hello. i'm katy tur. >> we continue with msnbc's special coverage of a historic night in america, the election of joe biden as the 46th president of the united states. for biden it is a victory decades in the making. the necessary electoral votes came 48 years to the day of his first election to the senate in 1972 back when he was 29. the president-elect reaffirmed his promise to be a leader for all americans when he spoke tonight in wilmington, delaware. >> i sought this office to restore the soul of america, to rebuild the backbone of this nation, the middle class and to make america respected around the world again. and to unite us here at home. it's the honor of my lifetime that so many millions of americans have voted for that vision. and now the work of making that vision is real. it's the task of our time. >> a big day for joe biden is also a historic one for vice president-elect kamala harris. she becomes the first woman, the first black person and first person of asian descent ever to be elected as vice president. she marked the moment in her

consequential address as vice president-elect. >> what a testament it is to joe's character that he had the audacity to break one of the most substantial barriers that exists in our country and select a woman as his vice president. but while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. >> all right, their delayed victory ignited sprawling sell breaks across this country nearly 90 hours after polls closed on tuesday. >> being able to see someone who looks like her, who looks like him is going to really help them and help other children to know how far they can go in this world. the last four years have been really hard for parents, and i feel like we've created a better opportunity and a better world

for our children, and that means a lot. >> we begin with our own mike memoli on the road in wilmington, delaware. gosh, what a journey it has been since the primaries back in iowa. just tell us what was it like to wake up on a saturday for joe biden and find out he's going to be the next president of the united states? >> reporter: yeah, in talking to biden campaign officials and people close to the president-elect, i have to catch myself, you guys because i keep wanting to say the former vice president. this is going to be a little bit of a process here, but it's so interesting for him how the day started for him like a saturday often would, sitting on the back porch of his home in wilmington, and it was interrupted by just the cheers of his grandchildren and children watching television in the other room at the moment they found out he had indeed been projected to be the president-elect. they came out and told him we won. and that became a day of great

reflection, of congratulations, of calls to colleagues and friends. and it led, of course, to the moment tonight where we saw him on stage with his running mate, the vice president-elect. and it goes without saying 2020 has been a crazy year full of tragedy, full of tumult. and one of the hallmarks of biden's came pain and how he got to this point is consistency. ted coffman, one of his longest serving advisers who was part of that campaign said he's always been a man who tested the mirror. he always knew what he was doing and wanted to be able it live with himself with his decisions and could live with them if they didn't go well in term of his political decisions. so the message he began his campaign with is exactly what he took to the stage tonight, to restore the backbone of the economy, the middle class and to unite the country. and i think that represents the

biggest test for joe biden that he knows going forward and one he tried to address tonight speaking directly to trump supporters. he said i know you're disappointed, but give me a chance. he's also making clear he's going to move forward with his attempt to try to pass an aggressive agenda but one that we know reporting from "the washington post" lays out is going to require a lot of executive orders. we can't overlook for kamala harris. vice presidents in recent elections don't often speak on election night, but it was an intentional choice by joe biden to have her speak to recognize the history of this moment. the first words out of her mouth were representative john lewis, speaking to the great history of this moment and the ticket tonight. >> thanks so much. we appreciate it. >> and as we mentioned tens of thousands of people have poured into streets across the country throughout the day. crowds sang, danced, honked their horns. from the line dances in atlanta

to rainbow flags waving ensan francisco. >> let's bring in nbc news' julia jester in washington, d.c. along with jake ward in oakland, california. i went outside in brooklyn today and i thought i saw a large crowd gathered at a corner, and then i looked at the images coming out of washington, d.c. and i realized what we were seeing here is a small comparison to what we're seeing around the country especially where you are. tell me what you're seeing with people in the streets right outside of the white house. >> reporter: good evening, katey. the party here outside the white house is still going strong, and that's exactly what it is, celebration. i talked to people here who are hopeful tonight. and they know there's a lot of work to be done, but that can wait until tomorrow. i chatted with jill clark who brought her entire family out here tonight because for her it was an important moment in history. here's what she told me earlier. >> we've been here so many times

in past years to protest for climate change, for black lives matter and we've been down here so many times when we're upset and worried and ang raesh ary, . >> why was it important to bring your kids? >> because they've been with us for all there protests, to march and chant before. and we wanted to show what a celebration looks like and what peoples work can accomplish. >> reporter: and katey, it's quite a different scene here than it was four years ago even a few months ago. i'm here with olivia and vunesia who were here for the protests over the summer and it's quite a different mood. what brought you here tonight and describing the feeling outside the white house. >> so we were out here protesting during the summer for george floyd and amhmaud arbery. >> of course it's a sigh of

relief because change is possible and we we're happy we have a new president. >> the energy out here is super inspiring so we're just hoping for change. >> reporter: that's right. inspiring is a word i've heard a lot tonight. and as i mentioned the folks here know there's work to be done, but for now it is quite a dance party out here as folks keep coming by to celebrate the president-elect joe biden. >> julia, thank you very much for that from the nation's capitol. we head out west to oakland where jake is. jake, so obviously there is a lot of symbolism in the birthplace of kamala harris not just because where she comes from but what she represents. tell us how the city of oakland is reacting this evening. >> reporter: you've described it absolutely right, and people have been going hard if that's the word to use since the news was announced this morning. this street behind me was

basically filled with people dancing back and forth and even to this hour we have dance parties breaking out so sporadically around us. and it is -- it's because as sweet as this victory has been for biden and harris supporters across the country it is especially sweet here in oakland. this is traditionally black community fill of immigrant communities that has seen so much hardship over the last four years. when you think about the effect of the deaths of people like george floyd and breonna taylor, you know, i stood in tear gas not even a mile from here as protests broke out here. you know, the feelings were so raw that then to have people here be able to see not only a city daughter but someone who comes from multiple communities that make oakland what it is such a powerful thing to hear about. you guys know what it is. sometimes it's hard to get people to talk on camera about their feelings. here we had people lining up to

tell us just how important this moment is. have a listen. >> we're here to celebrate the victory of kamala harris and joe biden. >> reporter: you mentioned kamala harris first. you know, is she in your mind tonight? >> of course. she her mother is from india and we're from india. >> we're hoping that these younger generations when they're 4 years older or 8 years older, whenever they're able to run for anything, whether it's the city, the state, the country, that they'll be able to know that they can do this no matter what and they can make real changes. >> reporter: you know, obviously the whole country celebrating, you know, across this nation. there's so many people celebrating, but oakland celebrating especially hard tonight. >> jake, thank you. >> i know you and i live in the same neighborhood and this was

announced once joe biden became the president-elect it's like everybody was collectively unglued from their television, and people came outside on their front stoops out of their apartment buildings and started banging on pots and pans. i was really struck and i was walking down atlantic avenue, and there are a number of long-standing middle eastern shops and restaurants, and i saw islamic families waving the american flag, and i kept thinking to myself what a four years this must have been for them as the president instituted the muslim ban, campaigning that muslims were different and other des and that we needed to figure out what was going on, and what a collective sigh of relief it must have been for these families here in brooklyn. i found the whole celebration, everything i've seen across the country so inspiring. >> so inspiring and like you said there were so many communities over the past four years who felt their world had gotten smaller, felt maybe they should keep their head down and go about their business. and now you can see with the

celebrations around the country this was a moment for them to really embrace everything this country had represented. and that's what you're seeing on the streets. and in fact it's a testament to president-elect joe biden who already said that one of the first acts he's going to take is to repeal that muslim ban, the so-called muslim ban. jouk already see what that means just among the other things he's going to do early on, but it's one of the things you're seeing reaction to. >> one of things that rolled back the country bringing the country back together. president-elect joe biden evoked several past presidents in his speech tonight as he described a path forward to unite the nation. >> america has always been shaped by inflection points, by moments in time. we made hard decisions about who we are and what we want to be. lincoln in 1860 coming to save the union, fdr in 1932 promising

a beleaguered country a new deal. jfk in 1960 a new frontier. and 12 years ago when barack obama made history he told us, yes, we can. and folks, we stand at an inflection point. we have an opportunity to defeat despair, to build a nation of prosperity and purpose. we can do it. i know we can. >> let's bring in nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss. michael, i'm going to try to ask you to do something. look forward 10, 20, 30 years and then place this speech we just heard tonight into its place in history. >> well, you know, katey and aymond, i love what you were just saying.

i saw and heard the same thing of a medical student he went down to city hall and heard and saw the same thing. it's almost like these countries around the world that were under the shadow of authoritarianism and suddenly we're liberated. who'd ever thought we'd see this in our own country. but i think what we saw tonight was a president-elect who was amazingly normal with the exception -- monumental exception of donald trump the last nearly four years this is what presidents look and sound like. they try to unite the country. they try to appeal to the best in us. they try to, you know, make america into something that is a model and an example and a beacon around the world. if we were talking about that a few years ago i would have said that and that would have sounded unexceptional. but here we are after more than 3 1/2 years of donald trump, and it's as if we're living in a new age. and i think the one thing historians will say about this

night is that america had a very close call. >> yeah, and i was actually going -- >> joe biden and kamala harris won an election. they succeeded. they saved our democracy. it might had gone away had their opponents won this. >> and so this was the point, the work now really begins, which is there's the moment of healing but there's also a moment of reform. and joe biden today as you mentioned was talking about civility and i think a lot of people -- how many years has it been since you heard a president try to reach across the aisle and try to speak to the voters of the opposing candidate? >> four years. >> exactly, it's been four years. michael, i'm curious to get your thoughts. how does this translate into work? how does this president-elect go about fulfilling this mission? >> well, the two things are going to have to be done he's going to have to propose some controversial policies and to some extent get them through congress. to our benefit just as you were saying earlier this is a guy who

has served almost a half century in national government. if i had to choose anyone who's a legislative tactician able to do that it would be joe biden. and the other part of this job is going to be to unify a nation hurt tonight and suffering tonight and bleeding tonight. this is guy whose entire nature is to be civil and compassionate and try to bring people together. i think he will be in the spirit of dwight eisenhower after world war ii in the beginning of the cold war and lindsen johnson after the kennedy assassination in 1963 and gerald ford after the resignation of richard nixon in 1974 when he said our long national nightmare is over. i think tonight feels as if we're waking up after a bad dream that's lasted almost four years. >> i'm going to ask you to reach back again into history, and i want you to give joe biden some advice about how he can approach the divided time we're in.

not just in the country what within congress. he's got to try to work with what it seems right now and that could change the runoffs we're having in georgia, but he's going to work with a republican congress, and mitch mcconnell potentially as the majority leader. is there a president that he can look to for advice on how to find a way to work with the other side when the other side is so unwilling to work with him? >> well, oddly enough franklin roosevelt in the 1930s re-elected in 1936 by this enormous landslide, but who was his party in congress? they were segregationist, conservative southern white and negotiating with them was almost as tough as negotiating with another party. yet roosevelt had this ability to understand the other side, to make deals and also have a supreme sense of purpose to make

sure this wasn't just a stream of transactions but he was changing the country in the fundamental way it needed that i think most people right now believe. >> michael, can i just say i wish i was there with you right now. that fire looks lovely. >> oh, thank you. i wish you were here too. >> you have the best zoom background so far of the evening. michael beschloss, thank you so much. >> thank you, michael. appreciate it. still ahead dissecting joe biden's win. we will take a look at the numbers behind the 2020 victory, but first president trump has made it clear he has no intention of going quietly. now the big question is what does his campaign plan to do next. s what does his campaign plan to do next cell phone repair. did you know liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? just get a quote at libertymutual.com. really? i'll check that out. oh yeah. i think i might get a quote. not again!

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okay, so news joe biden surpassed the 270 electoral vote threshold came as president trump was visiting one of his golf courses today perhaps not a surprise. and in short the president did not take it well. in fact, president trump continued to claim that victory tweeting falsehoods about illegal votes he made his way back to the white house through streets filled with people celebrating his loss. his campaign today is insisting that their fight is not over. joining us now "the new york times" white house correspondent msnbc contributor annie carny. nbc news digital senior white house reporter shannon

pettypiece. i think the big question today because we're so accustomed to it as a country when there's a projection of a winner in a president-elect you hear the concession from the outgoing president. is there any talk tonight at the white house that this president is prepared to concede? >> reporter: you know, i don't think anyone around the president and i'm not sure even the president knows exactly what is going to come next in the coming days. i was told that allies are trying to give the president some space today to try and process this, to come to terms with it on his own. you know they say, well, it's something every president sort of has to come around to on their own. whether this goes on for a week, though, without his allies starting to move in and push him in a direction of conceding and graciously beginning the transfer of powers is another question. but it does seem like those around him are going to give him a few days. it's been very quiet not only in

the white house because you have a lot of staffers that just didn't come in today and also you have the chief of star mark meadows who has coronavirus. several aides around him are in quarantine. and in the campaign they started out the day still kind of defiant. they held a call with surrogates whether they were talking about having rallies, whether they were talking about protests and trying to fire up their surrogates and held a press conference. and as soon as the news organizations called this race for joe biden it was almost radio silence. so i think there's a lot of people there who are coming to terms on that front as well. even though i will note the campaign has continued sending out repeated e-mails to super r supporters soliciting donations for their legal fight. >> really quickly sidebar since you brought it up who is running interference if mark meadows is slightly out of commission because of covid? >> yeah, i think that's a great

question. typically the vice president, you know, would have a role here. we were not able to get an answer from the vice president's team about where he is today. i know one senior -- very senior official who was just out enjoying their day, their weekend when i contacted them not at the white house, not involved in anything going on at all -- >> that news conference at four seasons total landscaping which was between at least next to an adult film store. annie carny, what exactly was the president's day like? he went golfing, the news was called. fox news called it as well. what did he do then? >> we didn't see him again. the white house called a lid at about a little before 4:00, which is ironic because they made fun of -- they made the general public even know what calling a lid even is because it's when you're told that you

will no longer see the principal that day, and they made fun of joe biden all campaign for early lids, for having a short day. so first of all we were told very early today we wouldn't see the president again. we saw some tweets saying he won by a lot, saying i saw a tweet saying he won 70 something million votes, largest number of votes an incumbent ever won before. that clearly red to me like a statistic brought to him by an aide who wanted to make him feel better, wanted to show he had beat some sort of record himself even if he'd lost the election, and then we heard nothing, radio silence. surprisingly quiet as biden gave his first address as president-elect. no tweeting. we can assume that the president was watching that and has been watching tv today to see the crowds that you're showing on the screen right now, to see the president-elect speaking. and so far an unusual amount of

silence from him. >> and you know we can hear all those crowds outside of the white house. they are quite loud. annie, i've been talking to my sources within trump worlds, and i know you're much better, much more plugged in than i am. i haven't gotten an answer from anyone about how they think the president is going to comport himself in the next few months and then also whether he'd be willing to participate in any of the pomp and circumstance of the inauguration, to ride in the limo with joe biden, to invite him to the white house, to be there to show the public that did not vote for joe biden but instead voted for donald trump that this is a peaceful transfer of power, that this is the next president of the united states as all presidents have done at least in modern history. >> yeah, i don't think anyone knows. i think some of that is actually saved by covid. there won't be a need to share a limo, i don't think, because of the pandemic. so some of these things will be

out the window anyway. they'll be safe from the awkwardness of that. but i've heard people only floating theories that he could go to mar-a-lago and sort of hole up and just not come back or of course he would be at the final moment of power and attention and of course he would be there. i don't think anyone knows. and i think shannon's right, it's not clear he knows how he will comport himself. the trump advisers i've spoken to that have been in touch with him in recent days think that this is just liberal fear that somehow he won't leave the office. they think that -- they thought he was putting up a fight as long as there wasn't a call, and they thought he had a right to do that. he has a right to go through these lawsuits if he wants to fight it. but close advisers have been in touch seem to think he would concede once it was really all said and done. and they themselves today the ones i've checked in with in

their own minds think it's over. >> shannon, as far as transitions go, this would be the time that a lot of officials would start freshening up their résumes or cvs or junior staffers. have you gotten any word or any sense if there is any movement or posturing within some people either within the president's inner circle or perhaps those on the outlying wings that perhaps see an opportunity to leave the white house now? >> while none of them are saying oh, yeah i'm at the photo cop yr with my résume right now, i can hear in their voice them thinking about their next steps, what their future looks like in the republican party, what their future looks like in a next administration. and a sense that a lot of them are trying to, you know, whatever the president wants to do is one thing, but they have to protect their own reputations, their own future, their own career.

and so thinking to that effect. so what the president wants to do but then there's what the people around him want to do, and a lot of them see a long game for themselves here. >> i was talking to a couple of folks today, and i know at least one senior official who expects not to have a job next week because the president might get rid of them. i was speaking to a campaign staffer and asking them the same question, what are you going to do next, and they tell me they hope to get a job in television, they want to be an analyst and they maintain their credibility. so we'll see what happens after that. shannon pettypiece, annie carnery, thank you so much. >> next, we're going to check out the reaction in los angeles and peek with a member of congress. and as we go to break a look at the moment joe biden learned he was being declared the winner surrounded by his family at home in wilmington, delaware. you're watching msnbc. il wmingt. you're watching msnbc. ? (burke) happy anniversary. (customer) for what? (burke) every year you're with us, you get fifty dollars toward your home deductible. it's a policy perk for being a farmers customer.

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after a turbulent four years washington is preparing itself for a new political era. but with a nation and congress extremely divided what could that era look like? joining us now is democratic congresswoman norma torres of california who was just re-elect today a fourth term. she serves on the house appropriations and rules committee and is the only central american immigrant serving in congress. congresswoman, first off congratulations to you on your re-election. we've been talking about the emotional aspect of today. i would like to talk to you straight about the politics of what we can expect going forward with president-elect joe biden at the helm of the white house and a slim majority for the democrats in congress. i think americans once they wake up tomorrow's reality are going to wonder what can really get done. >> thank you so much. it's great to be with you. it's such a wonderful historic and happy day today. i think every american will have

a great night of sleep finally after four long years of chaos. democracy thrives today. lady liberty is shining its light tonight. and that is because the voters chose their president. the president doesn't get to choose its voters. in congress we are returning with a very slim minority, but you know what? our congress is committed to working for the people. we are committed to a health care system that is accessible to everyone, and we're committed to bringing back our economy with better jobs and better paychecks for the american people. the world is celebrating tonight because for the first time in four long years they will have a partner in the u.n., and they will have a partner for world peace. so i am thrilled to return to

washington with a president that is truly committed to democracy and to the rule of law. >> let's talk about specific policy. we learned roughly a month ago from reporting from our own jacob soboroff that there were 534 children who were still separated from their parents, that this administration could not find them. joe biden has said that he's going to on day one create a task force to go find those parents. if you were advising him how would you advise him to do so? >> absolutely. number one, you know, we need to reunite those parents with their children. but more than that we need to find the 187 children that are lost. we have no idea where they are or who they are with. what i would say to the president is number one let's look to the northern triangle countries, and let's bring back the plan that we had set forward during the last two years of the

obama administration. the people in the northern triangle are ready and willing and want to work with the u.s., but they need to have the political support, the political will from us in order to ensure that they are able to take back their governments and democracy. we need to work to ensure that in these little tiny towns of guatemala where, you know, people do not even speak the language, spanish. they may speak the mayan dialect, are able to come forward and claim their children without the fear that they have been living under this administration. >> let me ask you specifically about that because part of the reason why -- the big reason why these families came over here is because they were fleeing something that was even more dangerous where they were. how does a joe biden administration, how does a task force work with these local g p governments where these families

likely are still have gone back to when the people aren't comfortable going to their government? how do you find these parents? >> we have many partners in the region that the trump administration has distanced themselves from that we could go back. these are trusted resources that have worked with vice president biden and now our president-elect biden in the past. he has their trust. he knows how committed he is to the region and everyone knows there that he means when what he says and he's going to do what he has said. so that's the big difference i see here. people will come forward and claim their children, and we will work within those three governments of central america to bring accountability and tackle the deep-rooted causes of migration which is public corruption and the drug cartels

that have taken over governments, every level of governments for example in honduras. >> there's also the question of health care. there is the affordable care act which goes in front of the supreme court in a matter of days or weeks, and it could get overturned which would kick millions of americans off the health care they currently have. is there a way for a joe biden president with a democratic house to work with a republican senate to find a way to get health care to those americans who might end up getting kicked off? >> absolutely. americans by voting in a new administration joe biden and kamala harris, we have sent a loud and clear message not only to the house but to the u.s. senate. health care is the number one issue. this is pandemic that we are all fighting back. we are not going to recover from the loss of the number of jobs that we have lost until we take control of this pandemic.

that only happens if we have a health care system that is sustainable, a health care system that is available to everyone who needs to participate in that. so on day one i know that joe biden, president-elect joe biden will have a plan to deal with this pandemic, and we will work with him to ensure that we can deliver the votes not only in the house but in a bipartisan way with the senate to ensure that we have protections, you know, for people that have pre-existing conditions and that they have access to health care professionals. >> congresswoman norra torres, i know there are a lot of people out there who are going to be really counting on that. thank you so much. we appreciate your time. and coming up, global reaction to the biden-harris win. and it was pennsylvania that put joe biden over the top, but he is still on track to win arizona and georgia. the cooke political reports dave wassermann gives us an update on where those states stand. on

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so along with the scenes of celebration tonight protests in places around the country with supporters of the president coming out including in salem, oregon. joining us now from portland, oregon is nbc's erin mclaughlin who was in salem earlier today. good to talk to you. describe for us the scene there and whether or not there's been a shift in mood since the earlier hours of the day when the president-elect was

declared. >> reporter: hey eamond. well here in downtown portland is party is just about wrapping up. iouk see the dj is packing up. the small group remains mainly black lives matter protesters out continuing with their evening. downtown portland has been the site for months now of unrest, protest, clashes between protesters and police. there were those very ugly scenes outside the federal courthouse and protesters faced off with federal officers. the subject of seemingly countless tweets from president trump. but tonight downtown portland was a scene of celebration. hundreds of people young and old even bringing their pets out to this square to dance and to celebrate the outcome of this election. one woman telling me it gives her hope. take a listen. >> it feels like all the hatred and the violence that's been

going on has kind of been lifted, and i feel like there's going to be a lot more like an end to that towards people that look like me, that have values like me. so it's just really beautiful to come out and see everyone celebrating with one another. >> reporter: now, about an hour away from here earlier today in salem a group of pro-trump supporters including proud boys. you may remember president trump infamously calling on them, a far right group to stand back and standby they were out having their say, symptomatic of the divisions that still exist here in oregon even with an incoming administration. >> joe biden pledged to unify and not divide and to see only a united states, not red and blue states. but that's easier said than done

especially if democrats don't actually have complete control of congress. joining us now is david wassermann, and had one of it busiest twitter feeds over the past five days. i'm actually surprised when they told us you were going to be available you managed to stay up this late. i don't know how you're doing it. what's your secret? how are you pouring through? >> my secret is that my therapy is just to keep on tracking the numbers. >> all right, sounds good. listen, let's talk a bit about the numbers because they're telling a slightly different story than the celebration for joe biden. aside from that the reality is a little bit different when you start looking at those numbers in congress. the democrats control slightly less than what they did going into this race. the control of it senate still up for grabs. the reality for most americans is we're probably looking at a slightly divided congress one way or the other. >> yeah, and look this is moderates dream come true because the most powerful people in washington could be this band of senators who are right in the

middle who decide which legislation gets through and which deals get cut. people like joe mantion from west virginia but also susan collins, lisa murkowski, mitt romney, ben sasse. keep in mind also senator pat toomey from pennsylvania might be a target for support from democrats behind the scenes since he doesn't have political repercussions. >> let's talk about the states still not called yet, arizona, georgia, and north carolina. >> alaska i believe. >> what? alaska as well, sorry. sorry, it's been a long day for everybody. long week i should say. where does the vote count stand right now in those outstanding states? >> you'd have to say the single most likely outcome at the end of this is going to be 306 electoral votes for biden which

is incidentally the same number of electoral votes trump carried in 2016. when you look at the numbers the closest state is at the moment actually arizona. now, numerically georgia is closer right now at a 9,000 vote margin. but what we know is the up to 8,900 overseas military ballots that are coming in aren't likely to change that outcome, and recounts typically don't change outcomes, you know, of that magnitude. those overseas and military ballots if anything might pad biden's lead buzz there are people like aid workers. there are people that work for ngos abroad, even people who have affiliations with cnn and cdc and that might pad biden's vote total a bit. whereas in arizona the outstanding ballots and there are up to 100,000 of them include a number of mail-in

ballots in maricopa county that still remain to be counted and those are been trending towards trump although not quite at the rate he would need to entirely close the gap, and the biden campaign is really hoping for its electoral votes in arizona to win a higher share of the provisional ballots that remain outstanding particularly in pima county which is more democratic than maricopa, that's tucson, and also to break even even win the maricopa provisionals which would provide him some cushion against the other losses in the other batches he's been seeing. >> let me ask you quickly about georgia since it is going to a double runoff we know i think in early january. when you look at the numbers is it your understanding there was a possibility people voted for joe biden for president but not necessarily for the democratic ticket on these two races to propel them beyond 50%?

>> yeah, it's interesting. we're seeing this in a lot of different states. and there are two theories that i have. the first is that a number of independent voters felt liberated to out their anger at trump at the top but were still open to vote for a down ballot republican they like. whereas in 2018 in the mid-term their only option would be on the congressional ballot. the other theory that i have, and we're going to have to dive into this and really research it for months to come, but as we got closer to the election and more voters started to believe that biden would win, it's possible that they decided you know what, i want to put a check on a biden administration. my vote is more anti-trump than it is pro-biden and so you saw some ticket splitting that ended up helping republicans down ballot. and in these georgia runoffs, you know, you might have to give republicans the initial

advantage just because we know from past runoffs the electorate tends to get wider in a runoff, but also republicans tend to be angry, might be more motivated. >> stacey abrams might have a different opinion on that. >> we were talking about south carolina and jamie harrison and look how that race played out. dave, thanks so much. we appreciate it. get some rest. president-elect joe biden is a familiar face on the global stage, so how did world leaders react to his win today? we're going to head out to europe to find out. ing to head o europe to find out did you know you can go to libertymutual.com

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i got real relief with cosentyx. watch me! feel real relief. ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx. all right, so we can't just forget about how historic this election is here in the united states we should also keep an eye on how it's playing out in the world and what it means for the rest of the world. joining us now from paris, france, nbc news' matt bradley. this is historic night in the united states for a whole host of reasons but the reaction from the international community is very telling in particular when you consider who is congratulating joe biden and who is not. >> reporter: yeah, a lot of these offers of congratulations they're pro forma. this is just diplomacy 101. they were going to congratulate the victor regardless. but there is an obvious tone

difference here. there's a sigh of relief where i am right here in europe that a lot of european countries are really quite pleased, and it comes through in subtle but important ways with the fact joe biden is going to be president as opposed to donald trump. and that's because donald trump has always lam basted europe, always constantly complained about its role in the world, about his perception that europe was just a hanger on for the united states, all it was doing was just leaching off u.s. benevolence. and now we have a president who's going to try to see europe as a partner rather than as purely a competitor. but we need to really stress here that, again, a lot of these offers of congratulations, they are pro forma. they are sort of just what happens when a president becomes elected, and a lot of these world leada world leaders they're excited to see a president who wants to

work with europe on an equal level who sees them as partners, as allies. but there's no really going back to this pre-trump era because again as i mentioned before a lot of this relationship between europe and the united states it's been a growing problem before the trump presidency. so it's easy to say all of this is going to reset everything to where it was back in the obama years, but the fact of the matter is the relationship between europe and the united states has been diminished quite a bit ever since the bush years and before that. so there's no just restart button for any of this especially for the united states when it comes to relationships with europe. now, when it comes to the rest of the world it's a little more complicated. actually, you know, trump has a lot of friends in the middle east and other places. he's coddled up to a lot of leaders the united states has considered pretty unsavory. >> the united states has yet to

hear -- our next hour of coverage starts right now. it is midnight. i'm katy tur. >> and i'm eamon mohadeen. >> here's a look at a few of the headlines, the front pages for tomorrow's newspapers. "the new york times," biden beats trump, race is finally called with record turnout, chaotic term ends with rare incumbent loss. usa today has a big smiling picture of the president-elect with biden wins white house. "the washington post" shows the winning candidates tonight and the simple headline reads, biden defeats trump. and the new york post goes with