nomia iqbal in miami, thank you. you're watching bbc news. the headlines this hour.in england could last more than a month — amid fears that the rise in coronavirus cases could overwhelm hospitals. with the furlough scheme also extended for lockdown, we hearfrom businesses — and what it might mean for the economy. a major search and rescue effort is now into its third day in the turkish coastal town of izmir following a major earthquake that hit the aegean on friday, killing at least 50 people. there will be key differences between different nations from thursday — when england enters a second lockdown. we've been hearing from our correspondents across the uk, starting with james williams in cardiff — where the welsh cabinet have been meeting today to discuss the impact of the month—long lockdown in england. the impact of the month—long we the impact of the month—long are already in lockdc and we are already in lockdown in wales and have been for more than a week 110w. and have been for more than a week now. it is scheduled to end a week tomorrow on the 9th of novemb

let's head to washington now and speak with out correspondent nomia iqbal. as a surprise, i think. do we know what is actually making a difference, what has tip to hear? we are not sure, but you are right, the transition team from the american news networks, as it was happening. —— we heard about. this is a gilding of the reality that donald trump lost the election. if the first step the election. if the first step the initiation had taken to admit its defeat and has come within two weeks since biden was projected the winter, at a formal sign off, a perfunctory process known as ascertainment, the woman at the centre of this is emily murphy, the head of the gsa she had been holding back on signing this document which essentially releases millions and millions of dollars to allow a transition to begin. she'd been hugely criticised not just by democrats including joe biting himself, but also republicans who have been crisply coming out and saying we need to except thatjoe biden is one and did the transition to begin. and now it has begun, donald trump has tweet

nomia iqbal there.state of wisconsin, where a huge manhunt is under way after a suspected gunmen opened fire in a suburban mall in suburban milwaukee. reports suggest that at least eight people have been shot. as you can see, there is a huge police presence in the area. local officials have been quoted as saying none of the injuries appear to be life—threatening. just to rate, there is a huge manhunt under way. a live active shooter was at this suburban shopping mode in milwaukee and, as you can see, lots of police cars there. reports suggesting eight people have been shot, but tha nkfully people have been shot, but thankfully so far officials are saying none of the injuries sustained by the victims appear to be life—threatening. of course, this isa be life—threatening. of course, this is a live, moving story. we will bring you more on that as and when we did here on bbc news. well, the president's attempts to subvert the election are continuing while the coronavirus continues to rage. california is to

nomia iqbal looks at her rise to the second highest office in the country.hat promise to begin to be realised by a woman. kamala harris struggled when she went to be the democratic party's pick for president, but laterfound democratic party's pick for president, but later found a role as the progressive counterweight to joe biden's more establishment candidacy. joe biden and i are proud, patriotic americans who share the values with the vast majority of the american people who want a president of the united states who speaks truth. she was born in california to immigrant parents of jamaican and indian heritage. there would be a meaningful discussion... she was elected to the senate four years ago off the back of a successful period as a prosecutor. something that later damaged her support among some liberals who thought she had been too tough on african—american defenders. she graduated from this university, where her elevation to the nation's second highest office is viewed as hugely symbolic. i have to admiti as hugely symbolic. i have to admit i am still

nomia iqbal, bbc news.ngland will find out this morning which tier their local areas will be placed in, when the lockdown ends next week, with most expected to face the two highest levels of coronavirus restrictions. the health secretary, matt hancock, is to make the announcement in the commons. the allocations will be reviewed on the 16th of december. here's our political correspondent helen catt. the shutters will come up on shops, gyms and hairdressers everywhere in england next week as lockdown ends but what else opens again will open —— dependably lived. the governmental will announce later this morning which level of its new tier system will apply in each area and what is likely to happen? 0nly apply in each area and what is likely to happen? only a handful of areas they are expected to go into tier one, where groups up to six will meet again indoors or outdoors. pubs and restaurants can open with last orders at nbn and closing at 11 pm. most of england is about to be in tier two, groups of up to six

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington.try in the west to be overwhelmed by the pandemic in march, is again being battered by the second wave. it has the highest death toll in the european union, with more than 55,000 fatalities and cases have soared. but, unlike the first wave, when infections centred on the wealthy north, this time it has spread across the country, including to its poorest area, calabria, from where our correspondent, mark lowen reports. the resuscitation of italy's nightmare. we were shown the carnage of the pandemic they thought they were beating. but the second wave has hit harder than the first, says this doctor. and here in the south, they are struggling to cope. this is calabria, italy's and one of western europe's poorest regions and intensive care numbers are not yet out of control but the countries wea kest control but the countries weakest healthca re system control but the countries weakest healthcare system is now on red alert. translation: they are the heroes on the front line and giving it t

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington.stral village in india. the people of thulasendrapuram, a small village in the indian state of tamil nadu, woke up early to celebrate the first south asian american to win the second—highest us office. carrying portraits of kamala harris, residents gathered around fireworks and took part in prayers. others drew colourful kolams, calling her the ‘pride of the village'. harris' mother emigrated from india to the us when she was 19. as we saw earlier, the result of the election was greeted with jubilation by democratic supporters across the us. our correspondent clive myrie has been looking at the reaction. cheering. horns blare. this is the soundtrack of the biden campaign, and now a new america. in the age of covid—19, his election rallies were drive—in and socially distanced. supporters honked in his speeches, instead of applauding. chanting: it's all over! it's all over! outside their cars, the president—elect‘s ecstatic supporters, no less noisy... now go home! ..in the shadow of the

nomia iqbal, bbc news.fectious diseases specialist at the university of california. i asked whether he thinks people should be staying put until the surge is over. absolutely. people need to social distance, they need to stay put, they need to not interact with people as much as possible outside their household and, when they are out doing essential business, then they need to be wearing masks. america has this calendar that almost no other country has — a major national festival at the end of november, thanksgivings, and then of course christmas just a few weeks later — i imagine that complicates it more for america than for other countries going into winter. i think it is lining up in the worst way possible, with thanksgiving and with christmas, that we have households interacting over thanksgiving, a traditional holiday where extended family and friends together. we expect there to be an increase in cases in one to two incubation periods — 2—4 weeks after that and that takes us right into christmas where

nomia iqbal in washington. be a step closer to a usable covid—i9 vaccine, after the drugs company pfizer and its partner biontech filed for emergency authorisation of their vaccine in the us and countries around the globe. if approved, it will begin to be rolled out from next month. 0ur north america business correspondent michelle fleury told me more about the next steps. i think these are unprecedented times, and we've seen the development of a vaccine take place in a much more compressed timeline than historically has been the case. having got through that phase where you have developed the vaccine and the test results are showing positive signs, the next hurdle in the process is that regulatory approval, and what we see now is pfizer regulatory approval, and what we're seeing is pfizer going to regulators around the world, trying to get permission. in the us, it is called emergency use — in other words, when a drug has not properly been fully tested, there are conditions under which it can gain approval to

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington.has confirmed 196 new coronavirus deaths and more than 6,000 new cases on sunday. more than 105,000 people have now died from the virus in the country. the health authorities say the real number is likely to be much higher, because there isn't enough testing going on. president trump has lashed out at both the fbi and us department ofjustice, saying they were working against him in his efforts to overturn the result of the election. in his first interview since his defeat, donald trump repeated unsubstantiated claims the election was, in his, words, "rigged". this is total fraud and how the fbi and department ofjustice, i don't know, maybe they're involved. but how people are allowed to get away with this stuff is unbelievable. this election was rigged. this election was a totalfraud. my mind will not change in six months. there was tremendous cheating here. let's get some of the day's other news. police in argentina are investigating diego maradona's doctor for manslaughter following

let's head to washington now and speak with our correspondent, nomia iqbal.e white house staffers i think by surprise —— this caught. what was the catalyst? it's interesting, when we were talking about an hour ago, asked me if donald trump would concede? i think this is the closest will get to him conceding, though he's not gone all the way. i think people had been waiting for this moment to happen, and it probably should have happened a lot sooner. but he's not tweeted for a day, but he has thanked emily mercy at the gsa, she's been a key in all this, she's been a key in all this, she heads up the gsa, and she had been criticised for not signing a document which releases millions of taxpayer funds for all kinds of things, for office space, intelligence briefings for that transition to begin. usually that document and signed a lot earlier on, it's been two weeks. i have a letter by the gsa who have confirmed that the transition will begin. donald trump has tweeted saying she's been harassed, threatened and abused, and he did not want to see this happen to her

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington.an roots, on her mother's side, but what about her dad, who was jamaican? we'rejoined now byjamaican reggae singer nadine sutherland. are you composing something in honour of kamala harris‘s jamaican roots ? honour of kamala harris‘s jamaican roots? actually i already did. i had a song called action, which did 0k asa a song called action, which did 0k as a pop song. in our culture we have something called dub which is synonymous with the dance halls of jamaica. what we do in that context is take a song and use it to represent a specific sound. what i did before kamala harris became vice president elect was to use that song and modify the lyrics. basically endorsing kamala harris. it's called, the words go, kamala harris coming with the action, that song is somewhat a little tune, a little tribute that was done before she became. i am tribute that was done before she became. iam proud. ithought tribute that was done before she became. i am proud. i thought she went out on a limb, and i

nomia iqbal, bbc news.dent elect and a new president elect and a new president elect as well injoe biden, and he gave his first speech since attaining that position, he now knows that thatis position, he now knows that that is where he will be heading, the white house. at the moment of course donald trump is still inside, still based there and has not conceded, what now happens is legal challenges, but there has been no evidence really presented on the basis of those legal challenges so what is expected to happen is a transition period and in january, joe biden will take occupancy for the next four yea rs of occupancy for the next four years of the white house. in his first speech as president he said the people of this nation have spoken, he said he seeks not to divide but unify, he does not see red states or blue states, he said, but the united states. so, it was tuesday, the election started, day after day, vote after vote, we now finally have a result, we now finally have a result, we know who will be t

nomia iqbal, thank you very much.hilippines. typhoon goni made landfall before dawn with what the authorities called catastrophic winds of more than 140 mph. and intense rain. 0ur correspondent in manila, howard johnson, sent this report. the most powerful storm on earth this year hit the small island of catanduanes just before 5am this morning. hours later it made its second landfall, tearing through the popular tourism province of albay, famous for its picturesque mayon volcano, today goni turned the region into a watery mess. strong winds whipped and lashed trees and electricity lines, flash floods inundated rivers and roads. people clambered onto the roofs of their homes to stay above the water line. the united nations fear that more than 20 million people are in the path of the typhoon. the philippine authorities have urged them to take refuge. translation: i evacuated because it's better to be safe. since i can't walk, i would have to crawl to get out when the winds get stronger. but if i can walk i would prefer

nomia iqbal, bbc news, florida. o'donoghue. i was going to say not long to go, but i could be wrong? yeah, you could be wrong. i think there is a lot of likelihood this time around there will be significant numbers of legal challenges. we know that something like 94.5 million people have already voted, almost 60 million of those have voted by mail. some states will count those votes as they come in, like florida we we re as they come in, like florida we were staying there. they count the votes as they receive them, but some states don't do that. they don't open those envelopes until after the polls have closed. and that will slow things down in a lot of these battle ground states in particular and it will make it quite hard i think four people on the night to call it one way or the other. now, the president has suggested that he thinks the result should happen on the night. it has never really been a total kind of vote count on the night and these things are done in state—by—state, so it is not unusual for voting an

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington.ictory forjoe biden in the most dramatic of us presidential elections. we‘ll leave you with some of the images from saturday. cheering. we have shown the world that we are united. we need to do the recounts was that we need to fight it in the court. it is not over. we did it, joe. you're going to be the next president of the united states. for four years she marched and organised for equality and justice, for our lives and for our planet. and then, you voted. cheering and applause i have long talked about the battle for the soul of america. we must restore the soul of america. and make no mistake, too many dreams have been deferred for too long. we must make a promise for the country, for everybody. hello there. it has been a grey and gloomy sunday for many, but for the stage in november it has been incredibly mild and that continues this week. we have two areas of low pressure out of the west and this one will bring showers tomorrow. this is with us today bringing rain. both coming fr

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. up early to celebrate the first south asian american to win the second—highest us office. carrying portraits of the vice president—elect, residents gathered around fireworks and took part in prayers. others drew colourful kolams, calling her the ‘pride of the village'. harris‘ mother emigrated from india to the us when she was 19. she is the first vice president to hold the position who is born of immigrant parents. it is quite amazing when you see those pictures, that this is as much a global celebration as it is an american celebration as it is an american celebration of democracy at work and whatever your political views, it is ha rd to whatever your political views, it is hard to underestimate the power of having a woman in that vice presidential position. it is, and a tradition in us elections there will be an ancestral place somewhere where people are celebrating. jfk, it was ireland celebrating. jfk, it was ireland celebrating in 1960. it's almost 24 hours since the bbc and us

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. thanks to nomia iqbal there.ing. thank you for speaking to us. i know you were on last sunday, thank you for getting up early to talk to us on both sundays, mr gething. do you think cases are still rising too fast? we are doing what we said we would. we said we would proceed with the firebreak and we're seeing the pattern we thought we would see well. as you have heard on a multiple series of interviews with different chief medical officers and other health ministers, when you intervene, you see a gap of about 2-3 intervene, you see a gap of about 2—3 weeks later before you start to see the significant impact of that intervention. and we do not think we will see the full impact of the firebreak in wales for 2—3 weeks. we are doing what we said we would do, are doing what we said we would do, a national way of behaving and the key m essa g e a national way of behaving and the key message for the people of wales is thank you for everything you have done to support the firebreak. from tomorrow, we cannot drop our gu

‘ nomia iqbal is in wilmington, delaware — mr biden‘s home town. en he becomes president in january, joe biden will have a whole series of executive orders ready to sign. —— nomia, when hear. that is right. he won't need congressional approval for any of them. some of the ones we are expecting this to get back into the parish climate change deal was donald trump pulled america out of also expecting him to reverse that withdrawal from the world health organisation. —— parish climate change. donald trump also withdrew. —— parish climate deal. and also the ban on muslim majority companies will be expected to see that reverse. anyway, joe biden will be going back into the white house that he served dinner with president 0bama. in helping to reinstate those policies that 0bama had put in place. —— paris climate change deal. for people in the united kingdom, they will be looking very closely how the relationship moves forward between the two leaders. what is your feeling from where you are? boris johnson has already congratulated president—elect biden, th

nomia iqbal, bbc news. now,, the harris spoke to supporters a few hours ago.r her. four years ago, the focus was so her. four years ago, the focus was so much on hillary clinton and the first woman president possibly and breaking the glass ceiling and that was even the thought of declaration for the very party that was supposed to ta ke very party that was supposed to take place, and now there is actually a woman who is taking actually a woman who is taking a topjob at actually a woman who is taking a top job at the top of the ticket, and she made something of it but in a way she came in under the radar because it was joe biden and his high—energy message and his victory, improbable victory in a way, after a ll improbable victory in a way, after all of these years that has been the focus and him being the kind of counter trump, his campaign was the exact opposite of mr trump as you could get, so that's kind of overshadowed a little bit, perhaps, the fact that there has been this achievement, this glass ceiling that has been broken and her comments, i think i h

the bbc‘s nomia iqbal is in washington.s that despite them confirming victory for joe biden, president trump will still want to pursue any recounts. that is not stopping him from still pushing ahead so today, we saw that georgia had certified the votes, and confirmed that it will go tojoe biden. but donald trump can still demand a recount — that's still his right — because, in terms of numbers of votes thatjoe biden had, it does fall within that margin, and donald trump today had a press conference and it was about covid—19 and it was about vaccines, but he came out and said "i won the election. i got more than 73 million votes." of course, joe biden got many more votes than that and the tally is coming up to nearly 80 million. and i think that gives us an indication that donald trump is still going right ahead with his plans to try and get the projections overturned. we can speak to professor kim wehle, a professor of law at the university of baltimore in maryland. thank you so much forjoining us on thank you so much forjo

nomia iqbal is in wilmington, delaware: kate bedingfield this morning made a point about how many canched out to their team, which usually happens. but she also said that they were carrying on with their work, and joe biden and kemal harris have all week been having —— kamala harris, have been having policy meetings. as you mention, the transition website as well. and we know thatjoe biden will put together a task force to tackle coronavirus, because as the aftermath of the election plays out, the situation with coronavirus is getting worse in america. it is nearly 10 million recorded cases, and mr biden had said during his election campaign that he would try and tackle the virus and get the country back on track, and that's what he is wanting to do. he is expected to get together a team of more than a dozen scientists and technology experts to come up with a safe vaccine that they can hopefully deliver to the american people. you are right, it is going the wrong direction. since election day, we have been slightly taking our eye off it. 5000 have died since tuesday. 30 states hit a n

‘ nomia iqbal is in wilmington, delaware — mr biden‘s home town.own. biden preparing significant mr biden preparing to make some significant announcements tomorrow on coronavirus. what are you expecting? that is right. he has made the pandemic one of his priorities on the election campaign and he wants to tackle the virus and get the economy back on track and we can see the the cases are going up and potentially reaching that crime son of 10 million recorded cases and we are expecting him to announce that he is putting together a tax for tomorrow with more than 2a people scientists and technology experts that will work together to find that vexing. that's putting together a task force. so they can deliver that to the american people. we expect him to talk about testing and more testing and getting americans to keep wearing masks. nomia, we have been talking about how divided the country is and how much work mrjoe biden what to do but we are now starting to hear rumblings from within the democratic party as well. there's been a scathing interview pe

i'm joined now by nomia iqbal in washington.onald trump's legal attempts to overturn this election not going his way? they are not, but it is not stopping him from still pushing ahead so today, we saw that georgia had certified the votes, confirmed that it will go tojoe biden. but donald trump can still demand a recount, but is still his right because in terms of numbers of votes thatjoe biden had, it does fall within the margin and donald trump today had a press conference and it was about covid—19 and about vaccines but he came out and saidi vaccines but he came out and said i won the election. i got more than 73 million votes. of course, joe biden got many more votes tha n course, joe biden got many more votes than that and the telly is coming up to nearly 80 million. i think that gives us an indication that donald trump is still going right ahead with his plans to try and get the projections overturned. and what about senior republicans there, nomia? many of course will privately accept thatjoe biden won the election. what a

i'm joined now by our correspondent nomia iqbal in wilmington delaware.whoever would be ectopic as the world and world leaders, we also be in a parallel universe here between the trump team is still refusing to budge? it's pretty astonishing, really, isn't it? just listening there to mike pompeo's words there, this is america's top diplomat, who says to leaders of other countries around the world, "respect your democratic processes , the world, "respect your democratic processes, listen to the will of the people." and he seemingly doesn't wa nt to people." and he seemingly doesn't want to do that here. he seems to have fallen in line, we heard from william barr earlier today, the government's attorney, that they back at donald trump is make unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the election being stolen. donald trump is still tweeting away, claiming that there's no evidence to back any of it. but it is a parallel world, the world is moving on, joe biden said earlier about how he's been chatting to world leaders and as far as he's concerned, the transit

our correspondent nomia iqbal is in wilmington injoe biden's home state of delaware. reflects the larger republican pa rty‘s defence of donald trump. it's pretty astonishing, really, isn't it? and just listening there to mike pompeo's words — this is america's top diplomat, the man who says to leaders of other countries around the world, "respect your democratic processes, listen to the will of the people." and he seemingly doesn't want to do that here. he seems to have fallen in line with other republicans. we heard from william barr earlier today, the government's attorney, that they back donald trump's unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud and the election being stolen. donald trump is still tweeting away, claiming that there's no evidence at all to back any of it. but the world is moving on — joe biden said that earlier today, talking about how he's been chatting to world leaders and, as far as he's concerned, the transition is happening, and he mentioned that crucial date, 20 january, which is the day biden will become president. it's worth pointing out that the

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

nomia iqbal is in wilmington, delaware — mr biden‘s home town — and says the president—elect will haveed to sign as soon as he takes over in january. some of the ones we are expecting is to get back in to the paris climate change deal which donald trump pulled america out of it. we are also expecting him to reverse that withdrawal from the world health organization which donald trump also, that was due to happen on november the fourth after the coronavirus pandemic. there was also the band that president trump imposed on muslim majority countries, we're expecting to see that reversed as well so in a way, joe biden will be going back into the white house that he served in with president 0bama and hoping to reinstate those policies that 0bama had put in place when he was president. we know that mr biden has put this pandemic as a huge priority, we saw it throughout his election campaign. it was a real scaled back strategy that he had. he a lwa ys back strategy that he had. he always wears the mask and he really went after donald trump, accusing him of not showing leadership. we are expec

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington.ation by democratic supporters. horns blare. this is the soundtrack of the biden campaign, and now a new america. in the age of covid—19, his election rallies were drive—in and socially distanced. supporters honked in his speeches, instead of applauding. chanting: it's all over! it's all over! 0utside their cars, the president—elect‘s ecstatic supporters, no less noisy... now go home! ..in the shadow of the building where election votes are being counted. the subjects of their ire — forlorn donald trump voters across this philadelphia street. america's rancorous political divide in miniature. joe biden says he wants to bring both sides together, he wants to be a leader for all america. at the moment, they can't even share the same street without barricades and the police. donald trump lost in part because suburban women turned on him. listen to penny 0lds and her daughter, hattie, who set up a facebook group to supportjoe biden. we started with four and we ended with 1a2. it was incred

, "it is my great honor to announce let's head to washington now and speak to our correspondent nomia iqbalreally unexpected but he has now, president trump has now issued there is full pardon. that's right we were expecting this to happen. but there has been anger from the democratic side as you can imagine to theirs. nancy pelosi the speaker of the houses released a statement saying making a point of the fact that michael flynn was twice pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. and she calls this part in a brazen abuse of power and great corruption. just to remind people of the story of michael flynn, his problems began in 2016 when donald trump won the election. he had a conversation with a then russian ambassador about sanctions that president 0bama had imposed on russia over accusations of election interference. he then lied about those conversations with the vice president mike pence and repeated it to the media. then he, when he was being investigated he lied to the fbi twice about it. and then there was the investigation by the special counsel, robert mollo. in his plea deal he admitted

nomia iqbal in women tend thank you. four republican senators have congratulated or even acknowledged joe biden as president—elect. we are a week out from election day. today, us secretary of state mike pompeo didn't just stay silent. the man whose job it is to spread american values round the world, values like democracy, said exactly what his boss wants to hear. there will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration. all right? we're ready. there is no evidence of any of the assertions made by the president or secretary of state pompeo. laughing secretary of state pompeo... it is the chuckle that does it. mr trump did gain the second highest number of votes in an election, ever — behind joe biden. so maybe people like mr pompeo and mr mcconnell are just looking out for their own futures. republicans can't afford to irritate the president. ron bonjean is a republican strategist and joins us now. ron you and i have been speaking over the last few days. when do you think at one point do you think is a review o

nomia iqbal, bbc news, florida. eastern england this morning started off with temperatures between 15 and 18 degrees. but as this cold front sinks south, the temperature will actually go down behind it. and you can see another weather front coming in from the west, enhancing the showers. and all those isobars are telling us that it's going to be another windy day. not as windy in the north as it was over the weekend, but still windy in the west and also the south. so, some dry weather today, some sunshine to look forward to. but, equally, we've got quite a lot of showers and some of those will merge to give some longer spells of rain at times. these are the kind of wind gust strengths that we're expecting — so still gusty winds to watch out for. temperatures, nine in the north to about 1k in parts of the southeast, so dropping for some by about four degrees or so. now, through this evening and overnight, the rain in the northwest pushes across scotland. we could see some wet snow in argyll and bute, the south highla

the bbc‘s nomia iqbal is in washington for us.rmous job to do on the pandemic, and the vaccine rollout. let's talk about the foreign policy at the moment, this idea that america is back. he has a big job to do at home on that, because we know that millions of americans don't actually want that. they voted for mr trump's isolationist america first policy, they don't want america leading the world. that's right. joe biden has certainly nailed his catchphrase of air, "america is back", a big contrast to, as we heard in jon's report, donald trump again emphasising today, america first. joe biden, you know, today he talked about how one of his core beliefs is that when you work with your allies you can tackle anything. as you rightly pointed out, donald trump has huge support here. let's not forget he has won more than 75 million votes this election. yes, joe biden‘s tallies coming up to 80 million, but there is still huge support for mr trump. i think it is fair to say he is probably one of the most successful defeated presidents, in

the bbc‘s nomia iqbal is in washington for us.ed, hasn't he? america's back. he said that quite a few times, so that is in sharp contrast to donald trump's america first. the democratic party and joe biden have always felt that donald trump and his agenda has pulled america away from the world and really retreated from the world. and he's going to do very much the opposite. what really struck me that interview, one of the things that he was asked was, "are you just trying to create a third 0bama term? " and he flinched at that and said, "no, we are ina very at that and said, "no, we are in a very different situation." and you can see why the question was asked, because a lot of his appointees are from the obama— biden administration. there are challenges thatjoe administration. there are challenges that joe biden faces. as we heard there in those clips, he has got to tackle covid—19, the pandemic, and he say that he still hasn't seen the covid vaccination distribution plans by the trump administration, the transition has been dela

our correspondent nomia iqbal is in miami...n—person voting in florida is one of those really key swing states, 29 electoral votes up for grabs, donald trump really needs florida and he needs people to vote for him. one person's vote he definitely doesn't have is ellie's. ellie lives here in miami. ellie, tell me why you want joe biden to be president. one of the reasons that i wantjoe biden to be president is my brother patrick died in march, march 2nd, very suddenly and unexpectedly at 41 and it wasn't until much later that we find out that he died of an acute lung injury likely caused by covid, and so for me and my family, we've been suffering so much and we realised, oh my goodness, we need a president and an administration that will take this disease very seriously, that will better unite the country to fight this disease and get the economy back on track and protect lives, protect lives like my brother's. and we are both here in miami, and we know miami is such a cruicial county and has that a large cuban—american populati

let's speak to the bbc‘s nomia iqbal, who is in philadelphia. what is happening there?a is still counting the votes. it is taking its time because it started counting its on election day, so we are getting them later compared to other states. so this has become a critical state, and in the last hour, 7000 votes were counted, and they fell into joe biden‘s margin. that means he is now ahead of donald trump by more than 29,000 votes. and that is with 99% of the total votes counted so far. so ifjoe biden carries the state of pennsylvania, and he will get the 20 electoral college votes to ta ke the 20 electoral 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

lets get more form nomia iqbal who is at one miami polling station. million people have already cast their ballots. 10 million people had voted in 2016. there is still more dope voting to be done, today's the last day in—person voting. there is a deadline here in florida for people to cast their votes at 7pm. it is really tight. i think you can see that from the signs, tramp and pants and biden and harris. it comes down to the electoral real. if donald trump does not win then his path back to the white house is nearly impossible. biden has a lot of pass back to the white house. it isn't very important state to donald trump. he will be returning for one more rally. we have the three at tricks of the final push for votes in the crucial states don't we? we do. where i am in miami, it is a crucial county. that is because of its diverse mix here. more than 70% of people here are a t know and specifically cu ban—america ns. of people here are a t know and specifically cuban—americans. their vote to both men. cuban—americans generally tend to be right leanin

not allowed to vote when they walked in so preciously, so beautifully to vote. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbalse anybody he was watching that interview hoping the president might provide evidence of the election being victim would be very disappointed? that is right because he didn't provide any evidence at all and he hasn't done so far. just this morning, wisconsin, a state that he is challenging, has reconfirmed thatjoe biden won the state. it is interesting, then, because actually donald trump had to legally pay for that weekend, it was a partial recount involving two counties in wisconsin, dane county and milwaukee county and it actually increase joe biden‘s blade. and milwaukee county and it actually increasejoe biden‘s blade. he is now leading in wisconsin by 20,000 votes. so donald trump effectively paid $3 million to increasejoe biden‘s leave. and this is why a lot of his cases are basically not going anywhere. already michigan has certified his legal case there van into the ground, the same happened in georgia where a recount has reconfirmed joe biden‘s win, also last week there were

nomia iqbal is in wilmington, delaware.ouncement c expect what kind of an announcement can we expect from the president—elect on coronavirus tomorrow? yes, joe biden is hitting the ground running. coronavirus is the big issue that he campaigned on, that he said he would show leadership on. and he's already announced that he will put together announced that he will put together a task force on monday. this task force will be made up of more than a dozen people, scientists, technology experts who will work together to try and find a vaccine which they can deliver safely to americans at some point. you know, joe biden has emphasised throughout his campaign that he will listen to the scientists, that he will take on their advice and offer that contrast, he says, to donald trump and the way donald trump has handled the pandemic. it's not long, is at? 70 days to start planning for your first day in office. this transitional committee that he will now form, what is theirjob and what are their priorities? yes, joe biden has got a l

is my great honour to announce that general michael t flynn has 0ur correspondent in washington, nomia iqbalmichael flynn's pardon. we weren't expected —— were expecting this to happen, but there has been angerfrom expecting this to happen, but there has been anger from the democratic side as you can imagine to this. nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house released a statement saying, making a point of the fact that michael flynn was twice pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi, and she calls this pardoned a brazen abuse of power and grave corruption. just a reminder, the story of michael flynn, his problems began in 2016 when donald trump won the election. he had a conversation with the then russian ambassador about then russian ambassador about the sanctions that president 0bama had posed on russia over accusation of election interference. he then lied about those conversations with the vice president, mike pence, who then repeated it to the media, and then he was being investigated, he lied to the fbi twice about it. and then there was the investigation by there was the investigation by the sp

nomia iqbal is in wilmington, delaware.30,000 coronavirus cases here in the us yesterday. how has the president—elect planned on tackling that even before he's inaugurated in january? that even before he's inaugurated in january? yes, laura, mr biden is making coronavirus his number one priority. that was one of the key messages that he campaigned on, and tomorrow, we are going to hear about a task force that he's setting up, and this task force will have more than two dozen scientists and technology experts and they will be working together to try and come up with a safe vaccine that they can deliver to the american people at some point. as you mentioned there, the numberof some point. as you mentioned there, the number of cases have been going up. it's reaching that grim number of 10 million cases, recorded cases. mr biden has always taken the pandemic very seriously, we saw that during his campaign, very scaled—back campaign. he had very few people around him, always wearing a mask. so that will be his priority come mond

our correspondent in washington nomia iqbal gave me this analysis of the interview.o be an interview, it certainly wasn't really an interview, it was on a network, fox news, which is largely sympathetic to him, and with an interviewer who had previewed the interview by basically backing donald trump and not really contesting any of the baseless claims he continued to push throughout the interview. he was comfortable, he riffed, he did the usual thing where he went to extremes, he said it was the worst thing ever to happen to the us, he painted this conspiracy theory, he pushed at the usual claims of voting machines were rigged — no evidence of that — he talked about ballot dumps, and that is essentially voters... he said that as the night was going on he was winning by a lot then losing by a little — which is what happens when the votes are counted. and he continued to basically say that this election was taken away from him. he has a right to contest the vote, but he also has to prove it in court, and the fact that all his cases are pretty much being thrown out says

i'm joined now by nomia iqbal in washington. donald trump's legal attempts

election day, which means we might get a result from this key state fairly early on. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbalsituation there. more than 9 million people have already voted in florida and more people are still voting for the next couple of hours, when the last polished ocean —— polling station will close, and the first lady milani stump voted this morning. —— milani stump voted this morning. —— milani trump voted this morning. we are likely to get an early sense of how the presidential race will shape up. this will be a tight race, this is such a crucial swing state, because it has the most electoral couege because it has the most electoral college votes, and president trump has a mansion here, he votes here, and unless he wants to retire here injanuary, and unless he wants to retire here in january, he and unless he wants to retire here injanuary, he needs the 29 electoral college votes that florida has to offer. it is more straightforward forjoe biden. if he turns the state blue this evening it is more or less guaranteed that he will have the keys to the white house. many thanks once again.

nomia iqbal is in washington.s of a fresh setback for the president in one the battleground states. because he did not provide any evidence at all and he has not done so evidence at all and he has not done so far. and just this morning wisconsin, a state he is challenging, has reconfirmed that joe biden won the state. it was interesting then because actually donald trump had to legally pay for that recount. it was a partial recount involving two counties in wisconsin. and it actually increased joe biden's lee. he has now led in wisconsin by more than 20,000 votes so wisconsin by more than 20,000 votes so that trump eventually paid for me in the increase joe biden's lead. this is why a lot of his cases are basically not going anywhere. i already michigan has certified, his legal case they ran into the ground. the same happened in georgia were a recount reconfirmed joe biden's went. also last week there were two court decisions that went against donald trump's campaign team and he is also challenging arizona. we are

our washington correspondent nomia iqbal gave me the latest on the president's position.the white house and it was about covid—19 and the prices of drugs and said, "i won the election and got more than 73 million votes," he did get more than 73 million votesjoe biden got way more votes and won the election, so donald trump is still in that state of denial about election results, but yes, this is a hugely controversial move, both men are at the white house and understand they are aware of what the president wants to do, but whether or not it will actually happen is another thing. georgia's secretary of state, whose name has been in the news quite a lot recently, has said quite openly that he is disappointed that the republican party didn't win, but the votes don't lie. and he is expected to certify georgia later so that is another state that donald trump is looking at and hoping to try and overturn the votes there as well. what does this mean in terms of timing? january the 20th is getting closer and closer. what do you think president trump is hoping to achieve by doing a

our correspondent nomia iqbal is atjoe biden's campaign headquarters in delaware.is preparing to become the next president of the us and he is announcing this new task force. the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority and he has said all along that he will listen to the science. he is putting together this 12 member task force, which is made up 12 member task force, which is made up of top scientists and doctors. we can expect to see more centralised testing, more mask wearing and of course, the big thing is to get that vaccine to americans. but as we heard, the trump administration isn't making it easy forjoe biden. they are delaying things because donald trump is refusing to acknowledge either verbally or on paper thatjoe biden has won the election, making all these unsubstantiated claims. but the us constitution is clear. comejanuary the 20th next year, when that clock strikes midday, joe biden will become the next president of the us and donald trump will be rendered powerless. if he doesn't leave office of the secret service will remove him. nomia, thank you