barbara plett usher, can you hear me? i think the noise is too loud for barbara to hear us. if she can hear us... i can hearyou, ican us. if she can hear us... i can hear you, i can hear you. does this seem to you likejoe biden is arriving? well, i am going to be looking through the ambulance. yes, isee to be looking through the ambulance. yes, i see an ambulance, that means it isjoe biden arriving. there is always an ambulance in a presidential motorcade. we should point this out, barbara, as of now, when he won this election this morning, there were a whole load of trappings that go with the president—elect, that joe biden didn't have a week ago, is that correct? well, yes, although he has been picking them up over the course of the week. we have seen this kind of motorcade before since tuesday, and he has picked up extra security details. there has been an expansion of the restricted travel zone. arizona —— error zone around his home. those things have been picking up those things have been picking up throughout the week, —— air zone, and he will be taking office very sho

as our state department correspondent barbara plett—usher reports.etary tony blinken, from the state department. wow, you have a long name! the us is presenting a new diplomatic face to the world — someone with a lighter touch, ready to reframe america's relationship with the international community. the un stands for united nations — a place where nations or countries from all over the world come together... it's a great pleasure to welcome all of you here today. forjoe biden, tony blinken is the safest possible pair of hands as top diplomat. blinken has been advising biden for nearly 20 years. he's so close to the president—elect, he's been described as an "alter ego", a virtual mind—meld. this veteran foreign policy hand would be returning to familiarground. he began his career at the white house during the clinton administration, and he was a key figure on barack obama's national security and diplomatic team. the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. he was at the table for all of the important meetings. his appoin

barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington.d speak with our correspondent nomia iqbal. as we were just hearing, barbara putting out a lot of obama and even clinton veterans, as well. will they all get through the senate hearings, though? big question. some of them don't need senate approval, sojohn kerry's role won't need that. but the best of majority of them will do. we're still waiting to see how the senate races come through, because we're still waiting for the senate race, which will come back in january. joe biden was actually asked this question today about republicans potentially blocking his nominations, and he kind of answered with a bit of indignation, saying, "are you kidding me?" i thinkjoe biden will think, "i've certainly been on the political stage for nearly half a century, i know these quys nearly half a century, i know these guys suck" and joe biden has always positioned himself as the politician that can unite people. —— i know these guys. tony blinken took a more hard—line approach than president obama when

barbara plett usher at joe biden‘s headquarters in delaware.vania, one of the states still to declare. what we understand, the latest update we got from top election officials in this state, is that the majority of the ballots have now been counted but the race is still too close to call. donald trump has had a lead here in the keystone state, but it has narrowed. even in the last few hours, it has shrunk. it was, in some ways, what people had been expecting, and let me explain by what i mean by that. in—person votes tended to favour republicans. you may recall donald trump had urged his supporters to vote early. democrats, who tended to vote by mail, they're accounting for about two—thirds of the postal votes going for biden — that's why you're seeing this late swing, they take longer to count. to reinforce the point that we have been making, michelle — i'm sure you've heard this a lot — if the state is called forjoe biden, he is over that 270 number. so what almost everyone at home will be yelling at me to ask you is when, when, when? chuckle

let's go to barbara plett—usher. she's at that location where the rally is going to be. atch the crowds around the country. they may not have feltjoe biden was the most exciting candidate, but boy are they excited tonight because they have beaten donald trump and they are going to be very excited to watch this victory rally. yes, very much. i was listening to anthony and he was talking about the sense of relief. that's what i've been hearing from people in the crowd. a glimmer of hope, a sense of relief, a peace of mind. bit like getting back to normal. there's one might of analysis that says maybe one of biden‘s points as a a lot of people don't have a lot of enthusiasm for them. there have been to presidents before him about which there is a great deal of enthusiasm in certain sectors of society and expectations. now, there'sjust joe. somebody who has a track record in government, never done anything flashy but is coming across as empathetic and dependable, and maybe that's what the nation needs. but i think you're right about the people here tonight, they are celebrati

barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington.with chairjanet yellan who is now set to be the us treasury secretary. i suggested that this was a role with big challenges. yes, yes it is quite a challenge and i am thrilled to see someone put into this position that is so highly qualified and has experience dealing with economic policy through past crises. so what does she bring to thisjob? she brings a number of things. she brings deep economic expertise, both in her academic work on wages and employment and in her years of policy—making, she has been a leader at both the council of economic advisers, the federal reserve and will now be at the treasury. that is unparalleled expertise and wisdom to bring into this crisis, and it is so needed. as you say, it is so needed. can you give us a sense of the challenge she faces, the economic hit that the country has taken, because of coronavirus and covid—i9 as a whole? the work that lies ahead is hard to overstate and we, at this point, don't know how bad it is going to be. we have case c

barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington.graphy trump revealed. very good to talk to you. thank you for your time. what are you thinking about this news? well, the decision by the trump administration to finally go ahead and ascertain or confirm the election of joe ahead and ascertain or confirm the election ofjoe biden is obviously a necessary step, it is one that biden folks have been extremely eagerfor because it frees up a bunch of money that allows them to smooth this transition, it also allows them access to national debriefings and other material about the current state of play in any number of policy areas. so it is extremely important for this to have happened. it isa for this to have happened. it is a bit delayed. and there is also a bit of a symbolic victory that in the donald trump, while he has not conceded, he couldn't even bring himself to use joe biden's name in his suite announcing this, but nonetheless he is obviously moving towards or edging toward the idea that joe moving towards or edging toward the idea

our correspondent barbara plett usher is there.ot really expecting a victory speech, of course, because we still don't have the answer to the big question of who has won the us presidency. that's right. democrats here, the biden campaign have been waiting all day to see if this is going to be decision day. they are, as you reported, very confident that they are on the path to victory, especially with the results coming out of pennsylvania, the question is when enough votes will be counted for them. the question is when enough votes will be counted to actually be able to declare that victory. so early on, we we re declare that victory. so early on, we were told that they were expecting to have mr biden addressed the nation during primetime hours. a lot of activity preparing the stage just behind me where he came out on election night. so we are now not quite sure what to expect because, as you were saying, it does seem as ifa as you were saying, it does seem as if a victory speech will probably not be on order tonight. what else wou

slet' go straight to wilmington, delaware, the headquarters of joe biden, where i am joined by barbara plett-usherheard joe biden come oud lat night ain this evening. the saido effectively be patient. he also expressed a certain amount of confidence? reporter: exactly, katty. he is basically tried to put his stamp on thisis environment, contentious environment. he said that he did not declare victory, but when all votes have been countedwould be the winner. that is also loong more likely now because another crucial state, mhigan has been projected as a win for him. he also referred to the challenges of president trump, as a power grab. here the people o rule, the power cannot be tak or asserted he also made a cl for unity and healing. he did so strongly today. i'm sure that must know that it is an uphill battle given this psonous partisan relationshiphat we have in this environment in the next day aftethe election. here to look at the latest is mo eague john in washington. ♪ correspondent: the hoopla of election night in the u.s. as opposede close, democrats talking bullishly. smth path to victory

our correspondent barbara plett—usher is in delaware, joe biden‘s hq, with the latest.e wants to show that he has respect for the integrity of the electoral process and probably wants to control himself to the kind of claims president trump was making just now and also he wants to tell his supporters that they are on track to win, even if they are not winning right away, to be patient, sort of keep the faith, even though he has not declared victory yet. the other thing is he wants to keep these statements coming because, in the democratic camp, they are aware of what happened in 2000 when al gore hung back when there was this issue of disputed votes and george w bush seized the moment and started acting like a president and i think that mr biden is preparing the grounds where he can act like a president if the news organisations decide he is president elect mathematically even if there is no formal declaration so this is probably part of that. he comes out from time to time to reassure his supporters, to show respect for the integrity of the electoral system but also to

we will continue to wait, thank you, michelle. 0ur north america correspondent barbara plett usher is. hello, barbara! hello, yes, we understand now that joe hello, barbara! hello, yes, we understand now thatjoe biden will be addressing the nation tonight, whether or not news outlets have protected him to be the winner of the election. —— projected. there was some uncertainty but we believe that will happen now later tonight. in the meantime i spoke with one of his strong supporters, the senator for delaware chris goons, he succeeded joe biden in the senate and has known him for 30 years and was a very strong supporter on his campaign soi strong supporter on his campaign so i ask him what he thoughtjoe biden was thinking right now. this is what he had to say. i thinkjoe is behaving in an appropriate and measured way, respecting the process, and saying that he will wait until another state or two is called in a way that makes it mathematically certain that he will be the next president of the united states so i appreciate the respect he is showing for the process, the respect he is sho

contrasts with the america—first approach of donald trump, as our state department correspondent barbara plett—usherave a long name! the us is presenting a new diplomatic face to the world — someone with a lighter touch, ready to reframe america's relationship with the international community. the un stands for united nations — a place where nations or countries from all over the world come together... it's a great pleasure to welcome all of you here today. forjoe biden, tony blinken is the safest possible pair of hands as top diplomat. blinken has been advising biden for nearly 20 years. he's so close to the president—elect, he's been described as an "alter ego", a virtual mind—meld. this veteran foreign policy hand would be returning to familiarground. he began his career at the white house during the clinton administration, and he was a key figure on barack 0bama's national security and diplomatic team. the united states has conducted an operation that killed 0sama bin laden. he was at the table for all of the important meetings. his appointment signals that the us is resuming its conventional in

mark lobel, bbc news. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher is in delaware, where the biden campaignhough the democrats are on course for victory it‘s not the style they were planning. the democrats were hoping for a blue wave, a blowout victory to give mr biden momentum and a big mandate to repudiate president trump‘s legacy and push back against it and also to give him a mandate to push for quite ambitious legislation to deal with the coronavirus epidemic to do with the economy, healthcare and so on and the waiters looking now, it‘s quite close and will be contentious and there will be litigation over the days, possibly weeks. the democrats are also hoping to get the senate which would have given them control over the house and the senate in order to facilitatejoe biden plans and at the moment they don‘t have control of the senate are not looking promising. for him to come out and say we must heal these partisan divisions when actually it has shown how deep those divisions are, it must mean that he sees he has a very uphill road ahead of him. 0ur correspondent james clayton joins m

our correspondent barbara plett usher is in delaware the joe biden‘s hq.ligan for common patients, everything running smoothly for biden‘s team. everything running smoothly for biden's team. yes, that's right, he gave us statements, basically a call for faith gave us statements, basically a call forfaith and gave us statements, basically a call for faith and of patients. gave us statements, basically a call forfaith and of patients. he didn't make a declaration of victory, but he tried to reassure supporters that the vote counting process was working. he said it needed to play its course, but then he again repeated that he was confident once all the votes had been counted, that he would be the winner. what he has been doing today is trying to show that he's getting on with work. he had a briefing about the coronavirus, he had a briefing about the economy, i think trying to send the economy, i think trying to send the message that once and if he is able to take over the reins, that he would get very serious about getting down to work as quickly as possible,

our correspondent barbara plett—usher is in delaware the joe biden‘s ho.atement by mr biden? under the one hand, i think he wants to show that he has respect for the integrity of the electoral process and probably wants to control himself to the kind of claims president trump was making just now and also he wa nts to making just now and also he wants to tell his supporters that they are on track to win, evenif that they are on track to win, even if they are not winning right away, to be patient, to keep the faith, even though he has not declared victory yet. the other thing is you want to keep these statements coming because, in the democratic camp, they are aware of what happened in 2000 when al gore hung back when there was this issue of disputed votes and george w bush seized the moment and started acting like a president and i think mr biden is preparing the ground where he can act like a president if the news organisations decides he is president elect mathematically even if there is no formal declaration so this is probably part of that. he comes out

our correspondent barbara plett—usher is in delaware atjoe biden‘s hq. that statement, he didn't declare victory or say anything like that but he was already acting, what would you call it, pre— presidential? what is his strategy? well, he is presenting a stark contrast to president trump and also responding to what he sees as a tax on democracy. he is reassuring americans that the voting system can be trusted —— attacks, and that it is voters who choose the president and not anyone else. he is also reassuring his supporters that he believes he is on a path to victory and when all those votes are counted, he will be president. and i think he is also building momentum to declare victory when and if the news organisations call states in his favour and declare mathematically that he is president—elect. that he will declare it to be so and polly started to act like one. so that does happen, his advisers don't believe that president trump would concede. are the campaign team and biden supporters nervous or is this now for them a steady climb to victory, as the

barbara plett usher is atjoe biden‘s headquarters in wilmington, delaware joe biden his campaign saidional address, and probably proclaim victory, as the frustration that that is not the position they are in? they caught the lid, which meant that we were not expecting anything more from the white house tonight. the joe anything more from the white house tonight. thejoe biden campaign has not called it lid to we're not quite sure what to expect, because expressing to the nation, which begins less than an hour, they were expecting that the rates would have been called and they would give a victory speech and he would be able to speak is the president—elect to the american nation but because the race is not been called, it is not entirely clear what is going to happen as you see behind me, the state from which she was speaking is quiet, there's been some time preparing it and we have to see how long they want to waste and what they want to do if in fact, the race is not called by the end of this night and how long they will go on waiting to see the results and if they were willing to mak

barbara plett usher at the headquarters of the president elect biden in delaware, thank you forjoininghe bbc projected that joe biden is the next, is projected to be the next president. there you have it. mr biden is on 273 electoral college votes, versus 214 for president trump. an extraordinary result there, that we have been waiting for for so long, haven't we, james? it has been five days now. we still have a lot of litigation outstanding, and we can also confirm that present trap has actually gone to his golf course in virginia. ithink actually gone to his golf course in virginia. i think the big question is, can we expect a concession speech from him? it is not mandatory, it doesn't make any legal difference to any of this but it is tradition, and i think it is also notable that fox news, channel that has been favourable to him, has now also projected victory forjoe biden, along with all the other network and various media outlets hit in the us. and just to pick up on that idea of the concession, it has been a tradition in the american politics since 1896, before phones, where a

. —— loudly for our ticket. 0ur north america correspondent barbara plett usher is in wilmington, delawareen spoke and told me what she made of his address. it was pretty much what i expected, really. he talked about how the voting was going and how it was giving him a broad mandate. he said that they had been a very large popular vote, 7a million votes for himself, but also, he said that he was proud of the range across the country where he was getting support, where the democrats were getting support, mentioning winning back the rust belt, in his words. pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. it also being competitive in states like arizona and georgia which have been republican for a long time. so he talked a lot about people's right to vote, how every vote must be protected, saying he would make sure that happened, and that it could ta ke happened, and that it could take as long as it needed to take. and then he talked, finally, about his agenda. he has an ambitious agenda to deal with the crises facing the country, in particular, the pandemic itself, he noted that the numbers of cases w

0ur north america correspondent barbara plett usher is atjoe biden‘s campaign headquarters in delawaren a second but i want to start with that tweet from donald trump. what is going on there? i don't know whether you heard me or not. lewis here in the studio. we live. i'm hoping you can hear me. maybe we have lost communications with you there. can you hear me, barbara? yes. iam glad can you hear me, barbara? yes. i am glad we persevered. ijust read the latest tweet from donald trump, talking about the fa ct donald trump, talking about the fact that he had a such a big lead in the states in election night only to see these leads disappear as the days went by. what is he aiming at in these tweets ? what is he aiming at in these tweets? well, he did have a lead on election night which had an expected because the votes that were counted were in person ballots and it was the majority of people who cast in person ballots were republicans, his supporters, partly because he had been claiming for months that postal ballots would lead to fraud and wouldn't be counted. it had been expected he wo

our correspondent barbara plett usher is in delaware, joe biden's ho. fa ct, i don't know if it was the fact, barbara, that joe i don't know if it was the fact, barbara, thatjoe biden came out and spoke earlier that then prompted donald trump to come out and speak, but the tone tween the two man is very different. yes, that's right. and mr biden has been keeping that tone throughout. it was definitely not a declaration of victory saying have patients, the process is working, we believe the process has integrity, every vote must be counted, but then saying once all the votes are counted, we are confident that we will win. and they have been keeping a very close eye on these five battleground states that votes are still being counted, convinced that they have a path that will get them to victory in pennsylvania, for example, you have seen the gap between president trump and mr biden narrowing. mr biden gaining on mrtrump and looking narrowing. mr biden gaining on mr trump and looking at georgia as well, nevada, arizona as well, waiting to hear the results

i'm barbara plett usher — in delaware — where preparations are being made for the president—elect toation. the new way is the biden way. mr biden‘s supporters have taken the streets in cities across the us to celebrate — these were the scenes in new york's times square. kamala harris makes history becoming the first woman and first of colour to be elected us vice president. president trump is back at the white house after playing golf. he's claimed again — without evidence — that he won the election — his supporters say they haven't given up. there is a tremendous amount of fraud based on what we have heard and what we have learned from some reputable sources, there was no republican oversight in the counting and there is no way possible some of those numbers could have gone up in the way they did during that timeframe. welcome to the special news coverage. joe biden has been elected the forty—sixth president of the united states. the bbc projected a few hours ago that he'd crossed the threshold of 200 and 70 electoral college votes, after winning the key state of pennsylvania. the b

barbara plett usher, you were in the crowd, what was the atmosphere and what is happening now? now?” agree with the comment that this was the party that the democrats did not have four yea rs democrats did not have four years ago and they were having it now. some of the things i was thinking was, four years ago, the focus was so much on hillary clinton and the first woman president and breaking the glass ceiling and that was sort of the declaration of the victory party that was supposed to ta ke victory party that was supposed to take place and now there is actually a woman taking a top job at the top of the ticket and she made something of it at the way she came in, under the radar because it was joe the way she came in, under the radar because it wasjoe biden and the improbable victory that has been the focus, he being the anti— trump, the counter trump and his campaign was the exact opposite of donald trump's campaign. that has overshadowed a little bit the fa ct overshadowed a little bit the fact that there has been this achievement, this glass ceiling that has been broken.

we have barbara plett usher who is in delaware where joe barbara plett usher who is in delaware wherejoeania spoke a while ago and said that the results were skewing now, 60 to 40 in mr biden's weber. in some places, 90 to ten in some other places, thinking that that might end up being 6—figure digits and so this is something that is extremely exciting for the camp here. this has been the focus of biden's campaign. he visited pennsylvania something like 19 times. he was certainly more than any other place. it will be the last outstanding state of the so—called blue wall, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, the ones that present trump flipped in the last election and won by flipping them, so the focus of the campaign has been on recovering them. if there are, pennsylvania, that is the prize because then as you mentioned, they have enough electoral votes to put them over the top. there is a lot of excitement about that here. as we we re excitement about that here. as we were coming in, ijust sawa number of biden fans, only a handful, holding up biden and harris signs. i asked them what they

our state department correspondent barbara plett usher joins us from washington.tegy was in paying a visit like this in the dying days of trump administration? mike pompeo has been a real cheerleader of trump's policy on israel, which essentially embraced that vision of the israeli right, the expansionist vision with regard to the occupied territories, and as you said, he really made his mark last year when he announced that he was changing the us assessment ofjewish settle m e nts the us assessment ofjewish settlements in the occupied territories, that they did not contradict international law as the state department has previously assessed. so by visiting the first secretary of state to visit the jewish settlements in the west bank and the golan heights, he can physically stamp that policy with his imprinta, physically stamp that policy with his imprint a, if you like. it is a victory lap for all the pro israel moves the trump administration has made, and some commentators say it is also a photo opportunity in case mrtrump does is also a photo opportunity in cas

barbara plett usher is in delaware.at apparently secret service agents have arrived there to provide more protection forjoe biden. what did you make of that news? there is a stirring of activity here because we've been here for the last couple days and most of the time it has been pretty quiet. but we are seeing activity around the stage, we are seeing an increase in security dogs that are used for sweeping, we've seen them walking across the parking lot. we've actually seen a handful of biden supporters as well, as i was coming in standing in the parking lot outside the security cordon with biden — harris signs, waiting to start celebrating, they told me, they were very excited. there's a certain amount of activity here and a great deal of attention, as you would expect by the biden campaign on those numbers coming in from pennsylvania. they've been very excited since mr biden gained on mr trump since he took the lead, because this of course would put them over the top if the state is called for them. and it looks as i

barbara plett usher i5 about an hour ago. barbara plett usher is there for us. let's go to her.ed his supporters on the stage behind me. they had come out in their cars ina sort me. they had come out in their cars in a sort of driving raleigh, which has come to characterise his campaign because of covid restrictions. a short speech but one that was meant to encourage his supporters and to also stake a claim and say that even though all the votes had not been counted, he felt, and the democratic campaign felt, that they were on track to win. he also made this cautionary note, which he has done before, saying it i5 which he has done before, saying it is not up to mr trump to claim victory, not up to him, mr biden, to count the votes, but it is up to all of the votes themselves to be counted to determine the election. he was asked earlier yesterday, on election day, if president trump does come out and say that he has won or make some controversial claim, what will be his response. he said, let's see what he says exactly, i don't feel i have a responsibility to respond as such. i g

our us state department correspondent barbara plett usher explained the latest on the election count.y hand in georgia because the election was very tight, and mr trump called for a recount which he could do because it was less than .5% of a margin. that recount found that mr biden's lead narrowed but he was still significantly ahead by more than 12,000 votes. as of the secretary of state has now announced that he is certifying the election results making it formal that mr biden has won georgia. that now goes to the republican governor who has until the end of saturday to accept that and make it official. this is important because mr, no democratic candidate has one georgia in nearly three decades so this shows the strength of mr biden's support during this election. it was the feeling of a likely confirmation coming on saturday, barbara, to do with the state? lived on for the process of recounting everything by hand. sol process of recounting everything by hand. so i think it would be quite a difficult move to go against that at this point. what i can say is that the secretary of sta

our correspondent barbara plett—usher is in delaware atjoe biden‘s hq and says mr biden is trying toublic. well, he is presenting a sharp contrast to president trump and also responding to what he sees as attacks on democracy. he is reassuring americans that the voting system can be trusted and that it is voters who choose the president and not anyone else. but he is also reassuring his supporters that he believes he is on a path to victory and when all those votes are counted, he will be president. and i think he is also building momentum to declare victory when and if the news organisations call states in his favour and declare mathematically that he is president—elect. that he will declare it to be so and probably start to act like one because if that does happen, his advisers don't believe that president trump would concede. the bbc‘s michelle fleury is in philadelphia in pennsylvania — one of the states still to declare. there are 20 electoral votes there, enough to getjoe biden over the line in one fell swoop and as we heard peter say, president trump must win this state if he

barbara plett—usher is in delaware what is the latest from there?eak in the next couple of hours to give an update on where the campaign sees the state of the situation, and we're expecting it to be a positive announcement or a positive assessment because that's what we have been hearing from campaign officials. they say that the biden campaign is on track to win 270 electoral college votes, and that that could be the case already by the end of today. they believe that they have one in wisconsin, in fact cnn has projected wisconsin for the democrats. forjoe biden. they also believe that they are on track to win in michigan and to keep nevada. they say that that will give them enough to win the election even if they don't win in pennsylvania, those funds will be coming in that count will be coming in later in the week. they say they are on track to win there but believe they can get it 270 by the end of the day. they also have talked about legal challenges from the trump can noting that they had for they were prepared for this because the republicans

lets speak to our correspondent barbara plett usher, who's in washington. k we were getting from mike pompeo? is this something to do with his bid in 2024? that is widely speculated. yes, christian. mr pompeo has been a cheerleader for mr yes, christian. mr pompeo has been a cheerleaderfor mr trump yes, christian. mr pompeo has been a cheerleader for mr trump and his israel policy who embraced this expansionism. he did put his mark it last year when he was the one to announce the had reassessed its the way i looked atjoy settlements and they do not contradict international law so this with a chance for him to physically put his stamp on that policy by visiting a jewish element, the first secretary of state to do so and providing some putt opportunitiesjust in so and providing some putt opportunities just in case he should run for president in 2024. —— for opportunities. and putting some hurdles forjoe biden if you want to roll back the settlement and saying that products made injewish settle m e nts that products made injewish settlements will be stamped and

barbara plett—usher is in delaware.somewhere around 8pm est. do we know he will say? will this be another holding pattern speech, or are they hoping, or thinking that they have concrete news to deliver at that one? well they are hoping that they have concrete news to deliver. and if the race is called by then, we understand that it'll be an address to the american people, to the nation as president elect. i suspect then we will get the same messaging that mr biden has been giving throughout his campaign, he's been extremely consistent, always talking about the need for unity, to come together, the need to not treat opponents as enemies but to work together to deal with the crisis that the country faces, because if he becomes president elect, he will be taking the office at a time of national crisis, with the coronavirus and the impact it has had on the economy. so i would think we would be getting those kinds of messages, but it is a sort of calculation the campaign will have to make because we don't know exactly when t

i'm barbara plett usher — in delaware — where preparations are being made for the president—elect to

let us go to barbara plett usher in delaware. to congregate with the idea that they would be listening tojoe biden give a statement here at the headquarters on the stage outside, which isjust behind me, overthere. and we understand that he is on his way now, to give that statement. obviously, it is not going to be something that will involve him making any sort of declaration of victory or even anything definitive about how the race works, there is a kind of nervous anticipation, excuse me, also, but i have been down talking to people outside the cars and that i have been telling me they are still very hopeful, it had been, they had been hoping that they could get an early victory by taking a state such as georgia, or north carolina, as you know the states haven't been called yet, but they are looking very very competitive at the moment. but there, they are confident they do have a path to victory and they have been telling me, you know, they may not get an announcement tonight, but they had always expected it could go for a whil

the bbc cosmic barbara plett usher is there.eaking before the president did, calling on everybody to be patient. now that the president has already started to launch lawsuits, trying to get a recount in wisconsin and came out in the middle of the night indeed saying that he believed he had already won the president, credential election, do you expect a different tone from the biden campaign? i think he will probably still call for a bit of patience, but the campaign has already this morning very much clearly said it believes thatjoe morning very much clearly said it believes that joe biden morning very much clearly said it believes thatjoe biden has morning very much clearly said it believes that joe biden has won the presidency. they said, similarto anthony was saying, wisconsin, mr biden was in the lead. that has since been called. he was in the lead in michigan. they expect that to be clear by the end of the day. they expect them to hold onto nevada. they believe they will take pennsylvania, although they don't need to, and t

let's go to barbara plett usher in wilmington, delaware, wherejoe biden is. barbara.nvention centre, the headquarters for the night for the biden harris campaign and the night is young, the first polls have just closed and with me to get an early take on all of this is tom paris, the chairman of this is tom paris, the chairman of the democratic national committee. thank you, mr parris, for joining us here. it's an honour to be here on this historic evening. competing with the background music. correct. the campaign is very optimistic, very bullish. what about you? are optimistic, very bullish. what about you ? are you optimistic, very bullish. what about you? are you still cautious, given what happened in 2016?|j you? are you still cautious, given what happened in 2016? i would describe myself as cautiously optimistic because we have multiple pathways to success. success is 270 electoral votes. we have a linear pathway of wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, and we won all the state—wide seats in those states in 2018 and we've been working hard for the last four years b