begins our coverage from washington d.c. . it took an armed guard to ensure congress could certify joe biden as the winner of the us presidential election the votes for president of the united states are as follows joseph r. biden jr of the state of delaware has received 360 votes donald trump of the state of florida has received 232 votes vice president mike pence made the announcement and refused president donald trump's demand to prevent the certification politicians could only complete their work after supporters of trump stormed the capitol building forcing a 6 hour delay. we were not because. of this chamber by. mobs or through this mob was in good part president trump's doing incited by his words his.