also hiding, apparently, is debbie smith's mail—in ballot.f other democrats, she didn't want to vote in person at a polling station, what with coronavirus on the loose. and you checked last night to see if your vote had been processed. right. and it wasn't there? it wasn't there. itjust still said "mail—in". so, first of all, i was upset, because i went in person. they say vote early. so i went early, i stood in line for, like, an hour to vote early, to get inside to fill out a paper ballot. so, like, why am i doing a paper ballot? and it's like, well, this is how it has to be done, because it's not election day yet. so i'm like, shoot! so i fill out the paper ballot, put it in an envelope, put it in another envelope, seal it all up, sign it. and they drop it in a box and they say they're going to store it until election day. so i've been nervous all this time, like, where's my ballot? you know? donald trump had spent months telling republicans mail—in ballots were open to widespread fraud. democrats said that was rubbish. are you nervous it

also hiding, apparently, is debbie smith's mail—in ballot.he didn't want to vote in person at a polling station, what with coronavirus on the loose. and you checked last night to see if your vote had been processed. right. and it wasn't there? it wasn't there. itjust still said "mail—in". so, first of all, i was upset, because i went in person. they say vote early. so i went early, i stood in line for, like, an hour to vote early, to get inside to fill out a paper ballot. so, like, why am i doing a paper ballot? and it's like, well, this is how it has to be done, because it's not election day yet. so i'm like, shoot! so i fill out the paper ballot, put it in an envelope, put it in another envelope, seal it all up, sign it. and they drop it in a box and they say they're going to store it until election day. so i've been nervous all this time, like, where's my ballot? you know? donald trump had spent months telling republicans mail—in ballots were open to widespread fraud. democrats said that was rubbish. are you nervous it might still not be t

and after touching down in philadelphia on election eve, we chatted with debbie smith, a democrat whojoe biden. as the election draws to a close, she says america cannot tackle its most pressing problems without unity. our people need to get back to work. we need to heal this country. so, at the end of the day, it is going to come down to, we need to recover from the coronavirus. people have lost sight of what is happening. for some republicans, the coronavirus isn't the main election issue. ask chris smith. you think it is fraud? we don't go to bed at ten, 11, 12 o'clock at night, two in the morning, leading all the keys to swing states in wake up at seven o'clock in the morning and suddenly they found hundreds of thousands of votes in they all happen to be for joe biden. votes in they all happen to be for joe biden. hello, catherine. greetings from philadelphia. the last word goes to catherine. do you think the two halves of america can unite now? perhaps in the future we can start to work on it, but right now, no. the wound is to open. sobering words, but if it is winter in america

meet debbie smith, who checked online last night to see if her early vote had been counted, and she couldn'tous it still might not be there? i know. so now it's there. it's there and recorded. so it's there. late afternoon and other worried voters are on the streets. they all completed their ballots in good faith. will america respect their wishes? clive myrie, bbc news, in philadelphia. over this entire election has hung the cloud of legitimacy. there are already lawyers and legal wrangling, contested cou nts a nd accusations of fraud. the president set the narrative early on for this —suggesting mail in ballots would be stolen and that if he lost it would be through foul play. the last time a presidential election outcome was this contested, it went all the way to the supreme court. the bbc‘s gabriel gatehouse asks what we might learn from the infamous florida vote two decades ago. the voting has finished and still, there is no result. an anxious nation waits. we have been here before, 20 years ago, in what feels like a distant era. excuse me one second. im so sorry to interrupt, florida g

and after touching down in philadelphia on election eve, we chatted with debbie smith, a democrat whoerica cannot tackle its most pressing problems without unity. our people need to get back to work, we need to heal this country. so at the end of the day, it's going to come down to we need to recover from the coronavirus. people have lost sight of what's happening. for some republicans, the coronavirus isn't the main election issue. ask chris smith. you think it's fraud? i mean, guys, we don't go to bed at ten, 11, 12 o'clock at night, two in the morning leading all the key swing states and wake up at seven o'clock in the morning and suddenly they've found hundreds of thousands of votes and they all happen to be forjoe biden. hello, catherine, greetings from philadelphia, it's good to see you again. the last word goes to catherine. do you think the two halves of america can unite now? perhaps in the future we can start to work on it, but right now, no. the wound is too open. sobering words, but if it's winter in america, can spring be far behind? clive myrie, bbc news, in philadelphia

meet debbie smith who checked online last night to see of her early vote had been counted. it wasn't there. itjust still said malin. are you nervous it might not be there? i know. so now it's there. it says vote recorded. so it's there. late afternoon and other worried voters are on the streets. they all completed their ballots in good faith. will america respect their wishes? donald trump won the state of arizona four years ago but this time joe biden's people say they're ahead now. 0ur correspondent sophie long reports. we believe one of the nets has suggested we've already won arizona, we are confident about arizona. that's a turnaround. in arizona, we have a lot of life in that and somebody said, somebody declared, it was a victory, and maybe it will be. after a premature call, words urging calm and caution, counting continues, and there's still no categoric confirmation that arizona will go tojoe biden. though some news networks and democrats have called it. arizona did the job, so we still have to make sure that every vote is counted, because we want everyone's voices

debbie smith checked online last night to see if her early vote had been counted, and she couldn't findus it still might not be there? i know. so now it's there. it's there and recorded. so it's there. late afternoon and other worried voters are on the streets. they all completed their ballots in good faith. will america respect their wishes? clive myrie, bbc news, in philadelphia. millions of people have also been voting for politicians who'll represent them in the two houses of the us congress. despite the democrats being favoured to win the senate majority, the republicans appeared poised to retain control this evening. meanwhile the democrats look set to keep control of the house of representatives. as we heard, president trump has raised the prospect of a wave of legal action to challenge results in marginal states, and he's even mentioned involving the supreme court, a process that could take some time to unfold. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel, is in washington. can we talk about the next few days? you mentioned earlierjoe biden seems to have the edge at the moment, but lots

and after touching down in philadelphia on election eve, we chatted with debbie smith, a democrat who she says america cannot tackle its most pressing problems without unity. our people need to get back to work, we need to heal this country. so, at the end of the day, it's going to come down to we need to recover from the coronavirus. people have lost sight of what's happening. for some republicans, the coronavirus isn't the main election issue. ask chris smith. you think it's fraud? i mean, guys, we don't go to bed at ten, 11, 12 o'clock at night, two in the morning leading all the key swing states and wake up at seven o'clock in the morning and suddenly they've found hundreds of thousands of votes and they all happen to be forjoe biden. hello, kathryn, greetings from philadelphia, it's good to see you again. the last word goes to kathryn. do you think the two halves of america can unite now? perhaps in the future we can start to work on it, but right now, no. the wound is too open. sobering words, but if it's winter in america, can spring be far behind? clive myrie, bbc news, in phi

meet debbie smith, who checked online last night to see if her early vote had been counted, and she couldn'ts it still might not be there? i know. so now it's there. it's there and recorded. so it's there. late afternoon and other worried voters are on the streets. they all completed their ballots in good faith. will america respect their wishes? clive myrie, bbc news, in philadelphia. let's now get all the latest sport from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm jane dougall with your thursday sports briefing. there were eight games played in the european champions league on wednesday night. you can find all the results on the bbc sport website. the winners included barcelona, who beat dynamo kyiv to maintain their 100% record in the group phase. lionel messi and gerard pique scored barca's goals in a 2—1victory. they join bayern munich, liverpool and manchester city in making it three wins out of three. but manchester united's perfect start to the competition is over after they suffered a shock defeat in turkey. united were beaten 2—1 by istanbul basa ksehir. anthony martial scored the consolat