what they believe it's good for this country. and. move to have a final declaration. of victory yet. but the numbers tell us it's clear we're going to win this race stopping short of declaring victory democrat joe biden says he's on course for the white house his announcement comes despite ballot counting continuing in key states. joe biden leads with 264 electoral votes trump has 200 and 142270 is the magic number needed to win the presidency. donald trump insists his rival has no right to close wrongfully declare victory launching multiple lawsuits alleging electoral fraud the republican claims sudden

flips in joe biden state and a number of states are suspicious as. they put track to the vote count in florida claims raises divisions and questions over america's heralded democratic system where else people on the streets but that reaction. could go oh mr old boy you know . you got to work out what better way to be married to people trust is a direct threat to our democracy trump use rights on these 2 sides of what he's fighting for because there is some kind of in this country a very warm welcome i'm mickey aaron and you're watching on t.v. this special coverage of the 2020 u.s. presidential election and it's certainly a nail biter as the vote counting has resumed in some of the key states and the race for the american presidency.

democratic contender joe biden has expressed certainty he's on course to beat donald trump stopping short of declaring victory here just his supporters in the city of wilmington in the state of delaware. have a final declaration of victory. but the numbers it's clear choice a clear story we're going to win this race track to over $300.00 electoral votes electoral college watch so this is how it looks at the moment biden has the backing of 264 electors if arizona is included though some say it's too early to call the election there but with the grand canyon state biden only need 6 more electoral votes to achieve the 270 threshold needed for victory stands at

214 it still remains a very tight race the gaps closed in different battleground states on saturday but the anticipation could last for days if not weeks the former vice president leads in nevada though officials there say they can't could continue until thursday and the state of pennsylvania biden is less than one percent ahead of trump while in georgia biden has taken the lead by 0 point one percent that's with 99 percent of the ballots counted now though at the margins there are also small that officials have announced a recount total trumpet claims that multiple cases of electoral fraud are took place his teams filed lawsuits in pennsylvania georgia michigan arizona and nevada they claim a lack of access to the vote count for observers ballots coming in after the deadline on voting machine and authentication errors some of the claims have already been turned down in nevada michigan and georgia but trump insists the fight is not over and says he could take legal action to the supremes court.

joe biden should not wrongfully claim the office of president i could make that claim also legal proceedings are just now beginning i had such a big lead in all of these states late into election night only to see the leads miraculously disappear as the days went by perhaps these leads will return as our legal proceedings move forward when we discuss the contested vote counts with republican election lawyer terry campout on pittacus nick professor of history at american university. but there always is some fraud and a usually happens in the major cities and it's usually where there's one political party control of her political machine and people have quotas to meet about how many votes they're supposed to produce to keep their jobs in the local government or their contracts and so that's kind of what happens it becomes very difficult once those ballots are in the box to to invalidate them and so why it's what poll

watchers are for and why we try to have call watchers everywhere to prevent those improper ballots from being counted the problem this year is so many ballots being cast by mail were done in private without any witnesses there is always when these recounts that happen there will be challenges about what legal standard was apply to how to book out those votes and those issues probably will be taken up by the supreme court the mail in ballots that were received after election day were in the less than 5000 from what i saw. biden is going to win the state of pennsylvania by over 50000 maybe even over 100000 votes so the fact that that 5000 votes might be challenge is not going to be statistically significant and the courts won't even hear it unless it's enough to make a difference in the election is about $99.00 point if not more clear that biden has

won this election he's going to probably win $306.00 electoral votes so he's not going to just win it by a little bit it's going to win it by probably 5000000 popular votes and 8 percent or 4 percent in the lead in terms of the percentage of the vote. rallies are continuing for both candidates across the us the vote count delays and claims of voter fraud have raised divisions and even questions about the us system of democracy we call reaction from people in new york. it's a whole mess go annoyed. you know. you got to do what better for the people the american people you know just what the book put american people and what the white person is in a sea that's going to do good for the people of america that you shot is a direct threat to our democracy to our freedom and to our everything that we live for and everything everybody worked for in this country so i think he's already

proven himself to be a threat to democracy my whole is that we can get past. this all the hysterics of the last 4 years and start moving forward as a country there's no sort of fall out at this point even though he's going to be lawsuits which is probably going to delay the presidency and trump he's right and he needs to find out what he's fighting for because there is some kind of fronts in this country so we need to make sure there is full democracy i think there's a murderer who who remains my whole point is that i hope where when the people have freedom job. maybe care and they can be free to be whoever they want so the proud of us and that will system is being challenged at the very highest level and american allies and adverse to raise alike have been reacting to insurgency of america's voters a correspondent philip a trying to reports. of all the adjectives to describe democracy which stands for

giving the people the right to choose who is in charge the man who stood up to take over the white house didn't pick fair stable or strong democracy sometimes messy it sometimes requires a little patience as well but that patience has been rewarded now for more than 240 years in the system of government governance that's been the envy of the world just messy or it's just gotten way too messy and his country we have received reports of many irregularities we believe that there are dead voters that have been counted this is fraud this is absolute fraud trumped campaign says they're going to court the biden campaign says it's ready for court fights protests bite from supporters and a series of vote fraud allegations by the president himself trump will go to war over this election and that is dangerous for this country there is quite a list of things appearing as cracks in the system take the mail in voting in times

of covert when the nation was meant to rely on it at one point the postal service warned it couldn't cope the president flushed the method altogether saying it would lead to a rigged poll if you read some of these pieces there have been plenty of such the media has been questioning the confidence in us democracy europe's been watching the mess in the wings with raised eyebrows but the polarization of america should be a warning for europe we are successful because we preach differences between countries and peoples so we benefit together if we lose the ability to compromise i would democracies are in danger and the billing in america does not quite correspond to the democratic culture we know from the united states it's important the result is the accepted by everyone is easy to be a winner but sometimes it is hoped to be. trumps late night speech puts a question mark over his possible 2nd term in office it is hard to imagine what the 2nd sound would look like when the president directly code for the abolition of the

rules of democracy he's cool to stop counting votes is a blow to the essence of american democracy here's a voice of concern from allies to pat. we can say for the united states to get into turmoil and confusion because of the election is a minus for its allies and like minded countries but perhaps the most fascinating thing to observe is the smear by america's foes after so many times washington told them how wrong things are with their elections. what a spectacle one says this is the most fraudulent election in u.s. history who says that the president who's currently you know this is a rival says trump intends to rig the election this is how u.s. elections and u.s. democracy are we do not interfere in the internal affairs of the united states and we hate it when they pretend to give lessons in democracy to the world disputes scarce and the refusal of election results by certain candidates was supposed to

take place in developing countries where political conditions were not stable and definitely not in the country like the us but things have changed all these have occurred to him the us and the us is not synonymous to a stable civilized and consensus based society and more now just for a to go let me read out one tweet as an official one country a calls on country b.s. leaders to show commitment to the democratic process and rule of law we urge all parties groups and individuals to engage in inclusive dialogue to find peaceful solutions to their disagreements to heal national divisions full stop it's a tweet by the u.s. embassy country a in ivory coast country b. from the 4th oh the irony there's a reason a lot of western european nations stopped doing mail in ballots a long time ago france stopped in 1975 because the process is rife with fraud and i

have to tell you i think it's incumbent upon the trunk campaign to say al gore took $37.00 days to litigate florida we're going to go litigate and we're going to demand recounts some we're going to be automatic obviously in georgia but in wisconsin and michigan in pennsylvania in nevada in arizona we want to get to where we have free and fair elections where every legal vote is counted in a trustworthy and transparent way the american people deserve it i was wishing and hoping that last night trump was going to look into the camera and say i'm demanding a free and fair election that the american people can try. it's not for myself but for you because you deserve it and i think the scary thing in all of this is at the end of the day no matter who ultimately wins half of the population of america is going to think the election has been stolen that is a very dangerous place for us to be in as a country. but counting in swing state nevada is being criticized for taking too long government officials insist they're pushing accuracy over speed in the face of an unprecedented flood of mail in ballots but that being less listening locks

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while the vote count is of course happening under the shadow of coronaviruses the country keeps breaking records with more than 100000 new cases a day r.t. americans that turn each other as reports. the u.s. marking another milestone as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hold a tight grip on the nation the war according to johns hopkins university the number of daily new confirmed kovan 1000 cases surging 45 percent over the past 2 weeks to a record 7 day average of 86352 while the number of deaths are up 15 percent now averaging 846 deaths every day now there are many groups that are seeing record number. and we have more than now. so this is a very serious situation room and it looks worse. the u.s. now has the highest totals in the world while infections are increasing in nearly

every state on wednesday texas reported more than 1000 new coven 1000 cases and 126 deaths while in missouri nebraska and oklahoma hospitals are hitting record highs experts fear dire consequences in the coming months especially concerning the fact that there are very few hospital beds slapped in some parts of the country it's a sign that the care system is. under very. epidemic is facing. all this amid a presidential election unlike any other polls show the public health crisis and the economy were top concerns for many americans but there are competing issues that trump and biden view through drastically different lenses. while president trump has ignored the advice of his top health advisors and has repeatedly downplayed the virus. and then you get better in your view democratic

contender joe biden on the other hand is rarely seen without a face mask and has made public health during the pandemic a key issue there's a lot of things we could be doing very massive ground but the fact is that. it's just not appropriate for. a pandemic also was bending how americans vote while donald trump supporters said they were more likely to vote in person joe biden supporters said they were more likely to vote by mail to avoid being exposed to the deadly virus reporting in new york trinity chavez r.t. we're on top of all developments in this race and we'll bring them to you as soon as they come in america could have a new president an amount of hours or it could take weeks on news team has you covered when this historic moment happens we're back after the break with more of the global headlines.

join me every thursday on the island so i'm i'm sure i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. yes the smug clan to protect the clubs so they feel very comfortable with their affiliations and associations with the institutions dead grand american the highest level the permanent institutions that are always running america the matter of who is the president they have friends in the media and those friends feel smug that no

matter what happens that they are protected it is dangerous to have an interest smug in your society in your country because they can take liberties with the truth and project a situation that is false and put people down the wrong path. welcome back to some other world news now if france has apparently widened its crackdown on terror in the wake of a series of deadly attacks across the country it's now clamping down on those who welcome acts of terrorism even children in malls say a 14 year old afghan boy has been charged over remarks he allegedly made about the

killing of school teachers some your party who was beheaded by an 18 year old muslim in october party was brutally murdered after showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad in a class on free speech the teenager who commented on his death has been released but will remain under supervision is being demanded by prosecutors that he also be banned from school from communicating with other students or teachers. that have been an increasing number of inquiries opened into young people the latest probes involve children as young as 8 many are under suspicion for interrupting a minute's silence held in memory of samuel patty and allegedly saying his death was deserved in the wake of the tragedy more than 60 similar investigations have been opened into supporting terror the questioning often involves young people aged 12 to 16 who have used extremely repugnant language inspired by the slam extol group which is very worrying we discussed with it we discuss with guests the spread

of radicalization among young people don't think that the fact that they are minors should blind us to the extent of this problem there is a huge amount of sympathy for islamic terrorism among young people not necessarily mine as well though perhaps including milo's of muslim extraction if you put them in jail it's not going to help them because they're going to be rather going to be radicalized in the jails and they gonna get even worse we have huge amounts of immigrants in france and i'm afraid to say that the existence of these immigrant communities is a breeding ground for islamic fundamentalism and fundamentalism is a breeding ground for terrorism which it has nothing to do with terrorism you have a lot of immigrants in france you have a lot of muslim immigrants in france who are in accord with the french law with the french way of living i befriend some some events which are not at our. ok

with the radical islam i mean we're in my cell and i am here in france i have nothing to do with the radical islam that's now the fact that immigration and immigration is part of the problem it is to some extent a cause and it has to be stopped it's still continuing at a rate of several $100000.00 a year into france and those levels are unsustainable incidentally independently of the question of islamic terrorism you have a lot of terrorism that are committed by friends people who have change religion who have become muslim and those people are friends that's completely untrue there are no examples of french catholics muslim converts committing terrorist acts or 100 percent of the islamic terrorists who have beheaded people or killed them in other ways in france in the last few years and indeed this problem has been going on actually for decades ago 100 percent of them

have either been recent immigrants or issued or they come from immigrant backgrounds like the chechen who decked decapitated the schoolteacher it's not the car but it's the radical islam is that is the cause of the problem of the problem in. brussels has blasted israel for a destructive operation in the jordan valley that has left dozens of palestinians homeless palestine says israel has times than these while the world is distracted by the u.s. election artie's policy of reports from the scene of the incident. while the most attention has been focused on the american elections and no one has been looking here in a remote part of the west bank israeli bulldozers have been hard at work demolishing most of a bed when a village the results has that 73 people are now without homes hof of them children . really army arrived at 10 am and began an operation to demolish our homes without any warning but at least as an operation in order to speak when

people from the area but we are not going to leave i mean it did this land was in palestinian again israel claims it is a war zone on the guy's getting among the structures that were destroyed or tainted homes the trains solar panels and animal shelters the only thing that remains here now wash say the only one on goats the israeli army confirms it carried out this demolition and says it was because the structures what legal guardian yani most our houses they destroyed everything we would still stand our ground and we will not abandon our land israel is a disease in this and it is a cancer which was spread throughout the world and we it neglects the whole world and listens to no one is likely. but palestinian leaders have been quick to say the demolitions were carried out while the rest of the world was distracted. the attention is focused on the u.s. election israel truce does evening to commit another crime and cover it up to

demolish 70 palestinian structures including homes displacing about 80 palestinian citizens the united nations says that's more structures in any other demolition carried out by the israeli army in the last decade and with nowhere else to go the residents of this village are bracing themselves for freezing cold winter without the homes to provide protection policy r.t. west bank. well before we wrap up for the hour here's a reminder of how the u.s. presidential race looks so far democratic nominee joe biden has 264 electoral votes just 6 away from the presidency donald trump has secured a 240 abiding currently has a narrow lead in the traditionally red state of georgia as well as in nevada you just got out in front in pennsylvania as well stay with r.t. throughout the coming hours and days as we continue tracking the 2020 us election and all that there is stories. that. are.

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journalists not the world reaction is made of green cheese. where your local movie should be reported but. it's like a similar you have to if there. is boom bust the one business show you can't afford to methamphetamine and i've been swan coming up wall street continues to see green as the election draws out through the weekend including some encouraging job numbers we're going to break it down and as we update you on the razor thin margin in the presidential election

well also update you on the federal law this being filed by the trump campaign we have a lot to get to select get started. global markets. our rallying this week with eyes on the u.s. presidential election indicators do show vice president joe biden moving closer to victory let's start in russia where the market is up for the week with biden possibly winning the ruble posted its biggest one day rise against the dollar in 4 years higher oil prices throughout the week also contributed to those gains let's move over to asian markets where the shanghai composite is also up on the week the index jumped about midweek ahead of us elections but did see some losses on friday with some sharp declines in the health care and consumer sectors analysts predict little policy change toward china under a bite in administration but they do expect

a more multilateral approach when it comes to trade in hong kong the hong thing is also in the green in with 16 that week closing highs the region's major markets surge 3.5 percent on close on thursday shares gained on a possible by then when in japan similar trends here another green arrow for the nikkei the index reached its highest level in 29 years after another surge on wall street iron and steel marine transportation and electric appliance issues led with these big gains in india the sun sets also up with a 5.7 percent gain its biggest weekly gain in just 5 months will index heavyweight reliance industries and financial stocks led the benchmark investors are also celebrating that possible by the presidency another green arrow in australia where the a.s.x. up to near 3 week highs gains in the gold medals and mining material sectors all.