ifjoe biden manages to secure victory in pennsylvania — he wins the white house. e biden has been calling for calm and unity — and says he'll soon have a "mandate for action". we don't have the final declaration of victory yet. the numbers tell us it's clear, tell us a clear and convincing story. we're going to win this race. meanwhile donald trump continues to allege fraud without providing evidence, twitter blocks his four most recent tweets, as his lawyers prepare for a media conference. as the count drags on donald trump leaves the white house for a game of golf. stay clam, stay patient. those are the words ofjoe biden, who says he is on track to become the 46th president of the united states. speaking at his campaign headquarters, the democratic party candidate said he had clear and convincing leads in pennsylvania and georgia, and was ahead in arizona and nevada. and he repeated his insistence that all votes would be counted, "no matter how hard people try to stop it". he also used the moment to say it was time to "put anger and demonisation behind us", stati

wins in florida oi’ whereas ifjoe biden wins in florida or texas or ohio, which we should learn, then that is more or less game over for donald trump. but as you know, any election night is nerve—racking, you are waiting to see the real data, and that is something we don't have at the moment. it is fascinating and we will talk to you again tomorrow, of course, but for tonight, thank you very much, john sobel and the team in the states and the special programme for the results is starting at 11:30pm on bbc one. it should be a rather exciting night. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. welcome to bbc news first look at the national and international from first look at the national and internationalfrom pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the telegraph's chief political correspondent chris hope and ayesha hazarika, columnist from the evening standard & times radio presenter. tomorrow's front pages, starting with, the new york times shows both us presidential can

but at this stage of the race, generally, he does look as ifjoe biden is edging ahead and donald trump still clinch it but that is the direction it's heading. but really want to the whole thing, for american democracy. what an electoral system and of course the actions of donald trump himself which arejust course the actions of donald trump himself which are just totally extraordinary and historic, the way that he has called states are not ready to be called and the way he is challenged you intimacy of the election and i think the repercussions of how he is acting will last for a very long time on american democracy and on the republican party and not in a good way i'm afraid to say. what do you make of it? let's get your initial reactions because it is an awful lot to ta ke reactions because it is an awful lot to take in, quite frankly. it is and it's hard to imagine 48 hours ago that will be looking at front covers like this because while there are a myriad of factors that have brought the us election and the first polls we re the us election and the first polls were so the us electi

all eyes are on pennsylvania at the moment because, as you heard, ifjoe biden take that state, he's goty. now la st we state, he's got the presidency. now last we heard was that joe biden leads by 8867 votes, but there are still a fair few thousand votes to be counted there. so we will be watching that very closely. i want to show you a potential path to the white house forjoe biden. ifi to show you a potential path to the white house forjoe biden. if i use the blue pen there, let us assume that the democrats's optimism over pennsylvania is in fact well placed. you can see that takes joe pennsylvania is in fact well placed. you can see that takesjoe biden over the magic line. he you can see that takesjoe biden overthe magic line. he needs 270 electoral college votes, and with pennsylvania, he's got 273. now let's say after the recount he succeeds in flipping georgia, which would be a tremendous result for the democrats, as they haven't had georgia since 1992, and he retains nevada and also flips arizona, a tight race as i told you, that gets him up to 306 votes. if he achieves that, he

ifjoe biden gets one of the pairs, he does not need the other pair to get to 270?atever happens, there will be many of people, millions and millions of people who are going to be opposed to the result, whoever wins and it seems millions and millions of people who will think that the process possibly the whole structure of democracy in the united states, is broken. how to reconcile with those people? i think it starts with the speech that joe biden gave today. a conciliatory tone, not an arrogant one. one that talks about unity and creating unity not one looking to stoke more and more division, so, i think by definition, if donald trump is re—elected and president trump is still there for another four years, it grows increasingly worse. i'm hopeful that even with a split government, with republicans retaining the check and balance that the founding fathers created on purpose to make sure that there is not some liberal agenda that donald trump has scared folks into thinking that socialists were taking over, that somehow we would become communists under this new power

ifjoe biden with pennsylvania, trump would have to win all the other states that are tied, florida, arizona if your man does not make it, what do you think has made the difference because he has done a lot of the things he has promised. could it be the pandemic? those chance at the rallies, "fire fauci" are going to be devastating. the pandemic has been the biggest challenge is not only because of covid—i9 specifically but because it took of the table his biggest argument for re— election which was the economy which was running at pretty good steam up until this spring. people now have a question about his handling of the pandemic and they may be ready for something new, for change, and that would bea new, for change, and that would be a big challenge for donald trump. also signs that a lot of people, who perhaps could not bring themselves to vote four yea rs bring themselves to vote four years ago, have turned out this time? we have seen a great deal of voting early in the election. the democrats especially have put an early focus on early voting and because of the pandemic because your pe

ifjoe biden can get closer to that it was a hymn.l the end of november to know who is the next president of the united states so iron shirt campaigners are hoping that they don't have to need georgia but for president trump especially it would be devastating if he loses this because his path to 270 appears a lot blea ker and that because his path to 270 appears a lot bleaker and that is why he said today there were a lot of illegally harvested ballots and are going to be and testing this and the republican secretary of state said directly none of that happened here. 0k, directly none of that happened here. ok, the weather is good, the rents are quite cheap, atlanta's very nice city, you will enjoy it there. la rva e city, you will enjoy it there. larvae with a big smile on his face. it is something that the prospect we might have to wait until the end of november. it feels like it is has been an incredibly long week but we are also watching arizona fee this hour. we're also watching arizona — it's a state that offers 11 electoral col

ifjoe biden ta kes still only at 268. ifjoe biden takes this to others in the west.g for a recount, in wisconsin, for example, which she is perfectly entitled to do, offer challenging votes being counted in places like pennsylvania and also potentially challenging some votes in arizona which they're talking about now as well. that was gary o'donoghue. i want to take you back to philadelphia because the trunk campaign group adjusting the news conference. let's justjoin them. well, that was fabulous timing. that was the end of that briefing. what they're doing is questioning the count in pennsylvania and suggesting, as we have been hearing all through afternoon, that the lead that their man, donald trump had, has been narrowing, with 90% of ballots counted. trump was ahead by 164,414 votes but there were concerns amongst their camp that that number is dwindling. 50% donald trump in pennsylvania at the moment and that is after 92% of the votes being counted withjoe biden on 48%. obviously, one of the key states that are being watched. we will keep an eye on all those ke

we do understand though that mr trump is going to pursue this line it to say that even ifjoe biden claimsnot to concede, but in the states where he claims victory, to continue to challenge and say, "this is voter fraud, victory, to continue to challenge and say, "this is voterfraud, the election is being stolen." and to continue to apply the courts with lawsuits, even if they are done on thin evidence, as we have seen before. that evidence was not stated as one of those press conferences. mrtrump is set as one of those press conferences. mr trump is set to speak very shortly for the first time since election night. so we will wait to see what he has to say. we certainly will. we will bring that lie. barbara, as always, thank you very much. welcome as barbara was mentioning, so next joe biden now needs two states to win orjust pennsylvania, with its 20 electoral college votes. donald trump has a harder task — he must win pennsylvania and take three other states to remain president. mr trump held a half a million vote lead in the count but it's been whittled down to less than 80,000 in the

ifjoe biden ta kes republican territory.t seven decades that arizona has voted for a democratic presidential candidate and since two democratic senators to the senate as well. republicans are still not conceding defeat. we could get some kind of final result at some point tomorrow. thank you very much, sophie. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. hi, george. thanks a lot. some big temperature contrast across the uk. in the south of england, temperatures got to about 10—11 in the sunshine, but it is much warmer further north. durham, 18, and widely across northern scotland, 15-16. the widely across northern scotland, 15—16. the reason for those temperature contrasts comes from where the air actually came from at the start of the month. this cooler air across southern england started round about canada at the start of the month, the airfurther north, of much warmer origin, coming from around the bahamas. that was partly the reason we have those high temperatures across northern areas. the fern effect also helpe

ifjoe biden in order to win this election. if joe biden is in order to win this election.orida tuesday night or wednesday morning, then the election is effectively over. there is no path to 270 electoral votes for donald trump without florida. but for joe biden, we have a lot of parts to 270 and we are within a point or two in many of the states that they are expanding the map to like texas and iowa. let us talk about the economy, thatis let us talk about the economy, that is the one area in polling where people say that donald trump has the clear lead over joe biden. better trusted, better able to bring backjobs, to bring back growth in the us economy. i just want to play another clip of your candidates talking about taxation and who will and who will not be here. nobody making less than $400,000 will pay a penny more in tax under my proposal. that isa in tax under my proposal. that is a promise? that is a guaranteed promise, i give you my word. you think it is a good idea to raise taxes when the economy is in dire straits? depends who you are raising them on. if you are

and ifjoe biden becomes the president, we'll see how donald trump looks.thanks a lot. thank you. hello there. should see quite a lot of sunshine once we delete not loser rain spreading eastward during the overnight period. loser rain spreading eastward during the overnight periodm has been followed by blustery showers which would be running into scotland and northern ireland. this is the rain i am talking about. slightly fresher air behind it. working its way eastward ahead of it they will be cloudy, breezy and fairly mild. lots of shadows across the northwest from the word go. sunshine behind his rain band which will continue to journey eastward through this morning eventually clearing the southeast by around lunchtime. a bright afternoon for most pa rt a bright afternoon for most part showers will continue in the northwest was up some heavy perhaps even thundery. blustery day to come for all very windy for the northwest of scotland. 50 mph. for the temperature is it's actually going to feel on the cooler side. nine to 11 degrees 12 to 1a degrees further

pennsylvania by itself would decide this election ifjoe biden wins it.oe biden loses them two out of three of nevada, arizona and georgia would win it for him, as well. whereas donald trump would have to win pennsylvania and two out of three of those states was up two out of three of those states was up it's interesting you talk about to me, he is retiring for that he doesn't have to worry so much about a future in the senate and in angry donald trump base. i think there is a very real possibility that they we re a very real possibility that they were members of the republican party where i think it well, we have the senate, it seems. we made progress in the house of representatives narrowing the democratic league. we have control of the supreme court with all of these nominees that donald trump went on there. is it so bad if we have to deal withjoe biden? to want to burn that bridge and risk are really my political career sticking our neck out on the line for donald young? maybe we sit out and we handle things as best we can for two years ofjoe biden pr

the victory, ifjoe biden wins this victory, ifjoe biden wins this victory, it will be narrow only inrowly electoral college done. why was this so hard forjoe biden? why was it hard to win the election? yeah. i mean, the poles were in your direction and there is a huge pandemic in the economy has done badly under donald trump. should this not have been fairly simple? in a way, yes. though you know there is a deep philosophical question behind that question that i am not really an expert to answer. that is everything has become so politicized to win a believable degree, even the description of the data, is the economy growing or in trouble? we split on partisan lines. sol economy growing or in trouble? we split on partisan lines. so i think you see that reflected in the results. it is all about partisanship. i'm sorry, we are coming to the end of the programme but thank you very much forjoining us. hello there. wednesday brought us quiet weather across the uk. the best of the sunshine was across england and wales, where, in hampshire, combined with the still winds, you had some beautif

even ifjoe biden says let's try and do it trade deal, it will take years.based on access to the eu via britain. now, we are no longer part of of the eu. it's going to be interesting to see how that works out. let's turn to the independent. bush targets trunk. lots of republicans coming out now. george bush is the most senior republican to make his thoughts known on this. he isjoining the voices saying to donald trump, "unless you have any proof of what you're alleging against the improprieties of the election, you really need to do the decent thing and go quietly. " really need to do the decent thing and go quietly." what this does highlight is the conventions of in which these transmission of power always rely. 0n the receiving end of always rely. 0n the receiving end of a very dignified exit by al gore backin a very dignified exit by al gore back in 2000, he arguably had the most in the game of any defeated president handled it. yet, al gore found that in the dignity and to pick up the phone and give a very gracious speech. i don't know if we can expect q

ifjoe biden wins the white house, hisjob becomes an awful lot easier if he has the senate as well.emocrats taking both of those senate seats in georgia seems a bit of a stretch, doesn't it? it is bit of a stretch and it's more likely that it would ta ke and it's more likely that it would take one of them in the, almost got nine points more in the votes than senator, but that may be the one that will go to the democrats, the other one david perdue did slightly better thanjohn, other one david perdue did slightly better than john, so when other one david perdue did slightly better thanjohn, so when it comes of and that maybe one democrat and one republican. not a bad place to be though, sit tight down there and. i live here now. it is a great city to live in. i'm joined now by mary ann marsh ican i can remember when we last spoke babe remember constantly speaking —— can you give us —— can you give us some sense —— can you give us some sense of the timing, we are all desperate to know? this race could been decided last night, very clear what this is going. 0nlyjoe biden can get to 270

they gained in colorado from the republicans, but ifjoe biden is to win the presidency and the senate could have a lot of problems getting legislation through. barack obama faced the same issues, so he will be funnier with it. here are some of the highlights from the congressional races. jambalaya senator lindsey graham held onto his seat in south carolina. there was a big battle, but he saw of the democratic challenger, jamie harrison. bear in mind he once called donald trump a bigot, but then appeared to re—evaluate and over time became a close supporter of donald trump. recently he chaired the senate committee that confirmed amy coney barrett as the latest member of the supreme court. here's what senator graham had to say on tuesday?” supreme court. here's what senator graham had to say on tuesday? i have had two goals already. one from president trump. he is going to win. he is going to win! to all the pollsters out there, you have no idea what you're doing. and all the liberals in california and new york, you wasted a lot of money. so that was south carolina, let next to georgia,

i'm going to be completely honest with you, ifjoe biden is the true winner, i will accept that.t i have to do because i love this country and i will stand for this country no matter who is president. but i don't believe that's what's happened. so, as counting continues in some states, how did joe biden get to the 270 electoral college votes needed to make a victory certain. here's my colleague ros atkins with a summary. to become president of america, you need a majority in the electoral college. this is a system where candidates compete for individual states. if you win a state, you get a certain amount of electoral college votes. to become president, you need 270 electoral votes. because of the reasonable predictability of a lot of states in america, we always knew thatjoe biden would take california, joe biden would take new york. it was the states that we couldn't predict that really decided which way this election went and in the hours that followed the polls closing, actually, the news was better for president trump. he took florida early on, later on ohio and iowa. he als

very briefly on tax cuts, ifjoe biden gets into the white house and wa nts to biden gets into the white many tax cuts which were so popular with ma ny voters tax cuts which were so popular with many voters that president trump made, is he going to be able to make that? that will be an uphill battle also. interestingly, the corporate tax cuts that came through were part of something that president 0bama and joe biden had pushed for because corporate tax rates in the us were very high relative to other major countries, and as you may recall, there were these so—called inversions where us companies were moving to low tax havens like ireland so it would be ironic ifjoe biden wants to go back to something he had actually said he wanted to change. 0k, professor randy kroszner from the chicago booth school of business, thank you for your time today. president trump has tweeted multiple times promoting claims of voter fraud — without providing any evidence. now false and unsubstantiated claims about ballot burning and rigged elections are going viral online — and inspiring big online movements.

we will see ifjoe biden can bring it together. we hope he does. country but we are a very divided country. president trump did not experience any type of hillary clinton telling the country to unite behind president trump. i don't expect it to happen this time, we are to divided these days. do you think that when we see these tweets, when we talk about these legal issues that the president is raising, that it is part of a political strategy, a long—term political strategy?” don't think that. i think president trump has a responsibility to his supporters to make sure an accurate and legal count takes place. it is more than him, it is for the people who supported him and want legitimacy in the process. when you see the media shutting them down and say, you don't have the right to ta ke say, you don't have the right to take the legal case forward and when you hear the democrat saying no, the election is over, it is his constitutional right. it is not uncharted territory, but the more complaining you hear from the left and the media that president tru

ifjoe biden manages to secure victory in pennsylvania — he wins the white house. victory yet. the numbers tell us it's clear, tell us a clear and convincing story. we're going to win this race. meanwhile donald trump continues to allege fraud

thatis of the state, is that —— if that is flipped in the democrats, it hasn't gone blue since 1992, ifjoe biden magic 270 figure he needs to take the white house. the third and easiest route to the white house, very simple, joe biden ta kes house, very simple, joe biden takes pennsylvania, his home state. and if he wins the... it's a done deal, isn't it? it is all overfor donald it's a done deal, isn't it? it is all over for donald trump. for donald trump it is narrower, he has to win pennsylvania plus a combination of the other states, that is why there is so much focus on pennsylvania. one thing he usually wins is attention on social media. obviously twitter is going a little bit longer is over his remarks in the night. what have you been picking up on social media? broadly speaking, his supporters are angry. joe biden's supporters are finding his reaction to watching his leaves dwindle down quite funny, frankly. greta thunberg was tweeted by donald trump this time last year the teenage environmentalist, he tweeted to her "so ridiculous, greta thunberg must work on her anger management proble

it may very well be in his nature to try to fight and get a rematch and that being said, ifjoe bidenthis election, is not guaranteed that he would be running again, he will be 8283 years old, so there's a lot of things to happen and it's a bit of interesting sort of self conversations that is probably taking place in a lot of different places. can i ask about his tweet today, stop the count. are you at all concerned that he is discrediting the process and undermining trust in the democratic process in america in the second pa rt process in america in the second part of the question. anyone who loses on either side is going to loses on either side is going to lose certain amount of trust in the process and that is not new. every particular close race, i want my first race by torture 12 votes and i think the other guy doesn't and feels good about the process as i do. and i do not understand the tweet and i think tweets like that can muddy the waters because in certain states, it is my understanding that have not spoken directly to the white house, in certain states they want the counts

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voter fraud, i believe we have way too much unanswered questions, and i will be honest with you, ifjoe bidenll accept it, that's what i have to do because i love this country and i will stand for this country to matt who was president, but i do believe that's what happened. let's talk about allegedly voter fraud now. joining me now from sunderland massachusetts is lawrence douglas. he's a professor of law at amhurst college and an expert in national election law. thank you so much for being on the programme. my pleasure to be with you. what you make of these criminal proceedings, if they are launched, and there have been lodged in some areas, this litigation on the election, itself, what you make of it? well, i guess nothing has changed in the last few days, i guess i would describe it as baseless, really without any kind of merit. it's certainly possible that you could uncover cases of heartless mistakes being committed by overworked and tired election officials, but this notion that there is some kind of systemic fraud that has been perpetrated, that's com pletely been perpetrated, that's

our top stories: donald trump says he will leave the white house ifjoe biden is formally confirmed as the next us president by the electoral college. fans line the streets of buenos aires to say goodbye to argentinian football hero maradona on the way to the cemetery where he's been buried next to his parents. ethiopian refugees mass on the border with sudan as the government launches its final offensive against rebel forces in tigray. there are currently over 60 million coronavirus cases worldwide but several vaccines now seem to offer real hope. we take a look at when, where, and who. hello, welcome to the programme. president trump has made comments that seem to come the closest so far to conceding the election held three weeks ago. while insisting on his unsubstantiated claim that the poll was fraudulent, he said he would leave the white house if the electoral college certifiesjoe biden‘s victory. let's have a listen. it's going to be a hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud. so as to whether or not i can get this apparatus moving this quickly — because time

be the tipping point, it is 20 electoral votes, still hundreds of thousands of votes there and ifjoe bideniden picked that up at any point, then it really he is and dry, but there is going to be a lot of legal action, notjust in pennsylvania, but in wisconsin and georgia, possible recurrence as well, which could take weeks to happen. thank you very much. a second national lockdown has come into force in england to try and slow the spread of the virus. while schools and universitites will remain open — for the next four weeks, pubs and restaurants are now closed but takeaways can stay open. non essential shops and entertainment venues are also closed. people can't mix with other households in homes or gardens but meeting one other person in a public space is allowed. and you should stay at home unless you are going to work, education, essentialshopping, exercise or for medical reasons. police are warning of tough action against anyone who breaks the rules. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. we go again. does lockdown get easier the second time? do the empty streets, closed shop

the key state to watch is pennsylvania because ifjoe biden takes that, if that state declares forjoe s whether he has won or not, then that pushes him over that 270 mark there. georgia as well is doing the end of its counting and then it will begin its recount. recounts generally do not really shift things much, there were recounts last time round in 2016, only a couple of votes added. even in the infamous 2000 controversial election, there was onlyjust over 1000 votes that were different after recounts there. the gap between donald trump and joe biden may be growing — but the race in the remaining battleground states is still incredibly close. reeta chakrabarti takes a look at the electoral map and where the presidency will be decided. this is the state of play at the moment. this is the electoral map, and you can see the states in grey are the ones that are still to be decided, and there are some very close races going on. it's so close in georgia that they're going for a recount. arizona is also extremely close. pennsylvania in the east, which we have all been focused on all day, w

so ifjoe biden gets to the 270 electoral college votes, and as we have said the margins are really fineing, and donald trump doesn't concede, does not formally say those words, what happens next? what is the constitutional position? well, what will happen is the electoral couege what will happen is the electoral college vote will take place in mid—december, and that is the final decision of who is the president. before then, if all the states come in with their decisive tallies, and if any recounts result in any other sort of updates, once the states and those election commissioners are set there is really nothing donald trump can do to stop losing office. but that doesn't mean he has to say he lost it. and he may continue. i think that what we are likely to see, however, is that somebody... he will eventually be convinced that he just looks silly trying to continue to claim office when the rest of the country has realised that it's not his. i wonder who is going to convince him of that, if that is what you are suggesting will ultimately happen. well, it may not if he is still able to p

ifjoe biden wins, he will have an extraordinary task ahead, isn't he?virus on top of the divisions we have been talking about. you know, i think it's one of the big questions for any modern country is how do you hold together all kinds of people? and america, of course, has defined itself by doing just that, by uniting them all with the idea of america, which is why that idea is being tested so much at the moment. but for any country, you have a lot of people who see things differently. and it seems a failure to many leaders to just allow a country to break up into their constituent bits because those people don't want to live with the other. so i think the challenge goes wider than america. but forjoe biden, yes, he will have to try to reach across the red—blue divide into these states which, you know, we are focusing on half a dozen states which are closely fought in this election, but many, many aren't. many are almost entirely democrat or almost entirely republican. people living very different lives with very, very different visions of their countr

ifjoe biden succeeds in taking georgia, president trump could only achieve a draw even if he won all ow edged ahead there by more than 1,000 votes, with just a few thousand left to go. earlier, my colleague martine spoke to stephen fowler, political reporter for georgia public broadcasting georgia has known for a long time that it was going to be the centre of the political universe, not only because of the electoral college votes, but because we have both of our us senate seats on the ballot, which could, and now will, decide control of that chamber. you know, it's 6.30 in the morning here local time, so i don't think very many people have yet woken up to the news of the votes being in thejoe biden's favour now with still more to come, but, you know, if you watch georgia politics, the people that live here in georgia, democrat and republican, have long known about the importance of this state, because it truly is a microcosm of american politics right now. a small percentage of votes still left to be counted. it still is quite a large number in numerical terms. which are the votes th

can ta ke reality is that ifjoe biden can take michigan, the next allstate in wisconsin in thedo it, regardless of what happens in pennsylvania or georgia. but we should emphasise that donald trump and we have been reporting this in the last couple of hours is now saying he's going to try to stop the counting of votes in shogun. he is saying the democrats are trying to steal the election, well, there is no evidence that is happening, but we know he has a big legal team and we know he has a big legal team and we know he is not about to give up the fight, which means the coming hours and days are absolutely crucial for the future of notjust the american presidency, but for american rock democracy as well. thank you very much for watching, we will be back with you the same time tomorrow and the coverage continues on for bbc news. hello there. high pressure brought us a quiet day of weather on wednesday. the best of this sunshine across england and wales where much of the day skies looked like these. however, there were a few showers around across the north of wales. across northwe

warning people here in michigan that they will lose their jobs, lose their industries ifjoe biden isclaimed there were no auto clubs here in michigan, really, the home of the us car industry. no plants four years ago. that is not true. donald trump has also been talking about his opponent, joe biden, criticising him for his suppose that gaps and lapses of memory. they have been playing video of that and donald trump has been complaining about the weather in michigan as well. it is cold and he was suffering from that during his speech. he even chose to make a joke about refugees from syria saying they would not want to come to michigan, they would rather go back to syria because it is too cold. this is the beginning of a multistate push for the last couple of days for donald trump. a dozen or 13 states in these last few days as he battles to overcome his lagging in the opinion polls. to overcome his lagging in the opinion polls. belarus's security forces have been using flash grenades and firing warning shots to disperse some of the latest mass demonstrations in minsk. they've also tr

ifjoe biden can flip nevada and went arizona, he gets the white house.t over 90% of the votes counted so far? that is right and were signed the democrats did when here in 2016 but people were expecting that nevada not to be that close was of their looking at arizona be much more interesting but nevada is way closer than people thought. 0ne suggestion may be is it many people moved out of las vegas because of coronavirus and unemployment here. and that may have really hurt the democrats because the democrats usually do really well in las vegas for the moment it is 20,000 votes in it and at the moment hillary clinton won las vegas by about 11 points and at the moment joe won las vegas by about 11 points and at the momentjoe biden is winning by about eight points. so he has not done as well here as he thought he would. so that is why this is so close. there are about 120,000 ballots to go to be counted. we will get a bit more detail in about three hours' time but we won't necessarily know who is one this for days of the registrar here said they might be sat

ifjoe biden went florida, will concede because there is no path for donald trump.ally no path if he loses florida. it would have to win both pennsylvania and north carolina, on the east coast. it is over, you will see trump conceding. since 1896, you will know this better than me, m essa 9 es will know this better than me, messages have been passed between losers and winners. do you see president trump continuing that tradition by a phone call either way? yes, but he has to wait to see. the bottom line is, when one of the two candidates hits 270 electoral college, the other one will do it at their leisure. hillary clinton waited till 2am and she was a loser at 11 waited till 2am and she was a loser at11p.m.. waited till 2am and she was a loser at 11 p.m.. great to talk to you, eric bolling. of course, we will continue to bring you all the very latest information on the election. our special programme starts in just a few minutes, at 23.30gmt, bringing you all the results as they come in from around the united states with real—time analysis from the experts. that's

ifjoe biden wins, he will have an extraordinary task ahead. yes, and he has coronavirus oi'i ahead.and he has coronavirus on top of the divisions we have been talking about. one of the big questions for any modern country is how do you hold together all kinds of people? america has defined itself by doing just that, uniting them all with the idea of america. that is why that idea is being tested so much at the moment. in any country, you have a lot of people who see things differently. it seems a failure to many leaders to allow a country to break up into their constituent bits because those people don't want to live with the other. the challenge goes wider than america. but forjoe biden, he will have to try to reach across the red— blue divide into the states... we are focusing on half a dozen states which are closely fought in this election, but many, many are almost entirely democrat or almost entirely republican, people living very different lives with very, very different lives with very, very different visions of their country and what they want from their leader. so he has to

ifjoe biden gets one of the pairs, he does not need the other pair to get to 270? right. whatever happens, there will be many of people, millions and millions of people who are going to be opposed to the result, whoever wins and it seems millions and millions of people who will think that the process possibly the whole structure of democracy in the united states, is broken. how to reconcile with those people?” is broken. how to reconcile with those people? i think it sta rts with those people? i think it starts with the speech thatjoe biden gave today. i conciliatory tone, not an arrogant one. one that talks about unity and creating unity not one looking to stoke more and more division, so, ithink by definition, if donald trump is re—elected and president trump is still there for another four years, it grows increasingly worse. i'm hopeful that even with a slick government, with republicans retaining the check and balance that the founding fathers created on purpose to make sure that there is not some liberal agenda that donald trump has scared folks into thinking

when will we know ifjoe biden has crossed the threshold to win the white house?nd when, honestly when, will this election be over? we'll be trying to answer those questionsjust ahead. the bbc‘s north america editor jon sopel starts our coverage. joe biden takes the lead in pennsylvania... donald trump is now trailing... joe biden is winning the overwhelming share... this mightjust be the moment, the whole ballgame. the seemingly overwhelming lead that donald trump had in pennsylvania the day after the election this morning finally evaporated and has become a biden lead. if the democratic challenger wins here, it's game overfor the president. pretty soon, the hyphen will be gone from vice—president to president—electjoe biden. it's a happy day for our country. and the march of the maths has been played out in small government buildings and windowless offices in arizona, pennsylvania, nevada and georgia. a thousand votes here, a few hundred there — all the time chipping away at donald trump's grip on the white house. there will, though, be a recount in georgia, whe

warning people here in michigan that they will lose their jobs, lose their industries, ifjoe biden is in michigan, really the home of the us car industry. no plants here he said, four years ago. that is not true. now, also donald trump has been talking about his opponentjoe biden, criticising him for his supposedly gaps in lapses of memory, they've been playing videos of that, in donald trump spin complaining about the weather in michigan as well. it is cold and he was clearly suffering from that during the speech. he even chose to make a joke about refugees from syria, saying they wouldn't want to come to michigan, they'd rather go back to syria because it's too cold. so this is the beginning of a multistate post in the last couple of days for donald trump. possibly a dozen all 13 states in these last couple of days as he battles to overcome his liking in the opinion polls. —— lagging in the opinion pounds. so, that was gary 0'donoghue in michigan. donald trump's last rally of the day is in florida, where it is also the last day of pre—election voting in the state. 0ur correspondent

absolutely neck and neck between president trump and joe biden, so it will be fascinating to see ifjoe bident state — or if he is at least projected to be the winner — what arguments come from the trump camp to perhaps deflect that and argue that some of those votes were fraudulent. peter bowes, thank you so much. joe biden also addressed the media on thursday evening. he said he was confident that he would win, but called for patience. we continue to feel, the senator and i, we continue to feel very good about where things stand. we have no doubt that, when the count is finished, senator harris and i would be declared the winners. so i ask everyone to stay calm, all the people to stay calm. the process is working, the count is being completed, and we will know very soon, so thank you all for your patience, but we have to count the votes. god bless you all and may god protect our troops. thank you. our correspondent barbara plett—usher is in delaware atjoe biden‘s hq, who explained what the message was behind biden‘s latest speech. well, he is presenting a sharp contrast to president trump a

and ifjoe biden wins?sman for influence for us views on what the eu does and that used to be an important part of the relationship. in the biden camp there's still a lot of hostility towards borisjohnson personally. his past attacks on biden‘s friend and close ally, president 0bama, haven't been forgotten. biden himself isn't at all anti—british, but he is strongly against a no—deal brexit. i reported on barack 0bama's victory as the first black president in 2008. now, after the killing of george floyd and black lives matter, race is an issue again. biden‘s biggest decision was his choice for vice president, kamala harris, of african and asian descent. she would be hugely influential if biden wins, especially to people here, who have been moved by these campaigns. she would be the second most powerful person on the planet and it's just — i can't even say how overwhelming this is going to be. it matters enormously, because it's going to change the landscape. the last four years under trump have done tremend

but ifjoe biden ends up taking the state, donald trump's path back to the white house is blocked. other must win for the president but overnight, his lead overjoe biden dwindled as thousands of postal ballots from largely democratic areas were counted. if mr biden wins the state, he wins the white house. camera shutters click. president trump's reelection hopes appear to be fading by the hour and at the white house last night, he denigrated america's electoral process and made a slew of unsubstantiated claims about voting and fraud. if you count the legal votes, i easily win. if you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. we think there's going to be a lot of litigation because we have so much evidence, so much proof, and it's going to end up perhaps at the highest court in the land. mr trump made a wholly false distinction between votes cast in person on the day and votes by mail. both are legal and both are still being counted. while supporters of both candidates demonstrated outside the philadelphia convention centre, pennsylvania's top election offi

i'm going to be completely honest with you, ifjoe biden is the true winner, i will accept that. to do because i love this country and i will stand for this country no matter who is president. but i don't believe that's what's happened. let's turn to the rest of the world. joe biden's victory could see a major shift in us relations with foreign powers. president trump was not afraid of criticising allies but a biden administration is expected to be more traditionally diplomatic. democratic senator chris coons, a friend ofjoe biden's says the president—elect will work far better with foreign leaders. he will not need to learn on the job. he has very well grounded views, and you will see him restore, re—engage and reimagine our place in the world, our close alliances. he is someone who has long and deeply valued our partnership with the united kingdom, with the eu, with nato, and with other nations that share our core values, so i think you'll see a significant shift in terms of us foreign policy, in particular with regards to a closer embrace of our allies, with whom we share core

evenifjoe even ifjoe biden becomes president, can be very difficult to do anything meaningful, as weh houses of congress. the democrats are expected to remain in control of the house of representatives, but with a reduced majority. in the senate they were unable to unseat republican susan collins, who seems to have fought off a strong challenge from sara gideon. the democrats needed to gain three senate seats to take control there — so far they've made a net gain of one. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: as the contested counts and accusations of fraud continue, we look at what might be learned from the infamous florida vote — and those hanging chads — two decades ago. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested, and an extremist jewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear — the monarchy would survive. of the american hostage

so ifjoe biden carries the state of pennsylvania, and he will get the 20 electoral college votes to ta college votes to take him over that magic number, 270, to go on and president of the us, that is a big gap for donald trump to catch up to, but mr trump is showing no sign of conceding to his opponent, in fact, he has been actively tweeting, he has been actively tweeting, he has been legally active since tuesday, contesting all the states where we still have to see the results. but as we heard from joe biden earlier in the evening, when he gave a speech, he believes he will win the state of pennsylvania and will go on to ultimately win the election. let'sjust repeat those numbers again, because people are more interested in vote counting numbers than they probably ever have been in their lives. i was reporting just an hour or so ago, we were up just an hour or so ago, we were up to 20,000 votes injoe biden‘s favour, then up to a few more closer towards 30,000. remind us of the exact number and how many votes we think i still have to be counted? well, they have got lots of other balanc

ifjoe biden is the great compromiser, wrap your arm around him, sit down at the table, work at all outhit it from the very beginning and show that this is different from the trump residency. i guess the one very big question there, anthony, is whether mitch mcconnell, the leader of the republicans in the senate wants to co—operate in any way at all with joe to co—operate in any way at all withjoe biden to co—operate in any way at all with joe biden or to co—operate in any way at all withjoe biden or if he will see it as his goal to try to makejoe see it as his goal to try to make joe biden a see it as his goal to try to makejoe biden a failed president so the republicans can take back the white house and four years' time. and that was something that mitch mcconnell said publicly in 2009 with the obama administration, that his goal was to make barack obama a one term president. he was unsuccessful that although he certainly succeeded in bringing the republicans back to power, first in the house of representatives and then the senate. in the senate, there are going to be some open seats