills. it will probably stay pretty cloudy for most of us even into the afternoon. slowly brightening up in the west, very mild, temperatures up to 16. now, that low—pressure is still hanging around as we go through tuesday, but it's weakening all the while, so tuesday morning starting with a lot of cloud, but still patches of rain left over. increasingly, the cloud will tend to thin and break up and we should see a little bit more in the way of brightness, a bit more sunshine breaking through the cloud, with still a few showers dotted around here and there. temperatures, still mild, 13 degrees in edinburgh and belfast up to about 15 degrees in london. midweek sees the next area of low pressure move in, bringing a band of heavier rain

and the winds start to get a little bit stronger as the isobars pinch together. so, a wet and windy day coming up on wednesday, the heaviest rain always across western areas, and as the winds strengthen, you will probably see some brighter weatherfor a time moving into some central and eastern parts of england, maybe eastern wales too. but then this rain sets into the afternoon, turning very heavy with some squally winds as well, very gusty, could bring down some tree branches. wet and windy weather pushes eastward through wednesday night. that's your latest weather.

joe biden pledges to heal america, as president trump refuses to admit defeat. the president—elect went to church in his home town today, after an address in which he appealed to supporters and to tens of millions of americans who did not vote for him. i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify, who doesn't see red states and blue states — only sees the united states. he's known every british prime minister of the last four decades and once called borisjohnson a donald trump clone. he was asked about that today. there is far more that unites the government of this country and government in washington, any time, at any stage, than divides us.