of power i'm serious alan fischer reporting live from washington let's go to philadelphia then kristen salumi is that that count. in philadelphia what are we to make of those those claims which is allen has already said. already been tested in court. well here in pennsylvania vote counters are just going ahead with their job and doing what they've been doing right along with officials dismissing the complaints that have been leveled by the president as an accurate and unfair right now joe biden maintains a lead of about 20000 here in the state with 99 percent of the votes counted it's not clear how many ballots are still outstanding in need to be counted we are getting into more difficult counting territory with some contested ballots we estimate and other news organizations have been estimating that there's about 160000 left to count and that includes mail and ballots those received before election day and those received after election day which the president has been contesting and trying to get thrown out the mail and ballots we know skew heavily for joe biden they have up to this point he

jamal high al is in biden's home state of delaware and kristen salumi is at pennsylvania convention center but 1st how do you go again wraps up development so far former vice president joe biden projecting confidence he will be the next president and he may have taken a step closer you sosia to press declaring he's won the state of wisconsin and michigan giving him more electoral college votes easier path to that you somebody there will get him to the white house and now after a long night of county it's clear that we win you know states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency and right here we've won. but i am here to report when the count is finished we believe we will be the winners but us president donald trump is demanding a recount in wisconsin after falling short by around 20000 votes even his most ardent supporters doubt that will change anything former wisconsin governor scott walker tweeting out a recount and 2016 trumps numbers went up by 131 and the counting continues in the states that will decide the election with state officials asking for patience give the

thank you so much allen well it seems like a good time to speak to kristen salumi in philadelphia where she is following that really critical pennsylvania count question we've been getting all of these results that shows and i see we are expecting another one that potentially any minute and they are expected to stretch joe biden's lead. that is the expectation but at this stage the count is moving much more slowly as we get into more problematic ballots that have to be verified the lead of joe biden at this stage is about 29000 votes we're trying to gauge exactly how many outstanding ballots there are and i just got an update from election officials here in philadelphia they say they have 38000 ballots left to count and we know that in allegheny county which includes pittsburgh they have about 37000 ballots left to count so that's just under 80000 ballots in the 2 major urban centers of the state which skew heavily democratic and are expected to heavily favor joe biden but there are also expected to be ballots coming in from elsewhere around the state as well although the numbers there

correspondents following developments from across the united states or team this hour we have kristen salumi in philadelphia as the count say is in the crucial state of pennsylvania. is in wilmington and biden's home state of delaware but let's start of course with fischer he's covering all of this from washington d c our in the sun has not risen over the white house but the news has not been good for donald trump has been coming in overnight as have been any reaction from the trump white house this morning. no nothing from donald trump in the last 5 years the last tweet he put out was about twitter that is because anytime he talks about electoral fraud twitter are flying off as one commentator said there are more warnings on donald trump's twitter feed than a pack of cigarettes at the moment what is interesting of course is that it's just over 12 hours ago that donald trump had that event at the white house you can call a news conference again republicans not taking any questions but he made several widespread allegations about voter fraud didn't give any evidence to back it up we know that

thanks very much indeed that's kristen salumi outside the philadelphia convention center thanks very much. still ahead on al-jazeera all eyes are on the presidential vote count in the u.s. 'd state of georgia a live report next more palestinian homes demolished by israel in the occupied west bank. among the lower costs dullards also known as untouchables sit at the very bottom of the hindu hierarchy they perform the lowliest tasks such as manually cleaning sewers often with no protective clothing or breathing apparatus people saying right or is a valid and the lawyer he's taking us to meet some members of the community some of whom he represents carla benvar galas family a cleaner as her husband was poisoned in a sewer 4 years ago 2 of her 3 sons now do the same work despite protections under the constitution doll it's untouchables are treated as outcasts many dullards have escaped their predicament by converting to other faiths such as islam or christianity to be g.o.p. controlled state opposed to predation has prepared an anti conversion law under which religious conversion would r

let's go live now to kristen salumi, who's in wilmington, delaware, kristen, so 1st, arizona, now wisconsin confirming the results showing biden as the winner. a double whammy. really for president trump. yes, the certification process is typically just a formality, but since president has continued to cast doubts on the results in these states, in particular, the announcement that these 2 states, arizona and wisconsin have certified their winning to joe biden. it just takes on added significance. president trump won both of these states in 2016, now know that he lost to arizona just over 10000 votes. arizona was even a tighter race. i'm sorry. arizona was just over 10000 votes and wisconsin was 26000 votes, but again, significant since he won those states in 2016, he and his legal team continue to act as if the results are still under dispute. and we do expect more legal challenges to come in wisconsin. those are to bend to county wide recounts that were paid for by the trunk team and more legal challenges are expected there in arizona. they have 5 days to contest the results. remember in

few days before we know the results here in pennsylvania kristen salumi there in pennsylvania all important pennsylvania for us thanks so much kristen well as we are waiting for there is results many people are also bracing themselves for unrest let's not speak to gabriel is under he's outside a polling station for us in new york again we did already see huge protests in new york over the course of this year and we are expecting more people out on the streets in the coming days. we are there are going to be protests at least here in new york but probably some other cities as well as early as tomorrow some protests have already been called protested say that if biden winds still take to the streets to hold him accountable for the promises that he's made during this campaign and they say that if trump wins they will take to the process to take to the streets to voice their displeasure at his reelection so it's not a matter of if there will be protests in the u.s. it's a matter of where and how big they will be now here in new york city at this polling place we've been here all morning and the

and kristen salumi is across that crucial county in pennsylvania we'll hear from them all in just a moment but 1st rob reynolds begins our coverage with this report from los angeles . joe biden took the stage looking weary but full of confidence we don't have a final declaration. of victory yet but the numbers tell us it's clear to us a clear and convincing story we're going to win this race. by now leads donald trump in pennsylvania by a significant margin and a narrow one in georgia he also remains ahead in nevada and arizona as vote counting continues and what's becoming clear each hour is that record number of americans of all races faiths religions chose change over more of the same they've given us a mandate for action on covert economy climate change systemic racism. biden called for healing after a bitter and rancorous campaign let's put the anger the demonisation behind us it's time for us to come together as a nation to heal it's not going to be easy we have to try the trump campaign launched a barrage of lawsuits seeking to halt vote counting or to toss out mail and absentee bal

well let's speak now to kristen salumi she's outside the philadelphia convention center where there were both pro biden and pro trump demonstrations chris and tell us about the latest on the count 1st of all. yes well the count continues and the race gets closer and closer here in pennsylvania donald trump's lead is now less than 2 percent compared to about 6 percent when we went to bed last night that's 122000 votes ahead for donald trump and to put it in perspective there are about that many votes left to be counted here in philadelphia a very democratic leaning city and of course in addition to that votes elsewhere around the state are also still being counted there has been a court decision today in favor of the campaign allowing them to have monitors witnessing the vote count within 6 feet of the count to be able to observe exactly what is going on just a short time ago representatives of the trump campaign held a press conference and said that they are not getting access here's what corey lewandowsky had to say. they have 8 attorneys fighting as was inside the court orders but they

is in joe biden's home state of delaware kristen salumi is outside the pennsylvania convention center and the gallacher is in florida for us and alan fisher is standing by for us live in washington d.c. 1st particle hain wraps up the latest developments. former vice president joe biden projecting confidence he will be the next president and he may have taken a step closer he sociate a press declaring he's won the states of wisconsin and michigan giving him more electoral college votes and an easier path to that you 70 that will get him to the white house and now after a long night of county it's clear that we're one knew enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency i'm not here to clear that we've won but i am here to report when the count is finished we believe we will be the winners but u.s. president donald trump is demanding a recount in wisconsin after falling short by around 20000 votes even his most ardent supporters doubt that will change anything former wisconsin governor scott walker tweeting out a recount and 2016 trumps numbers went up by 131 and

midst of the current virus pandemic financial concerns are once again the key issue for voters kristen salumi has more from the industrial suburb of pittsburgh. donald trump or joe biden it's hard to tell who is more popular in western pennsylvania but there's one thing almost everyone in this industrial zone outside of pittsburgh seems to agree on the importance of natural gas a letter sent to both candidates crediting the industry with revitalizing the local economy was signed by commissioners from 3 counties and both political parties they point to this massive plant being built by the energy giant shell as an example of the economic growth spinning off from the industry including an increase in manufacturing jobs which president trump has been attempting to take credit for the democrat party age bracket they hate all good beautiful clean coal. they hate america get energy a job by you will shut it all down he's going to in fact joe biden has called for an end to federal subsidies for oil and gas and no new permits when it comes to drilling on federal land but not an end to fracking after

in interactions officials to reimpose some restrictions, leaving many business owners worried kristen salumi has more restaurant owner, jeremy attempting to stay one step ahead of corona virus restrictions and survive the pandemic by combining 2 restaurants into one. we've changed the menus multiple times, added back up, subtracted items, changed concepts, changed some of the focus of what we're doing. staffing has been up down. up again now. it's going to probably go down. starting friday, most bars, restaurants and gyms in work and new jersey must close early by 10 pm. restaurants and hotels are among the hardest hit sectors of the economy here and nationally. especially those near now empty office towers. transportation in the arts also continue to struggle. given large gatherings are still prohibited. nationally, jobless claims have slipped to their lowest level since the pandemic began in march . the unemployment rate in york city is about twice the national average. and it's not just businesses facing new restrictions. new york residents have been ordered to keep private gatherings to

well let's go to kristen salumi she's covering events in pennsylvania joins us now from philadelphia kristen of course pennsylvania was crucial in all of this tell us what's happening there now and how it unfolded there. well barbara this is the state that put joe biden over the top he is in the lead here by a mere 31000 votes but that was enough to take him up to a half percentage point lead over president and for major media outlets in this country to declare joe biden a victory and you can hear the celebration going on behind me i'm outside of city hall in philadelphia where people have been gathering with american flags and biden harris posters to take pictures to share and to celebrate a lot of tension built up around this event but the president of course is not conceding defeat just yet and pennsylvania remains the focus of his ire and his legal activities not too long after the race was called his personal attorney rudy giuliani held a press conference here where he discussed plans to submit another lawsuit alleging that monitors in the state were not given access to observe t

were counted he would win the election he says legal challenges manned up in the supreme court's kristen salumi has more now from philadelphia. joe biden ahead in pennsylvania by just over 5000 votes that's a 10th of a percentage point still a very close race here but the ballots are continuing to be counted particularly here in philadelphia where biden has been winning 87 percent of the vote that lead is expected to expand as it does the president has been attacking the poll workers here the credibility of the county and launching legal challenges if the o.p.'s prime minister says a military operation in the northern to gray region has clear and limits of goals and so after coals for immediate c.s. collation from the international community heard sense and soldiers on whedon's say after accusing the region's really foresee of attacking federal troops and accusation it denies the government's has declared a state of emergency in the area designated it's a no fly zone. the constitutional court in the ivory course has extended the deadline until monday for official objections to the presidential

kristen salumi, al-jazeera, new york. the rest of the day's news is coming up including guatemala, where after a weekend of protests, politicians have voted to suspend a controversial government budgets. and it's in brazil, this is over the killing of a black man at a supermarket. we've got thunderstorms still rumbling away across central parts of the mediterranean, lost a little area of low pressure here just to bring you some very wet weather in across the region elsewhere. well, high pressure does dominate for the time being, i'm going to say these areas of low pressure bands of cloud, of rain rolling in from the atlantic as we go on through the next couple of days. wetter weather already coming into as we go through chews day, pushing into that western side of scotland, western areas of wells and the southwest approaches of england are made out of the way. and you can say yes, that's going to make its way across portugal, pushing across a good part of western spain as well as you push into the middle part of the week

state is staring down along the counting period in the battleground state of pennsylvania that's kristen salumi explains. the vote count continues around the clock at the philadelphia convention center behind me even as president tran attempts to shut it down and protesters take to the street demanding that all votes are counted as more votes are counted his lead is getting narrower and narrower the republicans would like more monitors inside to be watching these ballot counts that's what they are suing for they've also asked to be heard by the supreme court which could weigh in on a state supreme court decision that allowed pennsylvania to continue to accept and its mail in ballots up to 3 days after the election as long as they are postmarked by the election here in pennsylvania the governor of the state tom wolfe a democrat has accused the president and team of partisan attacks he says that the count will continue slowly and accurately so that everyone is heard but it could take a couple more days. you'll visit with me so rob a reminder of our top stories the democratic nominee joe biden is

reached, millions of americans are due to lose their unemployment benefits by the end of the year, kristen salumi al jazeera new york. there have been clashes outside a south african high school where people were protesting against racism. it's accused of discriminating against black students. take gas was, is outside cape town school, which allegedly held a graduation event, but only white students and teachers attended. now the school denies this and says the function was a private event for me to miller has more from near the school in cape town. a number of members about 2000 of them in fact tried to move closer to the school. you see behind me there now behind a police barricade, but to keep them back. police once again via tear gas and stun grenades, water cannon. to prevent these protesters from approaching the school, they say only 500 protesters are would be allowed through and the size we saw what is why we see this police barricade in this heavy police presence. protesters here have in fact be quite peaceful. and they've also accused police of being heavy handed. they're also apart fro

anytime soon thanks very much indeed that's alan fischer in washington d.c. a let's speak now to kristen salumi in philadelphia so as i mentioned before joe biden is ahead in pennsylvania how is the count progressing and do we have any indication about what the timeline might be for this. yes well joe biden is ahead by 110th of a percent here in pennsylvania but as the vote count continues and keeps creeping forward he is moving steadily away from the president he's now ahead by about 9000 votes and the majority of the votes mail in ballots that remain to be counted are here in philadelphia and also in the area of hit spurred 2 major urban centers that lean heavily democratic in this state and this state will continue to allow votes that are received up until 5 pm today to be counted as long as they have been mailed prior to election day or on election day so that. court ordered sweep. has turned new mail in ballots in post-office mail processing centers here in pennsylvania and elsewhere around the country adding another $700.00 ballots to the total so we estimate that there are well over $100

support our great polices support our friend test the military well in just a moment we'll speak to kristen salumi in that crucial state of pennsylvania 1st go to allen fisher in washington and we were just saying that joe biden definitely has the advantage in those nationwide polls but the question is whether the race is a bit twite tighter in the battleground states that could ultimately swing this election. well if you look at the n.b.c. washington post poll that came out on sunday it suggests that in the mean battleground states joe biden has a 5 percent 5 point lead there so he seems to be doing well but the term campaign doesn't except that they think they're behind they know they're behind but they point out to the fact that 4 years ago on the day before the election they were behind as well in every single poll even the ones that tended to favor hillary clinton so even those that would ones that tended to favor don't trump so they think they're in the same position what we're seeing is that. trump is finishing strongly in the states where he needs to finish strongly so this is going to com

but let's head 1st see kristen salumi she's joining us from philadelphia as the votes counted could see is in the crucial states of pennsylvania christen a bison has no crept in so the lead. things progressing where you are. yes says he kept inching closer and closer now joe biden ahead in pennsylvania by just over 5000 votes that's a 10th of a percentage point still a very close race here but the ballots are continuing to be counted particularly here in philadelphia where biden has been winning 87 percent of the vote that lead is expected to expand as it does president has been attacking the poll workers here the credibility of the count and launching legal challenges including saying that republican poll monitors haven't been given adequate access to watch the vote count here in philadelphia he won a court decision to that effect saying that the monitors could be within 2 meters of the count they are claiming that still isn't happening officials here deny that but these attempts to discredit the process do appear to be resonating with some of the president's supporters here in philade

kristen salumi al-jazeera, new york british drug company astra zeneca, an oxford university say length stage testing of a covert. 19 vaccine shows it's highly effective. they say it can be stored in french temperature, making it cheaper and easier to distribute. u.k. prime minister boss johnson is welcoming development. so how reports from london it's being hailed as a vaccine for the world pharmaceuticals firm astra zeneca in partnership with the university of oxford says interim trial results will be sent to regulators immediately in the hope their product is approved for rollout before the end of the year we've got a vaccine which is a fact it prevents a live action intriguingly in result of a headline is that we do have as our are and then have all those of the back. and i guess where we saw 90 percent or more data may be needed to confirm the 90 percent subgroup results, but cheaper to mass produce, easier to distribute, to more moderate temperatures than its competitors. the british vaccine is good news for poorer parts of the world. in time, the astra zeneca oxford vaccine could

fractured country patty calling out to 0 but we have correspondents in all the places that matter kristen salumi is standing by for us in philadelphia and is in miami we have mike hanna in his home state of delaware but 1st let's have more white house correspondent kelly how it is in washington d.c. and of course kimberly the campaign not accepting these roles it's something we expected but it always comes as a surprise to. it's not really a surprise given the fact that donald trump said that he wasn't sure if he would accept the results of the election and was willing to fight it in the courts what donald trump is counting on is that he might be able to take this to the supreme court and of course that is where he has judge amy kone barrett who was 6 appointed and confirmed there just in recent weeks so this is all part of the strategy now at the same time this strategy this legal strategy cost money so what we've seen already isn't even being sent out to supporters of donald trump saying that they have launched a legal fund particularly wisconsin in order to try and fight back now according to

and thanks very much indeed i want to bring in kristen salumi in philadelphia custom philadelphia pennsylvania is not becoming a real focus for this election talk us through how the count is progressing. yes well pennsylvania has the 20 electoral votes that president would need to eke out a victory here and right now it looks like it's heading in joe biden's direction he continues to creep ahead of the president in the vote count here with 98 percent of the votes having been counted he's ahead by about 6700 votes that's just a 10th of a percent but that lead is expected to keep expanding as the last of the mail in ballots are counted primarily in urban centers like pittsburgh and here in pennsylvania which lean heavily democratic in fact 87 percent of the votes here in philadelphia so far have been going for joe biden of course throughout all of this president has been attempting to discredit the process and launched legal challenges along the way particularly involving the philadelphia convention center behind me where much of the count is taking place he did win a court victory minor court v

we can't kristen salumi reports from new york getting together for a big meal in person with loved ones is what the thanksgiving holiday is usually about. but given, traveling and eating together are considered high risk activities in a pandemic. public officials are encouraging people to play it safe with public service announcements like this one. why don't we care, giving them their virtual and warnings like this one. this is not a normal for any given. nationwide, daily coronavirus hospitalizations are at record highs in the united states and deaths continue to climb. you put that rate of increase together with an additional increase from the high level of social activity. that is a dangerous situation even in new york with one of the lowest infection rates in the country. private gatherings are being officially limited to 10 people, amid reports of large forbidden events like this orthodox wedding, attended by thousands. but restrictions vary from state to state are clear, public health guidance is to seek this thing to do is is not to travel. and that is also a very important mess

reached, millions of americans are due to lose their unemployment benefits by the end of the year, kristen salumi al jazeera new york. the warring parties in ethiopia's tikrit region have exchanged rocket fire with both sides accusing each other of putting civilians in danger. the un's children's agency is warning the more than 2000000. young people need help. more than 30000, people have fled to neighboring sudan. al-jazeera has had a morgan reports from got out of states near the border with ethiopia. just 2 weeks ago. lucky to say was preparing for her something now as operation. he was born with a cleft lip, which has affected his ability to drink milk. and along with it his health, but just days before they were due to return to the capital of if he appears not integrated region, the situation changed dramatically when we were due to go back for his last check up before the operation, the fighting started, all the roads were blocked and we couldn't get to macquarie, people were being killed and there were bombs being dropped, so i fled with him and my family. now we can't even get a doctor t

president of the united states all of that has hinged on a vote count in pennsylvania let's speak to kristen salumi she is in philadelphia where she's been following that very closely for us kristen can you give us a sense of what's the enormity of what's just happened there and i do want to flag as well that we are starting to see some trump supporters and gather in pennsylvania clearly there is a lot of tension around this count. absolutely and pennsylvania has been the target of president trump's ayer and legal maneuvers to attempt to stop some ballots from being counted and declare victory he did that his attorney did that as soon as election day claiming that the president should be declared the winner here but what we've seen in the just the last hour less than the last hour is the vice president's lead stretched to just under $31000.00 votes that puts him above the threshold of a half a percentage point he's a ahead by more than point 5 percent now and clearly given that that is the cutoff for an automatic recount that is a significant marker. maybe you can hear around me some of the horns h

kristen salumi reports from new york getting together for a big meal in person with loved ones is what the thanksgiving holiday is usually about. but given, traveling and eating together are considered high risk activities in a pandemic. public officials are encouraging people to play it safe. but public service announcements like this one while here in their virtual and warnings like this one. this is not a normal. nationwide, daily coronavirus hospitalizations are at record highs in the united states and deaths continue to climb. you put that rate of increase together with an additional increase from the high level of social activity. that is a dangerous situation even in new york with one of the lowest infection rates in the country. private gatherings are being officially limited to 10 people, amid reports of large forbidden events like this orthodox wedding, attended by thousands. but restrictions vary from state to state are clear, public health is to see this thing to do is is not to travel. and that is also very important message along with our message to get travel is being st

let's get more now from kristen salumi. she joins us from wilmington, in delaware, christine, and an invisible task one could say, getting the u.s. economy back on its feet after the trauma it sustained. this past year has been named. take on this massive jawbone. are there any surprises in the announcement? no surprises. the team was widely leaked before hand and the person he's tapped to lead the treasury department is the former head of the u.s. central bank, the federal reserve, janet yellen. she was the 1st woman to hold that position. she's also served as the council of economic advisors chief and if confirmed as the head of the u.s. treasury department, she'll be not only the 1st woman to hold that position, but the 1st person period to hold all 3 of those jobs. so she is coming into the position if confirmed with a lot of experience, but also a very difficult task ahead. the u.s. economic outlook is frankly about as gloomy as the weather is here. and wilmington right now with millions of people out of work and job g

days when we finally start to see the results thanks so much alan fischer in washington will kristen salumi is live for us now on dollar stores town pennsylvania which is a obviously christian a state that looks to be crucial biden and trump has been campaigning hard there i think trump won pennsylvania by less than a point in 2016 what one of the recent polls showing about biden's lead in the state. well the polls do show biden is ahead they've he's been consistently ahead here in pennsylvania but the the gap has been narrowing and spent tightening and clearly both candidates are very focused on the state which is considered a tipping point for the election both campaigns need to win pennsylvania they believe in order to win the election and you can see some voters lined up behind me they've been out here all day long waiting in long lines to make sure that their vote does get counted here in eastern pennsylvania well president has been speaking in scranton using a similar strategy to the one he did in 2016 appealing to working class voters disgruntled former democratic voters talking abou

in all of battleground states let's now go to kristen salumi she's in philadelphia pennsylvania one of the most critical battleground states kristen many a saying that this whole election hinges on pennsylvania and i recall trump won that state by the very slimmest of margins last time around despite how closely the race will be watched there we could potentially be waiting days for results. absolutely and both campaigns do see pennsylvania as crucial to a victory the 20 electoral college votes that are up for grabs could put either one of them over the top on the path to victory and. voters here are taking this very very seriously and the candidates are appealing to voters here more than any other state they've been to pennsylvania during the election season the polls have just opened in pennsylvania and i'm standing outside the museum of the american revolution historical spot that has been turned into a polling station you can see all of the voters lined up behind me waiting to get inside there was concerns about too many people in polling places they added polling places because of

well now let's go to kristen salumi covering events for us in pennsylvania joins us from philadelphia and of course that a key state christmas alina one that really pushed biden over the line now we've also heard from rudy giuliani tonight talking about president trump's legal challenge is there more can you tell us. yeah that's right this is the state that put joe biden over the top by 31000 votes but it's also the focus of the charm campaign and their. efforts to eke out a somehow not concede victory here they are filing legal actions in this state in particular this is the focus of their legal actions rudy giuliani was here a short time ago speaking to media claiming that the president not only will not concede the election here but is filing another lawsuit against the state of pennsylvania and in particular against election officials for the treatment of ballot observers in here in philadelphia and also in pittsburgh in particular this is a federal lawsuit that they say could expand to other states but they claim that this is the focus they are alleging that the rights of the dep

but 1st let's head to kristen salumi for the latest on that very crucial count in pennsylvania christine we've been getting these batches of results in recent dribs and drabs and i do believe another one is expected any moment in each of those could potentially be decisive here. well i just spoke to an election commissioner here in philadelphia and basically things have been picking up again this morning after working around the clock all week officials here in philadelphia and also in pittsburgh the 2 biggest cities in pennsylvania did get to take a break overnight after working so hard this week but they do expect another release of data at some point today where it stands now as you said joe biden ahead by about 20 $8000.00 votes hard to estimate how many ballots are left to count right now we're looking at a $150000.00 plus in philadelphia here we know there's about $40000.00 that have yet to be counted those include mail in ballots both those received before election day and those that are being contested by the president that were received in the 3 days after election day and there

state is staring down a longer counting period than the battleground state of pennsylvania as kristen salumi explains. the vote count continues around the clock at the philadelphia convention center behind me even as president tran attempts to shut it down and protesters take to the street demanding that all votes are counted as more votes are counted his lead is getting narrower and narrower the republicans would like more monitors inside to be watching these ballot counts that's what they are suing for they've also asked to be heard by the supreme court which could weigh in on a state supreme court decision that allowed pennsylvania to continue to accept and the amount of mail in ballots up to 3 days after the election as long as they are postmarked by the election here in pennsylvania the governor of the state wolf a democrat has accused the president and team of partisan attacks he says that the count will continue slowly and accurately so that everyone is heard but it could take a couple more days baden's not a victory in the swing state of wisconsin has given him 10 electoral votes tru

and california has announced a month long curfew as kristen salumi reports for thousands. the pandemic has cost them their jobs. americans are lining up for food from california to the midwest to new york. with the national thanksgiving holiday, approaching demand for food assistance is increasing. along with new filings for unemployment benefits, the labor department says they increased by 742000 in the last week, reversing recent games. since i don't think it's going on alone, you don't think even though they do. the thing that happened in new york has been hit particularly hard. it's one of 15 states placing new restrictions on businesses, an 80 percent increase in new coven infections nationwide, over the past 2 weeks, is keeping tourism down broadway closed and restaurants at limited capacity. experts warn it is likely to be a difficult winter in new york state as a whole, was regaining payroll jobs at a slower rate than any state other than hawaii through september on a year to year basis. so the recovery was already slow and not quite steady. and these most recent d

reached, millions of americans are due to lose their unemployment benefits by the end of the year, kristen salumi al jazeera new york leaders alone in a budget standoff, putting a $850000000000.00 current virus relief package in jeopardy crisis talks were held during a virtual summit, tough to poland and hungary vetoed the budget. earlier this week, the 2 countries blocked the adoption of the recovery plan over a clause which ties funding with it herein to the rule of law. now a number of east asian countries hailed for their early success in handling the krona virus pandemic are now seeing a sharp increase in cases. japan is on its highest alert after a record rise in daily infections of more than $2300.00. the government has never imposed a full lockdown and has left it to the public to follow social distancing. rules. south korea's on the brink of another way, if it's registered more than 300 new cases, a 3 month high. the prime minister is a people to minimize end of year parties and stay at home as much as possible. and in china. community transmission is reemerging. for more domestically in

across the united states our team this hour is in wilmington in biden's home state of delaware kristen salumi is in the city of philadelphia with the latest on that vote count favoring joe biden and gallup is in miami with an update on the vote count in georgia 1st let's go to alan fischer who's covering developments from the capital washington d.c. allan i want to ask you about this same one we've had from roanoke daniel the republican national committee chairwoman questioning the election integrity of the democrats just put that into some context for us. well it certainly shows the tone that the republicans are going to take over at least the next $24.00 possibly 48 hours they want to investigate every allegation of an irregularity the problem they've got at the moment is they have yet to produce evidence they've talked to anecdotally they've said they've had reports of but they haven't produced any firm evidence that the party highs in the last few hours opened up a website and a whole line where people can report anything that the saw in the or poorly placed particularly when it comes to

let's start with kristen salumi who's in the city of philadelphia with the latest on the vote count favoring joe biden kristen how solid is this lead in pennsylvania . well at this stage joe biden has just crept ahead of donald trump by 5600 void's points that's only 110th of a percent but that lead is expected to expand as the count continues in the coming hours we estimate there are about $160000.00 votes still left to count in many of them here in philadelphia and also in the area of pittsburgh to have a lead democratic leading cities for example here in philadelphia where there are still some 17 precincts left with ballots to count 87 percent of the votes have been going for joe biden but of course through all of this president has been attempting to discredit the process in particular taking aim at the election workers in the convention center which is behind me where much of the counting has been going on he's been complaining that his election monitors have not been given close enough access to watch the proceedings here he won a court order that said that they had to be within 2 mete

from there later thanks so much jamal the state that pushed him over to 70 was pennsylvania and kristen salumi is on the ground in philadelphia for us where she's been helping us watch that count all important count kristen we know that there's litigation already in the works and yet there are people already celebrating is it safe for people to be celebrating at the stage. well the official results are not in but clearly the lead here in pennsylvania is enough that major media networks all of them including the right wing fox network which tends to be more conservative have all now called this race for joe biden so the celebration is continuing here in the street the lead by joe biden at this stage is just 31000 votes or about a half a percentage point but yes there is a lot of celebration going on outside of the convention center where the vote count has been happening we've just heard cars going back and forth up and down the street waving flags rainbow flags biden signs and so on people honking and cheering as they're gathering for a rally not too far from here in fact at independence hall

legal challenges that now we are seeing come from the campaign christmas salumi joins us live now from philadelphia kristen tell us a little bit more about what the term campaign is threatening or promising to do. well this justin the campaign of president trump has just stated that despite no incomplete results here in pennsylvania that they're actually declaring a victory in pennsylvania this again despite no. projections of a win for major networks or edison research which calls these races in the in the united states here they say that they have more than a 1000000 and a half ballots still outstanding to be caught this comes also on news that the campaign is taking a series of legal actions to try to stop the vote count here in pennsylvania. they are calling what's happening here in the state a a scheme to disenfranchise republican votes that's from a press release from the trump campaign the lawsuits that they are filing have to do with intervening in the extension of mail in ballot receipt here basically the state decided to allow votes that were received after election day to be counted as long as t

salumi is in philadelphia force its biggest city we've got. that announcement from michigan saying that final results are not going to be available until wednesday evening kristen what about philadelphia when are we going to get results from that. yeah a similar concern here and philadelphia governor tom wolfe spoke shortly after the polls close here warning that things could take longer than voters are used to here in pennsylvania and that's because of the 2600000 mail and ballots that have to be counted and under state law they were only able to start counting them today right now with about 54 percent of the votes in president trump does look to have a substantial lead he's leading 56 percent to 42 percent but remember democrats have submitted way more mail in ballots than republicans have 3 times as many and those ballots are among the last to be reported some of them have started coming in but for example here in philadelphia they've stopped counting mail in ballots for the night only about 18 percent total statewide have been processed here in pennsylvania it's a similar amount so there is still a lot of room for joe biden to maneuver here he's still capa