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right, let's zoom out now and get the international perspective with chief international editor, richard walker. richard, thanks for coming in. what kind of reactions have we seen from around the world? you know, we're seeing reactions coming in from, from most parts of the world now and here in europe, the responses came pretty quickly after the race was called on saturday, evening, european time. so let's take a look at a few. we can bring some up on the screen here is or perhaps starting with angela merkel here in germany. obviously, she put out a statement saying, congratulations, the american people have made their decision. i wish him the best of luck in every success. and in the german original, used expressions of heartfelt wishes of success and lot, which i think is quite striking when you compare it to the statement that she made 4 years ago when donald trump was elected, which was very frosty and was a taste of the bad relationship to come between them and manuel mccall, the french president here, also very quick out with congratulations to joe biden and talking about all the work th

s chief international editor richard walker richard house the international community reacting so for to joe biden's what we've had statements from many leaders around the world now here in europe the statements came in very quickly actually off the cool was announced last evening european time let's bring up a few on the screen just to have a quick look sir i'm going to machall she was among the 1st to give her congratulations to joe biden saying kind of wishing the best of luck in every success and indeed in the german original she even used words like heartfelt which was kind of striking because if you remember back 4 years ago when donald trump one statement off of that was very very frosty and that was a bit of a taste of the rather poor relationship to come between the 2 of them if we move forward perhaps a man who i might call also offering congratulations so you know getting this from a lot of european leaders really seeing joe biden someone who's much more on that wavelengths in terms of values than donald trump boris johnson the u.k. interesting case here 1st answer among th

all right for more i'm joined in the studio by chief international editor richard walker richard hi thanks for coming and as we just saw there trump support of getting someone desperate has there been any reaction from the trump campaign and yet more publicly the drum campaign is saying that it's pushing ahead with these multiple on these multiple levels you know a recount taking place in georgia legal challenges taking place potentially in a number of states but i think it's quite interesting to see what the campaign is also saying a little bit more under the radar to its own supporters the kind of message that is is bringing people out on the streets as we've just heard so i'm on the mailing list in fact for the campaign and in the course of 9 hours over the over the night here european time 14 emails came from the trunk campaign with messages such as we need to keep pushing illegal ballots will not be counted this is no longer about any single election your support is critical we have to fight harder than ever don't let them get away with it they will steal the election if we don't stop

for more on that i'm now joined in the studio by did use chief international editor richard walker richard to trump supporters seem desperate have we heard any reaction from the trump campaign itself you know all the time campaign is sticking to its message that they want to challenge in the courts what has been going on in many of these states where they they claim that there are a irregularities but they haven't really saval produced any evidence to that extent i think is particularly interesting is look what they're communicating under the radar to trump's kind of most loyal supporters now since covering the last u.s. election in 2016 i've been on the mailing list for trump supporters in the u.s. so i received these e-mails that are going out to his bosses all over the country and overnight in european time from loss yesterday to today i counted in the space of 9 hours 14 e-mails coming through so essentially kind of spamming people at the moment with this kind of thing we've got a few examples here so here for example subject line we need to keep pushing a fair official election defens

s chief international editor richard walker richard good to see you again you were in the u.s. covering the election 4 years ago what's different about it this time yeah well i mean i think there are 2 main things that i would pull out there terry the 1st of all is the obvious one that is in effect in the entire planet at the moment that is of course the pandemic and this is had a massive impact on both the nature of the campaign you know i mean to american election campaigns usually this kind of traveling circus with 2 rival traveling circus is huge numbers of a vent in person offense where people want to go and meet the candidate and really almost like a kind of a celebration of the atmosphere on both sides obviously that's been massively toned down you know the number of real in person events taking place particularly on the democratic side on the scale of them has been really scaled back but also in the aspect of the coronavirus kind of putting into even sharper relief the fact that this election is a referendum on the presidency of donald trump which it was inevitably goin

and back here in the studio we still have richard walker and philip you with us but the whole world is watching this election u.s. election just watched all the time but this one is particularly interesting because it could end up with a very different result depending with a very different candidate pending how it goes what what is at stake in this election internationally. one of the key areas so much as a stake in this election internationally i think you know the leadership role that the u.s. has played in the post world war 2 period has changed fundamentally in the last 4 years and i think there was a lot of hope that abidin presidency would restore a multilateral leadership well a leadership role that worked in multilateral with most thought or partners and allies and also restored a kind of humility to to the u.s. was formed looser world re entering the world health organization deal the paris climate accord you know just are some examples of what you know everyone was kind of holding their breath seeing you know the u.s. returned to that and i think with trump as the last speak

let's get more now we're joined here in the studio by chief international editor richard walker we also have standing by philip associate professor at occidental college in the united states specializing in diplomacy and world affairs welcome to both of you richard i'll turn to you 1st and perhaps you can pick up a little bit on what mckayla was saying in terms of where this race stands right now especially in these key battleground states yeah i mean we face a period of uncertainty i mean we can probably expect some of these states to announce results within the next day perhaps was the end of the week but that's not necessarily the end of the story they could be pushes for recounts from the republican side particularly if they. if if the results in any given states a very close and also we have this track of legal challenges to the process is the way the votes have been performed this year joe biden pulling ahead in the popular vote does it even matter well yeah i mean it's interesting to kind of pull back from because we have very rightly focused on the electoral college is this very

let's bring in richard walker here he is our chief international editor and served as our correspondent in washington covering the election 4 years ago so richard where does this go from here people really wondering what happens next and when we can expect a result as we just heard from me that there are there are very many balls being juggled in the air really and we have actually kind of multiple timelines to deal with 1st of all there is the count going on in these kind of final key states where they're trying to go through especially all of these votes that was submitted either by posed or or in person so we have those counts which have to finish there are some for instance in wisconsin as an example where it's anticipated that that would just be probably a matter of hours in other states it could take a day or 2 then after that you have the possibility of challenges for recounts and then beyond that as well you also have the possibility of more kind of fundamental legal challenges of the type that donald trump is that. for instance in pennsylvania the republican party is already ch

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for more on that i'm now joined in the studio by do you use chief international editor richard walker richard to trump supporters seem desperate have we heard any reaction from the trump campaign itself you know all the time campaign is sticking to its message that they want to challenge in the courts what has been going on in many of the states where they they claim that there are irregularities but they haven't really so far produced any evidence to that extent i think is particularly interesting is look what they're communicating under the radar to trump's kind of most loyal supporters now since covering the now last u.s. election in 2016 i've been on the mailing list for trump support is in the u.s. so i received these e-mails that are going out to his supporters all over the country and overnight in european time from last yesterday to today i counted in the space of 9 hours 14 e-mails coming through so it's actually kind of spamming people at the moment with this kind of thing we've got a few examples here so here for example subject life we need to keep pushing a fair official

let's get the global perspective now with e w's chief international editor, richard walker. richard house, the international community, reacting so for to joe biden's. richard, what we've had statements from many leagues around the world. now here in europe, the statements came in very quickly, actually off the cool was announced yesterday evening european time. let's bring up a few on the screen. let's just have a quick look so cool. she was among the 1st to give her congratulations to joe biden's and kind of wishing the best of luck and every success and in the german original. she even used words like heartfelt which was kind of striking because if you remember back 4 years ago when donald trump won her statement, also that was very, very frosty. and that was a bit of a taste of the rather poor relationship to come between the 2 of them. if we move forward, perhaps a man who i might call also offering congratulations also, you know, getting this from a lot of european leaders who really see in joe biden, someone who's much more on their wavelength in terms of values than d

more on this very contentious election i'm joined in the studio by chief international editor richard walker richard thanks for coming in from supporters seem to be getting quite worried now what has the latest word been from the trunk campaign itself well the campaign is saying that they're going to keep up the pressure threatening lawsuits already in lawsuits in the in a number of states where very likely to see a recount taking place for instance in the state of georgia is possible that there could be recounts in other states too if they really close but what's also particular in seeing is to see what is the message coming from the trunk campaign to trump's own supporters themselves and i'm actually on one of the trump campaign mailing lists and i've brought some mails along because during the course of the night here european time i received 14 e-mails in the space of 9 hours from the campaign with this kind of message if you can see here saying we need to keep pushing in the subject line official defense election defense funds are trying to raise money for some of these legal battles th

philip i robot international diplomacy expert and us political expert welcome to the program richard walker is with us richard is our chief international editor and richard i'd like to turn to you and 1st ask for your reaction to what we just heard the u.s. president saying also your reaction to the results that michael has been presenting if you look at both of those messages it appears it appears as if the republicans might be busting through without blue wall those key states of pennsylvania wisconsin and michigan can we assume that or is that still too early. too early to say i mean those crucial states that we've been talking about tonight really do seem to hold the key to this election and what makes it particularly. particularly kind of tense situation is that. the voting a lot of the voting particularly on the democratic side it is assumed took place in the form of voting in the weeks leading up to the election even either by post or in person and donald trump here is essentially trying to stop the vote count in those states because he sees that in the vote tally on the day it looks

for more on that i'm now joined in the studio by did you abuse chief international editor richard walker richard the trump supporters seem desperate have we heard any reaction from the trump campaign itself be able to trump campaign is sticking to its message that they want to challenge in the courts what has been going on in many of these states where they they claim that there are irregularities but they haven't really so far produced any evidence to that extent i think it's particularly interesting is look what they're communicating under the radar to trump's kind of most loyal supporters now since covering the last u.s. election in 2016 i've been on the mailing list for trump supporters in the u.s. so i received these e-mails that are going out to his supporters all over the country and overnight in european time from last yesterday to today i counted in the space of 9 hours 14 e-mails coming through so essentially kind of spamming people at the moment with this kind of thing we've got a few examples here so here for example subject line we need to keep pushing a fair official electi

s chief international editor richard walker richard good to see you from supporters seem desperate any reaction from the trump campaign itself well the time campaign is maintaining its position that it stands ready and has already begun with legal action in some states and you know we could be in reach out territories in the state of georgia and some others but it was quite don't also interesting is to is to look at what they are saying more under the radar to their own supporters now after covering the last election in the u.s. i'm registered for the campaign mails trump supporters receive and overnight from last night to today european time i received in the space of 9 hours 14 e-mails we can take a look at a few of these e-mails perhaps on the on the wall right here a look at this one in the subject line we need to keep pushing you know trying to raise money here for what they call the official election defense fund and there's a money that they are claiming here that they want to put into legal challenges by him bring up the next one here. there it is sent by truck from trump this

for more let's bring in chief international editor richard walker and an associate professor at occidental college specializing in diplomacy and world affairs welcome to both of you richard that's not the only reaction that we've been hearing yeah that's right i mean i think what's going to be particularly interesting is to see you know what we hear from more prominent republicans we just heard from a republican who's already quite decisively split with that and also one who really doesn't have a particularly high national profile what are we going to hear from mitch mcconnell for instance you know but the senate majority leader what are we going to hear from someone like lindsey graham who has often criticized but generally sided with him over the last year could this kind of peel him away because what trump has done here is really highly. highly controversial i mean he's effectively claimed victory without necessarily putting on a victory party but he has said he said frankly we did win this election actually we did during the election well no mr president you didn't that's not your thin

they don't think is it richard walker reports today, we're bringing 5 g.t. . i follow the next generation of mobile communications is here. apple and google have both jumped top 5 with their latest. but it's the chinese giant qual weight. it's the biggest player in building the 5 g. networks. they will depend on. and that has got many experts worried. there's a big concern that the company itself might build in vulnerabilities into code that cannot be discovered very easily. and these vulnerabilities seem accidental or might seem accidental, but in fact, they might be there on purpose or even if they are accidental and they'd find them afterwards. the company could exploit them. the company, not because of its own interest, but because it might be forced by the chinese government to do so on. depending that concern is the fact that is a chinese company way is ultimately subject to the authority of china's ruling communist party. huawei insists that there are no back doors in its equipment and that it has no those ties with the chinese government. we spoke to h

have called does not seems very likely yeah all right dave davies chief international editor richard walker thanks very much as we just heard here in europe many leaders are hoping joe biden will help repair transatlantic ties that have been strained under a trance president say so what would have 5 presidents you look like for europe has more terms that america 1st policy translated into a poor back from its position as a world power willing to work with others is a rhotic policy say can many longstanding allies 1st and foremost think europe is. now european capitals are hoping for some kind of return to normality american security prosperity and our way of life require the strong possible network of partners and why interest working all right one. jobs brand of american 1st has to offer to america along this sitcom nervous and violent in brussels as well as tokyo and elsewhere that have been jangling over this past 4 years. trump broke a host wall to begin by sowing downs of the u.s. commitment to nato telling allies to pay up or else by then on this point would seem to mark a return to a

documentary by our chief international editor richard walker i can highly recommend it and you can watch it at youtube dot com slash d w news now if the past 4 years have shaken the world's perception of the u.s. what will the next 4 years do well that depends on the outcome of the election this week and the elections aftermath in its latest report the crisis group is warning that for the 1st time in recent history the violence erupting post-election is a real risk in the us and for the 1st time the group is advising us political leaders to heed the advice from foreign allies when it comes to respecting the rule of law and fair and free elections american democracy long the standard by which other nations have measured their freedoms may need other nations to remind it of what those freedoms are. correspondents are on both. the atlantic and will be doing exactly what many of you will be doing on election day in the us waiting for the results washington bureau chief in his poll covered the election 4 years ago when donald trump beat hillary clinton she's back in the u.s. capitol on the sa

documentary by our chief international editor richard walker i can highly recommend it and you can watch it at youtube dot com slash d w news now if the past 4 years have shaken the world's perception of the u.s. what will the next 4 years do well that depends on the outcome of the election this week and the elections aftermath in its latest report the crisis group is warning that for the 1st time in recent history violence erupting post-election is a real risk in the u.s. and for the 1st time the group is advising u.s. political leaders to heed the advice from foreign allies when it comes to respecting the rule of law and fair and free elections american democracy long the standard by which other nations have measured their freedoms may need other nations to remind it of what those freedoms are. correspondents are on both. the atlantic and will be doing exactly what many of you will be doing on election day in the us waiting for the results washington bureau chief in his poll covered the election 4 years ago when donald trump beat hillary clinton she's back in the u.s. capitol on the sa

documentary by our chief international editor richard walker i can highly recommend it and you can watch it at youtube dot com slash d w news now if the past 4 years have shaken the world's perception of the u.s. what will the next 4 years do well that depends on the outcome of the election this week and the elections aftermath in its latest report the crisis group is warning that for the 1st time in recent history violence erupting post-election is a real risk in the u.s. and for the 1st time the group is advising u.s. political leaders to heed the advice from foreign allies when it comes to respecting the rule of law and fair and free elections american democracy long the standard by which other nations have measured their freedoms may need other nations to remind it of what those freedoms our. correspondents are on both. the atlantic and will be doing exactly what many of you will be doing on election day in the us waiting for the results washington bureau chief in his poll covered the election 4 years ago when donald trump beat hillary clinton she's back in the u.s. capitol on the sa

certainly a challenge in his extraordinary times we're back now with richard walker and phil i you richard i'll turn to you because we've been talking about the challenge of the situation you know having this major election amid a pandemic but there hasn't always been the silver lining that has emerged an incredible turnout among u.s. voters what does that say about the you know the state of democracy and the hope in the process among among american citizens. what we know about the time there is that there was a very high tide as we've said a 100000000 also people voted already before election day which is definitely quite striking and yeah i mean cause you can see that as a sign of encouragement or you could maybe flip it around and see it the other way . that it is a sign of exactly this polarization that we are seeing us seeing intense motivations on both sides 2. sides of the country that. are really motivated by the desire to stop the other. so i know we don't want to necessarily sit here and talking about doom and gloom. which we've been kind of doing is watching the world's oldest d

they don't is that richard walker reports. today, we're bringing 5 g. to i follow the next generation of mobile communications ease here. apple and google have both jumped top 5 with their latest. but it's the chinese giant. whoa, wait, it's the biggest player in building to fight the networks they will depend on. and that has got many experts worried. there's a big concern that the company itself might build in vulnerabilities into code that cannot be discovered very easily. and these vulnerabilities seem accidental or might seem accidental, but in fact, they might be there on purpose or even if they are accidental and they had find them afterwards. the company could exploit them. the company, not because of its own interests, but because it might be forced by the chinese government to do so on, depending that concern is the fact that is a chinese company way is ultimately subject to the authority of china's ruling communist party. huawei insists that there are no back doors in its equipment and that it has no noticeable ties with the chinese governmen

documentary by our chief international editor richard walker i can highly recommend it and you can watch it at youtube dot com slash d w news now if the past 4 years have shaken the world's perception of the u.s. what will the next 4 years do well that depends on the outcome of the election this week and the elections aftermath in its latest report the crisis group is warning that for the 1st time in recent history violence erupting post-election is a real risk in the u.s. and for the 1st time the group is advising us political leaders to heed the advice from foreign allies when it comes to respecting the rule of law and fair and free elections american democracy long the standard by which other nations have measured their freedoms may need other nations to remind it of what those freedoms our. correspondents are on both. the atlantic and will be doing exactly what many of you will be doing on election day in the us waiting for the results washington bureau chief in his poll covered the election 4 years ago when donald trump beat hillary clinton she's back in the u.s. capitol on the same

and richard walker from election team is joining us as well richard your reaction to what we just heard america yeah i mean we've just been talking about it but we're heading into very potentially destabilizing territory. in staying in his term was very kind of low key and calm it was some kind of loud but the the message was in century was this a declaration of victory no he stopped short of that but he remained in the in the realm of sufficient ambiguity that he's able to kind of like it doesn't look like he's completely overstepped but he said frankly we did win this election but it wasn't a victory announcement you know he did say earlier on we were wrecked getting ready for a big celebration and now this happened and what is it and now this happened well he's essentially saying that a lot of races should be cold that have not being cold and he is essentially costing doubt on any votes that have not been counted up to this point because the tallies he actually went through in detail a lot of the actual tallies in some of these key states and he said we want he's going to go to the s

greater than harry truman in 1948, john kennedy in 1960, richard nixon in 1968, jimmy carter in 1976, ronald reagan in 1980, george hurt walker bush in 1988, much higher than bill clinton in '92 and in '96, and george w. bush. an so these kinds of elections in terms of the popular result are far more the rule than the exception, and i think that people on the right are going to want to say, oh, there's no mandate, it was this muddled thing. people on the left are going to be understandably horrified that the president performed as well as he did. look, that's the debate we can have going forward. but let's not underestimate or misunderestimate that biden's victory here would be fully within the mainstream of big presidential wins. >> oh, it would be fully within the mainstream. it's something bill clinton didn't do in '92 or '96, that president bush didn't do earlier. joe biden won't make the same claim, but he certainly will be able to claim, jon, a mandate of sorts. >> well, i think -- the other thing -- and you've just written a book about it. he's also been -- so, yes, in terms of the recent history. he will have got an h

i think of richard nixon in 1968 and when he makes his vice presidential choice, he chooses agnu. the next one to do it is george herbert walker bush who chooses dan quayle and brings him into the white house. here we are with the next version of a former vice president choosing a vice president and it's a different choice from those two that have proceeded him. >> yeah. that's a scary set of historical parallels, mr. lawrence. please let this be the exception that breaks the modern rule on that. listen, i think that, you know, there were so many democrats who were running in the presidential primary this year because trump did seem like he was ripe to be a one-term president. he seemed like a vulnerable incumbent. every democrat who had a shot ran in the primary. you and i both interviewed most, if not all of them, certainly all of them between us. the thing about senator harris is that, remember, she got out of the running to be potentially president herself even before the first votes were cast in iowa. she peaked very early then her presidential hopes started dimming. she was down single digits in states where she wanted t

walker is at one the recount sites. >> reporter: fulton county, the hand recount moving along swiftly and efficiently. i spoke with the elections director, richardby monday, a couple days earlier than the deadline. he says judging by the even ear. statewide, according to the secretary of state, things are also moving at a smooth pace. but overall, the state is up against a pretty tight deadline to recount 5 million ballots that were cast in the presidential election. wednesday, 11:59 p.m., the deadline to finish this hand audit. friday, the deadline for the secretary of state to certify the final results. transparency in this entire process has really been the priority for state election officials, especially as president trump and his campaign have been repeatedly trying to undermine the election process, claiming, falsely claiming, that there has been widespread voter fraud. in fact, just a few days ago, trump's campaign alleged that four dead georgians voted on november 3rd. one of those individuals, it turns out, is alive and well. >> the president of the united states was accusing you of voter fraud. essentially. >> oh, i know it. and i kne

walker bush conceded to bill clinton. if you want to watch what a president does when they're in real peril, look at the way richard nixonuntry quoting theodore roosevelt's famous speech about the man in the arena and the dust and the blood of politics. nixon said goodbye and left. instead, donald trump's lost, and he's going to make us suffer and pay for it day after day after day with whining, complaints, lawsuits, threats to the supreme court. and so again, he is ending his presidency as it began, showing zero nobility. >> well, we have to see how it plays out. douglas brinkley, thank you so much. i really appreciate it. if you look at the numbers, if you're just waking up or getting up to go to the bathroom, whatever it is, your eyes are not deceiving you. things have changed a lot when it comes to georgia. really it's changed a lot in pennsylvania and a number of battleground states. look at that georgia, 463 votes separating the men. 49.4 to 49.4. that is close. more key race alerts coming up, and we should be getting some new information from all those precincts around the country. we'll be right back. proven ingr