this is deja news live from berlin joe biden calls to a lady in pennsylvania the state that could decide the u.s. presidency the democratic candidate made another public appearance. we're going to win this race all but claiming victory in the race for the white house we'll get the latest from washington. also coming up superstorm etter battered central america some 150 people are dead it washed mama and dozens more in honduras and mexico the hurricane has now been downgraded to

a tropical storm but the damage has already been done. because german football is abuzz ahead of one of the year's most anticipated clashes we'll preview this weekend's top of the table does make a match between don and a woman and. i'm rebecca it is welcome to the program more than 3 days after the ball polls close in the u.s. there is still no official winner of the presidential election but just a few hours ago democratic presidential candidate joe biden made another public announcement he told supporters democrats would win this race and with a clear majority pulling ahead of president donald trump in case states let's listen to some of what he had to say. we're going to win this race to circle what has happened since yesterday 24 hours we're behind in georgia now are

ahead and we're going to win that state 24 hours ago we were kind of pennsylvania and we are going to win pennsylvania an hour ahead but we're winning in arizona we're going to vote out and in fact our lead just doubled in nevada we're on track to have over $300.00 electoral votes electoral college votes and look at the national numbers we're going to win this race with a clear majority of the nation behind us we've gotten over 74000000 votes and repeat that 74000000 votes that's more than any presidential ticket has ever gotten in the history of united states of america and our vote total is still growing we're beating donald trump over $4000000.00 votes and that's a margin is still growing as well. president trump has vowed to challenge the

results of the election blaming biden's games on what he calls illegal ballots trump's supporters have turned up at counting centers to demonstrate earlier i spoke to our correspondent carolina chinmoy in washington about that and asked her if there's anything in particular we should be concerned about at the moment the narrative of donald trump we should become certain about that because he is still dividing this country and we should not forget he has really a large support behind him and there are a lot of people who blindly believe in him and follow him and these are the ones who are going how it's who are going to protests in different states we have been seeing it during that they have been out in arizona they have been out in pennsylvania and in detroit there have been also some trump supporters who even had weapons with them so this is a narrative really has. an impact on the tram supporters and the

big question is what are we going to see once we have a winner of this elections are we going to see an atmosphere that is even more tens and more people on the streets or not i take a closer look at the results as they stand at the moment the overall picture hasn't shifted for quite a while now so far joe biden has 264 electoral college votes and donald trump has $214.00 that's according to be a pain news agency and remember the candidates need $270.00 college votes to win pennsylvania would be a massive prize with its 20 electoral college votes joe biden's lead there is currently around $29000.00 with just 5 percent of the votes left to be counted the mail in votes being counted have been heavily favoring the democratic candidate. and georgia with its 16 electoral college votes is also extremely close by then has

pulled ahead of trump there we have a difference of just around $4000.00 votes a recount is expected in georgia. over old donald trump's path to victory is looking increasingly narrow states in red or blue have been called by pay for trump by then states in the lighter blue or in pink leaning toward biden and trump respectively any one of the remaining states will give joe biden the win president donald trump however needs a combination of states in order to take the late. course now to kirk he's a professor of law based in cologne thanks very much for joining us professor how robust is the u.s. electoral system is it susceptible to fraud or miscounting. thank you very much for having me here i think you're going to system is in fact robust 1st thing we have to keep in mind is the name of the country is the united states of america

or it's a plurality there's a sense creating a federation not the other way around it's not government the states were there 1st at least 13 of them were and they all have their own electoral laws permitted to do so insofar as they're all over only one or 2 a lot of it becomes a bit confusing at times because people want to see it as a unified system 11 of the 2 a system home or it is not. so the 2nd thing i think we have to keep in mind as well here is that when we're looking at what appears to be some chaos with this election it's only one national election we wouldn't be having this conversation here this morning about of senate race in north dakota but the senate races are happening there are elections for the house of representatives in the united states and each one of the states is also having elections that time so the paint with a broad brush and say how robust is the election system we can just look at joe biden donald trump as being representative of the entire emotion system in the

final point i think i make on that is that the electoral college is a puzzle to many people including americans i think it's an anachronism it demonstrated in 2000 that it doesn't work very well in 2016 especially demonstrated it didn't work very well when created i would zander hamilton advocated for what we all know him from the broadway play no and he said that the 2 things that will help to guard against to help the public vote to guard against was demagoguery and populism and i think we have the definition of demagoguery and populism in the person the electoral college put in the white house or on to the yoke i did want to get onto the wolf some of that lol so instead of being mounted by the trump campaign many of which have already been thrown out but do you see their efforts going anyway. the i think the ones that we have to look to

right now are the ones in georgia the ones in pennsylvania and one has already finished its importance in south carolina because mostly i think these lawsuits are lots of noise intended to simply delay a process in wish from campaign things they're going to lose and they're searching for an escape they're hoping for something bigger than a drowning man grasping at straws but the one of south carolina when the supreme court ruled on it they said that even if we review a intellectual process in the state and decided didn't go the way it should have people who voted relying on the system that was in place of the time deserve to have their vote counted because the reliance interests so as these 2 some forward we may see more of that unfortunately that's all we have time for but thanks very much for speaking to us professor kim k. you're very welcome thank you for having me. when al it take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world in chile

anti-government protesters have faced off with police who sprayed tear gas and 5 water cannon the demonstration in santiago was the latest in an ongoing social unrest movement that's been demanding reforms to the pension healthcare and education systems. because prime minister says his air force has bombed arms differs and destroyed military hardware belonging to his former coalition allies in the tigre a region tensions rose in september when t. gray held an election against the prime minister's will experts fear the latest x. escalation could trigger a civil. us media reporting that president donald trump's top aide white house chief of staff mark meadows has contracted coded 19 a new york times says meadows 1st tested positive one day after the election it said another 8 was also diagnosed as having corona virus trump was hospitalized with the virus a month ago. of. around 150 people

a day and in guatemala after superstorm swept through the central american country and dozens are dead in neighboring honduras and mexico to hit the region as a force for hurrican it since they downgraded to a tropical storm but maybe just say the storm could soon regain strength. hurricane brutal assault it's a threat to young and old alike the storm has swung to guatemala and the army has been rescuing the stranded many helpless on their rooftops. it's a has caused streams to swirl and rivers to pour floodwaters drowning entire neighborhoods. some of the rescued they're fortunate to escape but they've lost so much. for others a close call of a different kind making it out with less than the shirt on their back.

the storm lashed much of the small central american country of guatemala it triggered mudslides destroyed roads and bridges and forced people to seek any refuge they could find. rob we're several families who've lost absolutely everything but the government was not even capable of warning people of the danger . it her says because everyone lost something the houses were flooded but now we'll have to get back onto our feet someone who are terrible. it's a desperate situation that has left guatemala as government begging its neighbors for assistance. we expect helicopters to come from panama spending the night in honduras and then arriving on saturday to supporters in the rescue and humanitarian mission. you there are many.

many of those displaced are now living in shelters and their plight may soon be shared by others in central america as a lingers over the region refusing to come to rest. and abundance lake and german champions by munich travel to dortmund on saturday to play their arch rivals in a game known as the classic once again though the sounds of the match will echo off of an m f m d c it's being in a partial lockdown because of germany's record coronavirus numbers. dortmund germany's self-proclaimed football capital is in lockdown. on saturday it hosts germany's biggest game the so-called classic or the you wouldn't know that from looking around. you'd already be feeling the excitement and that's not the case anymore even at 12 o'clock on a saturday even

a game against byron is like any other day that was unthinkable 6 months ago the rules are strict no fans or load in the stadium and pubs must remain closed. to get if you want to go to the stadium. 80000 people the floodlights go on instead you have to sit at home on the coach and. just a group to go for this is but if you're a proper fun. you get withdrawal symptoms. it's more. a life football is viewed by many fans as a minor casualty of locked own social worker. sees it as a more serious problem he has worked for over 30 years with young football fans groups. the foosball is newer that is a ball is not only the social glue that holds a lot of things together for ultras groups especially football is only

a means to an end in that there aren't many areas where people can enjoy life like they can with football especially here in the rural area and when it's not there a very important pillar of our youth culture is broken away when you're the one of dortmund's 3 largest ultra groups the u. boat was disbanded it said it couldn't see a future for itself amid the pandemic. don't talk to the media but daniels knows them well. positioned themselves very clearly and strongly against racism sexism and here in dortmund where it's particularly needed against right wing tendencies. you can't lose young people who take this stance especially note. for many in germany football is about so much more than just the result less discerning fans can watch saturday's class ago from their living rooms. and watching data values up next all garia has become

a magnet for chinese tourists to its famous young get that's coming up and on documentary more news check out our website. at life at the top of the hour i'm rebecca reaches in balance thanks very much. the fish unary and the pragmatist the diplomat who always gets straight to the point. the good to institute outgoing director. close to telling him on. the last cultural diplomatic. front.