already, we're hearing angela merkel and mr macron are going to be the first thatjoe biden... joe biden. .. tony, macron are going to be the first that joe biden... tony, from macron are going to be the first that joe biden. .. tony, from your face, i gather you don't think it's a particularly special relationship. it's a special relationship. america has a very special relationship with france. at i think the president of canada and mexico are america's closest neighbours. there's always a tendency, but terms of military and intelligence support, the countries are very close. i've there is little relation to the actual world that we live in, trade deals take years to negotiate. after yea rs of deals take years to negotiate. after years of negotiation and all the special interests, the trade deal then has to go through the house of representatives and the senate. even ifjoe biden says let's try and do it trade deal, it will take years. that relationship was also very much based on access to the eu via britain. now, we are no longer part of of the eu. it's going to be interestin

we believed in a house thatjoe biden vote counted! ry. kemal and harris —— kamala harris has made history! i have had a reaction from somebody close to the biden campaign, it is over, we will try again in a few years. people close to the president saying that they realise this is over, james. the bbc correspondent is in philadelphia, it was in the end pennsylvania and indeed votes from philadelphia that nudged joe biden over the threshold to give him 270 electoral college votes. it took all of us by surprise. we were asking my producer do we know? and sadly the networks decided to declare it. fox news as well, everybody now on board with a declaration. were you aware it would be the 30,000 threshold that put him over and gave him the 270? well, we spoke like this yesterday, didn't we, when you mentioned cbs had said that if it is between 20 and 30,000, we will call it. 20,000 passed, 25,000 parts, we got to 28,000 votes between the two men and still nothing. when i woke up men and still nothing. when i woke up this morning, i thought a

what's happening here is the lead thatjoe biden has over donald trump is just over 1000 lead thatjoe donald trump isjust over 1000 votes, and they have about 4000 or so absentee postal ballots to count, and about 8000 military ballots. that's not much, so that's why this recount is happening. under georgia law, if the difference between the winner and the other candidate is between .5%, and he can ask for a recount, but the state is saying that because it's a razor thin, they'll go ahead and do the recount. so not long now. not long now, possibly end of november. if we have to wait that long to find out the result in georgia, how relevant is georgia still? it is critical for the democrats because if joe still? it is critical for the democrats because ifjoe biden wins georgia, he's got a very clear path to 270. if trump loses georgia, it is devastating, and it makes it almost impossible for him to find any other way to get to 270. also he'll be the first republican to lose the state of georgia since 1992, when bill clinton won the state. and it isjust an extraordinary development for

thatjoe biden isjust going to be another0bama? 0r thatjoe biden isjust going to be another 0bama?t, unlike president 0bama, he had a huge background in foreign affairs before he was vice president? there were quite a lot of failures in terms of international policy during the 0bama, biden administration. they failed with syria. they failed to reset the relationship with russia. they also failed to constrain north korea. so it would not be good to go back to the 0bama international policies. and trump is here to stay. so, yes, on one hand, wonderfulto see that, for want of a better word, the grown—ups are back in washington. they are experienced, calm, competent. the state secretary was educated in europe, in paris. his french is actually better than mine. so that will be some satisfaction in some quarters. and they're probably going to do a great job with climate. we are talking about the iran deal, but there is the hope that the us will rejoin the paris agreement. but it is not going to be back to 2016 or before. the relationship with china is going to bea relationship with china

your reaction as we are and a half into the news thatjoe biden will be the next president of the unitedlar vote —— 4 million votes ahead. and also on the cusp of an electoral college victory in several states. so close by some counts, but pretty decisive. did you expect current president, donald trump, to respect traditions and norms of democracy and give some kind of concession speech or at least leave on irregular manner? and if he doesn't, how damaging might that be to joe if he doesn't, how damaging might that be tojoe biden? if he doesn't, how damaging might that be to joe biden? are sticking in my law professor lane and i say there really is no legal significance to where a concedes or not. the process of transition in the united states is controlled by the united states is controlled by the constitution and laws that we've enacted. so, the electoral college will meet in december, they will cast their votes. the senate will account those votes in january and he'll be inaugurated onjanuary the 20th. so the rest is all theatre, not law. do you think this election and this result was

state, in fact, was thatjoe biden won the state, infact, becoming was thatjoe biden won the state, inact, becoming the first democrat to take georgia since bill clinton in 1990 do. according to officials, very, very few discrepancies found in some counties, a handful of votes in most places, no changes at all. so the result stands. however, in the last hour, we have received a statement from the trump campaign that disputes that. in pa rt campaign that disputes that. in part of it is as georgia simply recounted all of the illegal ballots that had been included in the title. they go on to say we continue to demand that georgia conduct an honest recount which include signature matching. we intend to pursue all legal options to ensure only legal ballots are counted. now, the results will likely be certified later this week. under the law, both the president and mr trump have a right to ask for another recount. if that were to go i had my understanding is that all of those paper ballots would be scanned and the entire process would start again. and where does this leave over the president

has woi'i does it appear thatjoe biden has won pennsylvania ?pennsylvania? the city officials said yes! they are feeling quite confident that will be joe biden, but everyone is holding off from calling it because it is so incredibly narrow. they still have to remain careful about these numbers. us networks feel they won't be confident in calling pennsylvania untiljoe biden is ahead by some 20-30,000 untiljoe biden is ahead by some 20—30,000 votes. untiljoe biden is ahead by some 20—30 , 000 votes. you untiljoe biden is ahead by some 20—30,000 votes. you said they may give us this afternoon a few thousand more, and the moment he's at 13,000? that still doesn't get us to 20-30,000, right? no, it has been a nail—biting day. we've been waiting to hear more, and they've been giving various different conferences, but with small amounts of numbers. and what they said earlier was they would give us an update by about 2—3000 votes, but there was still of a large volume of votes that needed to be counted here in philadelphia, where i am. you will know tha

a show of the democratic reality, thatjoe biden is the victor.the past few minutes, the first lady melania trump has tweeted. a "the american people deserve fair elections. every legal — not illegal — vote should be counted. we must protect our democracy with complete transparency. " fresh from another round of golf, the president is back on twitter. he said: since when does the lame strea m said: since when does the lame stream media call our next president? he said we have all learned a lot in the last two weeks. between now and the 20th of january, around 70 days from now, we enter the transition stage where the biden tea m the transition stage where the biden team prepares to take over from mr trump cosmic administration. in the tea m trump cosmic administration. in the team have already built a website, building up to the day he takes office. joe biden will to pick people in his cabinet and fill top jobs such as white house chief of staff and the secretary of state. members of the transition team go into the federal agencies to get briefed o

because of the reasonable predictability of a lot of states in america, we always knew thatjoe biden biden would take new york. it was the states that we couldn't predict that really decided which way the selection went and in the hours that followed the polls closing, actually, the news was better for president trump. he took florida early on, later on ohio and iowa. he also took texas which the biden campaign had given some attention to, but that is really where the good news stopped for president trump. then the biden campaign started getting better news. we know there was a huge focus on the midwest. hillary clinton lost all the key states in the midwest. joe biden was to try and win them back. and he took wisconsin, he took michigan, which meant that when the day started, he was on 253 electoral college votes, he needed 17 more to become president. there were various routes, either via the south—west — nevada and arizona, or simply through the state where he grew up, pennsylvania. he grew up in scranton. and a few hours ago, that's what happened. he took pennsylvania, that took

this was donald trump as projections came through thatjoe biden, not he, had won. defiant and is pursuing various legal challenges. but his refusal to concede didn't dim this moment. it was a historic night, offering a new chapter for america. lebo diseko, bbc news, washington. between now and the 20th of january is about 70 days, and we enter the transition the stage where the biden tea m transition the stage where the biden team prepares to take over from the trump administration. the transition tea m trump administration. the transition team has already set up a website building up to the day he takes office. joe biden will have to fill the topjobs in his office. joe biden will have to fill the top jobs in his administration, such as chief of staff and secretary of state. members of the transition tea m of state. members of the transition team go into the federal agencies to get briefed on things like looming deadlines and budgets. the aim of the transition is to ensure a smooth tra nsfer of the transition is to ensure a smooth transfer of power between the outg

because they believe that soon, it will show thatjoe biden is going to be the next president.n the polls in arizona, which caused a lot of anxiety among democrats overnight, but they are saying, look at las vegas, a democratic city, still a lot of votes to come from there. they have got very bullish about pennsylvania. donald trump had a lead there on election night of 500,000 votes, but as there is mail—in ballots have come in, that lead has narrowed to just over 115,000 votes. philadelphia, a lot of votes there to count. a democratic city. so they are very confident. on the subject of these lawsuits, they are saying they are frivolous political theatre, part of a misinformation campaign to try and cast doubt on the vote. they are still very confident here,, george, thatjoe biden will win this. thank you very much. well, it's certainly been one of the most divisive us elections anyone can remember. how has that and the arguments over the results affected the public mood? the bbc, in line with several other news organisations, is now projecting thatjoe biden is the winner in w

this was donald trump as projections came through thatjoe biden, not he, had won. media, he remains defiant and is pursuing various legal challenges. but his refusal to concede didn't dim this moment. it was a historic night, offering a new chapter for america. lebo diseko, bbc news, washington. while a lot of attention has been focused on the swing state of pennsylvania which pushed joe biden over the line, it was close—run in other states as well. matt stevens isa other states as well. matt stevens is a political analyst in georgia, where there will be a recount. we are relieved that the election is over, as we know. we have spent several days this week waiting for election returns so it has been a slow process, a nailbiter, but it has definitely been something that we have looked forward to. the legal challenges have already started. we are definitely... i know we will see those in several states throughout the country. it is unfortunate. the cou nts the country. it is unfortunate. the counts have been slow, very deliberate, and i think that's a really good thin

what would you like to happen now thatjoe biden has been duly elected as president? t trump supporters was that they feel illegal votes were included in this count even though there has been no evidence of that. they are here on the street often getting into little fights with supporters ofjoe biden, many of whom are flying joe biden and kamala harris flyers and talk each other, some hooting, some yelling, it seems like the division that has seen the light of the country from those supporting donald trump and those who buy forjoe biden. —— who voted forjoe biden. sojoe biden has won the race to become the next us president, defeating donald trump following a cliff—hanger vote count after tuesday's election. here's daniela relph with a profile of the president elect. joe biden had waited a long time for his run at the white house. now 77 years old, most of it spent in politics, few could match him for experience, and none had a personal back story quite like his. his early career was overshadowed by tragedy. he was elected to the senate in 1972. six weeks later, his wi

not think they will let it go but we know that joe biden think they will let it go but we know thatjoe bidenu forjoining us. i appreciate your time very much. two relieved and happy joe appreciate your time very much. two relieved and happyjoe biden supporters who are hoping that donald trump will accept the result. i never it is very noisy. i could not hear very much of what they were saying that i can tell you they are happy. now fulsome international reaction. borisjohnson happy. now fulsome international reaction. boris johnson has happy. now fulsome international reaction. borisjohnson has tweeted his congratulations. from ireland, michael martin has tweeted. .. there is a lot back and forth between the uk, ireland and brexit issues. we can get into that in a little bit of time. justin trudeau says... just three days after the us formally left the paris agreement on climate change, the mayor of paris has tweeted. .. i climate change, the mayor of paris has tweeted... i think the sentiment about welcome back, america, is one that will be shared by many american allies around the world be

and there is the claim thatjoe biden will close down the economy because of coronavirus. thatjoe bidenof coronavirusm it comes down to it, what are the issues that are going to decide the outcome of this election, in your view from speaking to people there? i think coronavirus is clearly right up i think coronavirus is clearly right up there with the top issues in this election. not just up there with the top issues in this election. notjust because it is a political issue that comes and goes in the news cycle but it is an issue that americans live with every day of their lives. the numbers are rising here. we have had three rolling weeks of increasing numbers in michigan. record numbers of new cases alone. the country is seeing huge cases of new cases each day. there are 200,000 new cases. this is going to be a huge moment in the election. —— there are up to 100,000 new cases. the issue in the polling is then, is that he could do better thanjoe is then, is that he could do better than joe biden. is then, is that he could do better than joe biden. thank you very much indeed for that. l

biting himself, but also republicans who have been crisply coming out and saying we need to except thatjoe bidend the transition to begin. and now it has begun, donald trump has tweeted and thanking herfor donald trump has tweeted and thanking her for her work. donald trump has tweeted and thanking herfor her work. then goes on to say the fight continues. this is a non—concession session. continues. this is a non-concession session. we have some site audio problems with the feed there, going to come back just the feed there, going to come backjust a the feed there, going to come back just a second. i'm joined now by mathew littman, joe biden‘s former chief speech writer. noticeable that president trump is not using the word concede. i don't think he ever will. there's no way he's ever going to say he's a loser in this case he is a loser. the normal things that happened in a transition the president would do to welcome the next president, the successor will not happen here. is a big step in the right direction. what does have to have been legally is for votes to be certified. that just happened i

because of the reasonable predictability of a lot of states in america, we always knew thatjoe biden en would ta ke california, joe biden would take new york. it was the states that we could predict that really decided which way the selection went and with the hours that followed the pulse closing, the news was better for president trump. he took florida early on and later on ohio and iowa. he also took taxes which the biden campaign had given some attention to but thatis had given some attention to but that is really where the good news stopped for president trump. then the biden campaign started getting better news. we know there was a huge focus on the midwest. ellery clinton lost all them key states in the midwest. joe biden was to try and win them back —— hillary clinton the sophist took wisconsin, he took michigan, he was on 253 lateral college votes a nd was on 253 lateral college votes and needed 17 more to become president. there were various routes, nevada, arizona, or simply through the state where he grew up, pennsylvania. he grew up in scranton. a few hours ago, that's wh

the bbc, in line with several other news organisations, is now projecting thatjoe biden is the winnerwisconsin. that means, joe biden is currently projected to have 253 electoral college votes, and donald trump, 214. the magic number is 270 to win the white house. let's go to washington now and to my colleague laura trevelyan. hi, laura. yes, 253 votes. that is how many joe hi, laura. yes, 253 votes. that is how manyjoe biden has in the electoral college. the great state as pennsylvania, known as the keystone state has 20 bouts in the electoral college, joe biden is narrowing the gap there. president trump is slightly ahead there. let us trump is slightly ahead there. let us go to philadelphia in pennsylvania. michelle, we havejust heard from pennsylvania secretary of state that there could be a result later today. she had started to indicate that they were ahead of where they thought they would be la st where they thought they would be last night. remember, before election day, she said the goal was to try and get the majority of votes counted by friday. the fact that things are movi

game over for donald trump but, as i said, and that preference or press conference, they said thatjoe biden to getting the state of pennsylvania and, really, i wasjust in wisconsin and this area, the midwest and pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania were part of the so—called blue well. that is what hillary clinton called it in 2016, and donald trump managed to smash that's blue well and we are now seeing that blue wall of blue wave return here. in pennsylvania if joe biden does in fact when the state of the commonwealth. i do also wa nt to state of the commonwealth. i do also want to point out to our viewers how significant philadelphia is. it is the birthplace of american democracy. this is where the declaration of independence happened in 1776. this is also where the constitutional convention happened in 1787. so, the fact that democracy is being played out here in pennsylvania is incredibly significant. that was yalda hakim live in pennsylvania in the latest reports we are getting a saying that joe biden is ahead there. you're watching bbc news. just an update on where we are

but my expectation is thatjoe biden will be sworn in on january 20. any legal avenues that you think could be successful, could warrant any kind of attention? no, and they have been i think 32 cases filed and the president has lost i think 31 of them on last count and that is for good reason. there is no evidence of fraud and in courts of law, they are not politicians, they are bound by rules of evidence and bound by civil procedure rules and they are not even able to take these cases and the extent to which you are alleging something other than fraud it may be legal, certainly not in a way that could affect the outcome of any of these races and donald trump would have to overturn multiple states in order to shift the elections i just don't see that happening through the courts. given, on a slightly tangential issue but the same principle, really, i'm interested in what your thoughts are over the last couple of years obviously of his presidency donald trump, in one of his raison d'etre was, one of his raison d'etre was, one of his raison d'etre was, o

has just willjust pause to remind you thatjoe biden hasjust spoken to say that we are going to our viewers in the uk and right around the world. we have just been hearing from joe biden. he hasjust addressed the american people, saying that he will win the presidential race. now we can speak to our correspondent who is there. what did you make of what he was saying? it was pretty much what i expected. he talked about how the voting was going and how it was giving him a broad mandate. he said there had been a very large popular vote, 74 million votes, for himself, but he also said he was proud of the range across the country where he was getting support,

many of course will privately accept thatjoe biden won the election. what about publicly?is a tricky one for them. i think the republicans are, generally speaking, doing what they have done over the last four years which is not really stand up to donald trump and perhaps many of them are hoping it will be settled in the courts because of course, in orderfor any settled in the courts because of course, in order for any of these lawsuits to work, there needs to be evidence and already three states have dismissed donald trump's lawsuits. i also think it is worth remembering that donald trump did get a huge amount of votes a nd trump did get a huge amount of votes and he has changed the demographics of the republican party. it used to be seen as a public of the rich and he has brought more working—class votes a nd brought more working—class votes and white collar voters. and i think the republican party does not want to alienate those voters and so i think at the moment, they are not publicly turning their back on donald trump and seemingly standing the course with him. 0k, st

doesn't win in thatjoe biden doesn't win in that state of georgia.o asked... sadly, as you can see there, peter is frozen, unfortunately. we are at the mercy, often, of technology here on live television. hopefully peter will be able to rejoin us a little later in this programme. but just to say little later in this programme. butjust to say it looks like the georgia manual recount will confirm thatjoe biden won that state, whereas in wisconsin, the margin between the two leaders was much, much smaller. let's go back to peter. i'm told he is available again. peter, do continue with what you were saying, because the other thing i wanted to bring out concerning georgia was what it means for the senate as well. well, yes, of course that's a slightly different issue, that there are two senate seats still standing in georgia. there will be an election in the beginning of january. the republicans really need to hold onto those two senate seats to hold the majority and therefore the balance of power in the senate, but a tremendous amount of money is being p

he still has not conceded thatjoe biden is the president elect and when the selection.s now — and here in the uk, the queen led the remembrance sunday commemorations — as people around the country paid their respects to the fallen largely from home — because of coronavirus restrictions. this year‘s events come 75 years on from the end of the second world war — and the queen was joined by other members of the royal family and political leaders at the cenotaph in london. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell was watching. music: nimrod by elgar. the numbers were depleted, but for all that the massed bands and everyone else had to be socially distanced and the pavements were empty of crowds, the purpose was unchanged. 0n remembrance sunday, in a year when loss has been more keenly felt than most, the ceremony of remembrance at the cenotaph had a particular power and poignancy. as 11 o‘clock approached, the queen took her place on a balcony, as the prince of wales led other senior members of the royal family to their places in readiness for the two minutes‘ silence obs

where israel sits in relation to that and i think evidently this is something that we can expect thatjoe bidenould condemn and not support, but given the change in administration, i suppose there is this period now in which donald trump is still in the white house and waiting forjoe biden to come into really make those effo rts biden to come into really make those efforts to re—engage with iran about that limiting that nuclear programme. 50 that limiting that nuclear programme. sol that limiting that nuclear programme. 50 i think this does not really help that, we will have to see it unfolds in terms of discussion between the two states. thank you. we will talk about this longer in the next edition, but let's cross onto the daily telegraph because i don't want to run out of time. ali, last—minute dash to stop christmas rail chaos. a lot of focus, all kinda focusing on christmas. notes november, because we only do bit of a break from coronavirus and to see family and the rest of it, but what's going on with the trains in this case? that enable us to see people? not enough is going on is the sho

those comments, our little trip around the world, was how much us policy may or may not change now thatjoe bidenlm. because don't forget, the 0bama administration was criticised by a lot of these same nations for its policy, and the big question now is, will there be a reset, will we get a reversion to the 0bama policy, or willjoe biden bring in something new of course his monster —— mantra is stability, this would normalcy we have in the us, it will be interesting to see where we leave. he will be taking office onjanuary the 20th. clive myrie now looks at some of the celebrations. cheering horns blare this is the soundtrack of the biden campaign, and now a new america. in the age of covid—i9, 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 building where election votes are being counted. the subjects of their ire — forlorn donald trump voters across this philadelphia street

if we cannot, i think we will go on as part of this broad coalition thatjoe biden has built and willthat a successful, unifying administration that delivers real result to the american people and we will go forward like that and see what our options are but i think... yeah? just on that, joe biden's one of his talents is that he has got a history of working across the aisle in american politics. how realistic do you think, over the next four yea rs, think, over the next four years, that that cross—party cooperation could actually be? it is going to be a challenge. i think it will be a challenge but i would note a couple of things. joe biden ran a unifying primary campaign, so evenin unifying primary campaign, so even in this time of such great division in america, during his primary season, his primary campaign, he was calling republicans and independents to join him, tojoin democrats to protect american democracy and move our country forward. it is very ha rd to move our country forward. it is very hard to do that, especially in the political climate, in a primary. he did it anyway.

we know thatjoe biden spoke to justin list. we know thatjoe biden spoke tojustin trudeau, list.hatjoe biden spoke to justin trudeau, canada's list. we know thatjoe biden spoke tojustin trudeau, canada's prime minister and it was the shot suggesting that he had spoken to the presentjoe biden and it was a tweet being prepared for later, but it is understood that borisjohnson is one of the first major european leaders who joe of the first major european leaders whojoe biden of the first major european leaders who joe biden has of the first major european leaders whojoe biden has picked up the phone too. so, i think downing street will be pretty pleased with that. a race to get a call with president—elect biden and so, the fate that borisjohnson seems to been fairly have the list, i think it would take that as a plus. but we do not know and what is really important is what was discussed in that phone call. we know that boris johnson wants to talk about his relationship with joe johnson wants to talk about his relationship withjoe biden on climate change, security and also the potent

it does appear thatjoe biden is knocking on the door of the white house when you think that we mightt? well, to be perfectly honest, rebecca, this press conference really change the way in viewing this because yesterday officials in philadelphia were saying, well, we could have a fizzle by last night, they might have, they were ahead of schedule, —— we could have a result by last night. that is very difficult to call right now, we're still waiting on patents is the watchword. great to talk to jane and thank you all for being with us. you're watching bbc news. —— patients is the watchword. the... the clouds thickening up into western scotland to allow a bit of drizzle but for many it was a glove estate. on the chilly sides. as we head into the weekend we have got some subtle changes. it will start to feel a little bit milder quite widely across the country but that is because we are going to see more cloud, and, potentially on sunday, some showery outbreaks of rain to the west. over the next few hours, though, we could again see more fog forming across southern scotland, the veil of y

a show of the democratic reality, thatjoe biden is the victor. nick bryant, bbc news, delaware.ton, delaware. we had more than hundred 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

thatjoe biden although he is ahead and asi thatjoe biden although he is ahead and as i said althoughre routes to victory than donald trump, he is not calling the race in any way. he said i think we are going to do this and i think we are happy let's get all the votes counted before we get into the game of calling who has or has not one. but donald trump and his family coming out calling the race come talking about legal challenges and it really is extorted at the american president has been tweeting all sorts of things over the past four hours. and twitter has stepped up and march of these tweets essentially as a fake news and saying they are calling races that simply are not ready to be called yet. so if joe simply are not ready to be called yet. so ifjoe biden does when this thing, it does show the real difference in how they are going to govern and how they look at the legal system and how they look at the electoral system and of course we can say the very complicated nature of this race and the fact that it has been challenged should lead to some form of a system reform. it is cu

we saw the address thatjoe biden gave to the american people, very presidential in its tone.g victory, he has not done that as yet, but he is certainly acting as if victory is his already. you keep being asked this and you can't tell us exactly, but is it likely that the us tv networks will declare will declare forjoe biden this weekend, today, tomorrow? i would be a rich, rich woman if i knew the answer to that! we had thought that maybe there might be a declaration yesterday, it may come over the weekend, there are still votes being counted. the key state to watch is pennsylvania because ifjoe biden takes that, if that state declares forjoe biden, it is the state that decides whether he has won or not, then that pushes him over that 270 mark there. georgia as well is doing the end of its counting and then it will begin its recount. recounts generally do not really shift things much, there were recounts last time round in 2016, only a couple of votes added. even in the infamous 2000 controversial election, there was onlyjust over 1000 votes that were different after recounts

, i don't know if it was the fact, barbara, that joe i don't know if it was the fact, barbara, thatjoe bidenr that then prompted donald trump to come out and speak, but the tone tween the two man is very different. yes, that's right. and mr biden has been keeping that tone throughout. it was definitely not a declaration of victory saying have patients, the process is working, we believe the process has integrity, every vote must be counted, but then saying once all the votes are counted, we are confident that we will win. and they have been keeping a very close eye on these five battleground states that votes are still being counted, convinced that they have a path that will get them to victory in pennsylvania, for example, you have seen the gap between president trump and mr biden narrowing. mr biden gaining on mrtrump and looking narrowing. mr biden gaining on mr trump and looking at georgia as well, nevada, arizona as well, waiting to hear the results from those states hoping that they can make a declaration of victory when they themselves are convinced that they have in fact one. but i d

we saw us markets, in fact, rising yesterday on news thatjoe biden's team is expected to nominate formere job of treasury secretary. this is the first time that a woman will hold that post. she is seen as amply qualified for the job, a safe pair of hands, and a nalysts a re job, a safe pair of hands, and analysts are also telling me that for asia, president—elect biden will be seen to be more friendly to trade with this pa rt friendly to trade with this part of the world. hopes are that the relationship with china will be a bit more smooth, and there will be more ofa smooth, and there will be more of a re— engagement in the us in trade agreements in the region as well stop so all of thatis region as well stop so all of that is welcomed by markets here, most of them are up. sharanjit leyl, here, most of them are up. shara njit leyl, many here, most of them are up. sharanjit leyl, many thanks. ravi agora is a journalist and editor of find policy—making. what do you think about the news? well, finally we have a transition now. this is something many americans have been waiting forfor someth

out publicly and say thatjoe biden is the president-elect?ay the vote turned out for the president and focus it and focus conservatives and voters on georgia forjanuary five. that does not mean that the republicans are going to stay in the same place they are but i think it is going to ask for a couple of weeks like i thought. again the supreme court decided that during bush versus gore, it was december 12 when they decided to go for president bush. so there is some time asa president bush. so there is some time as a grace period. mitch mcconnell wants to make sure the republicans hold onto the senate. he wa nts to republicans hold onto the senate. he wants to keep hisjob republicans hold onto the senate. he wants to keep his job and republicans hold onto the senate. he wants to keep hisjob and carry republicans hold onto the senate. he wants to keep his job and carry on being a senate majority leader which is why he needs to windows to run off races, thus senate races down in georgia. is there any downside to the republican leadership for no

it will be interesting to see if it is like some of the campaign rallies thatjoe biden did which looked way through to the inauguration and everything in between. it was interesting listening to him. i don't know if you heard it yesterday or the day before whenjoe biden came out and spoke and he said, we cannot declare victory yet, we are still waiting, but we are not waiting to get to work and the very first thing he mentioned was the coronavirus. he has been having meetings with his coronavirus task force ever since the election, even since tuesday and he has been wanting to be shown, we have seen images of him talking to them. he wa nts to images of him talking to them. he wants to show the country that he is ready and i know, i have had conversations with people close to the transition team that they have put structures in place and they are ready to hit the ground running in january. a couple of things we should emphasise, we are talking about the president—elect now because he is projected to win pennsylvania and then he was projected to win nevada as well. presumably, the countin

election, a life or death fight for the future of our democracy, this is the kind of language thatjoe biden traditional conciliatory message. so, i think it is a very strong contrast, isn't it? we will keep bringing you the statements, going live to the key events and we will keep doing the maths for you. stay with us here on bbc news. quite where they can also bring with it fog and that is what we have seen for some of us this morning and it has been slow to lift way. others started with sunshine, a beautiful morning in parts of aberdeenshire, but it won't be as warm today. you can see from the satellite picture how much sunshine we have got across the country, reasonable day, the far north—west of scotland, cloud is thick enough for some drizzle but elsewhere a fine and subtle day for many. a bit more of a fresh breeze in the south—west, temperatures are fairly widespread into the low teens, so we are looking at highs of around 10—13. through the overnight period, like winds across the country, some fog for me, especially close to scottish borders, down through the vale of york, and once

nibbling away at the vote count that joe biden has nibbling away at the vote count thatjoe bidenup. nobody thinks that will make any difference at our to the outcome. joe biden is the president—elect and will be inaugurated onjanuary president—elect and will be inaugurated on january the 20th, but he was very restrained, i thought, 20th, but he was very restrained, ithought, when 20th, but he was very restrained, i thought, when he was asked about this earlier on. the furthest he went on expressing an opinion about the president's opinion was this. ijust think it's an embarrassment, quite frankly. the only thing that... how can i say this tactfully? i think it will not help the president's legacy. i think that, i know from my discussions with foreign leaders thus far, that they're hopeful that the united states' democratic institutions are once again viewed as being strong and enduring. a lot of republicans seem to be rallying around mr trump has make position. i think the secretary of state in particular raised quite a few eyebrows with what he has been saying. you are right. re

none of even their public and senators thatjoe biden has been friends with for a long time have congratulatedlthough he is hitting the ground running. but in the key thing to remember is that when it hits midday on the 20th of january, the constitution is clear thatjoe biden january, the constitution is clear that joe biden will become january, the constitution is clear thatjoe biden will become president of the us. and it will be moving day for donald trump. he will have to leave the white house and if he does not consider it service will remove him. thank you very much from wilmington. members of the house of lords have criticised the government's controversial brexit legislation which ministers admit will break international law. peers are expected to hold a series of votes on the uk internal market bill later this evening. we can speak now to baroness angela smith, who joins us from westminster. it looks like it this will be voted down in the house of lords but the government claims this is to protect the northern ireland peace process. do you accept the logic in that argument. if we did

thatjoe the us? europeans are certainly relieved that joe biden the us?ved thatjoe biden was elected last week but at the same time there is a realism that trumpism is still alive as well, simply because president trump actually did edit than expected. he came up short but he seems to have created a movement in the past four yea rs. movement in the past four years. —— better than expected. i think people are looking forward to resetting the transatlantic relationship, they know that it can't return to what it once was but they do realise biden values america's alliances and is a traditionalist when it comes to foreign policy. but when it comes to that relationship between the us and europe, is trade really the key issue? and obviously trade relations between the two deteriorated quite a lot during trump's administration. i think trade is certainly one item on the agenda. if anything, that could have a positive outcome because europe and the us have such a prolific trading relationship and there are trade barriers that still exist. in fact, there was a fre

but i am saying thatjoe biden everything you once. g that joe biden is everything you once. but i am saying thatjoe biden is by definition a conciliator. he wants to reach out. he wants to get consensus. and i don't think it will be as difficult as some naysayers say. republican lindsey graham has already said he is open to meeting across the table, hasn't he? let's go to the daily telegraph. pressure grows on trump to go quietly. caroline? as we have said, from all sides, yes, republicans starting to desert in d roves. republicans starting to desert in droves. you know you are in trouble when chris christie, who has been trump's friend and ally for 20 yea rs, trump's friend and ally for 20 years, all sorts of encouraging handshakes between those two, and even chris christie is saying, which seems reasonable, the most reasonable thing i've ever heard from him, which is, if you have the evidence just from him, which is, if you have the evidencejust produce from him, which is, if you have the evidence just produce it, from him, which is,

president of the us and what i do know even though people are not happy about this election, i do know thatjoe biden biden will govern them with respect and with dignity and will work to make sure that we are one america. thank you so much. your vote is it your voice. a very poignant word on which to end your interview. thank you so much and voting will in half an hour's time orso, voting will in half an hour's time or so, they will stop taking in any new vote so all eyes on georgia thank you so much for your time there. thank you. pennsylvania another state they have all eyes on and they have a giving a statement about ongoing operations there and the city mayor there has a message to the president, to donald trump. uh, you know, ithink what the president needs to do is, frankly, put his big boy pants on. he needs to acknowledge the fact that he lost, and he needs to congratulate the winner, just as jimmy carter did, just as george h w bush did, and frankly, just as al gore did and stop this and let us move forward as a country. that's my feeling. i'll doubt he'll listen to me, but that's it. that

may not wa nt to clear thatjoe biden may not want to hit the reset button but certainly much easierlso to simply not executive order already in place by donald trump then it would be for him to sign an order himself. as you say, some of the issues central to these tensions are quite i , like security — is quite secure it — is quite serious like national security. we have seen a changing that when the last four years the monks of the trump administration, intentions right now are really ata high intentions right now are really at a high and it will be difficult forjoe biden to dial that back, even if he wants to, given the state of play, the sta kes given the state of play, the stakes involved in these huge mega firms as well as tariffs retaliatory on both sides so it will be a challenge for the next president and certainly at the very least i would not look for things to improve greatly in the short—term. for things to improve greatly in the short-term. we will certainly keep an eye on that. thank you forjoining us. entertainment giant walt disney has been suffering the toughest tim

won the state but mrtrump thatjoe biden won the state but mr trump says he will fight on.have been rejected, including byjudges who were appointed by president trump and by other republican presidents, judges who have long record in the republican party, there have been rejected by republican officials or charged with administering the elections, the so far, while there has been a lot of hot air from the president, there has been no evidence to support his allegations. the presidents persistence suggests there is little chance he will concede the election beforejoe biden ta kes the election beforejoe biden takes over in mid—january. in fa ct, takes over in mid—january. in fact, there is every sign he will continue denying the result long after the new president has assumed office, possibly until the next election. it is a scenario that has some constitutional scholars worried. trying to teach millions of americans to believe in an alternative reality that an election was stolen that was perfectly fairly run cannot help but influence americans willingness to partake in elec

as expected the recount has confirmed what the original result was, thatjoe biden won the state, becomingst democrat to take georgia since bill clinton in 1992. according to officials, very few discrepancies were found, perhaps in some counties a handful of perhaps in some counties a ha ndful of votes perhaps in some counties a handful of votes and in most places no changes at all so the result stands. but in the last hour we received a statement from the trump campaign that disputes that i will read you pa rt disputes that i will read you part of it it said that georgia recounted all of the illegal ballot that had been included in the total. they do want to say that we continue to demand that georgia conduct an honest recount including signature matching and we intend to pursue all legal options to ensure that only legal ballots are counted. the results will, as you said, likely to be certified later this week and under the law up the president does have the right to ask for another recount and if that we re another recount and if that were to go ahead, my understanding is that all those

the state of georgia has certified its results showing thatjoe biden beat mr trump by over 12,600 votesafter meeting mr trump at the white house, senior republicans from michigan said they had seen no information that would overturn mr biden‘s victory in their state. the bbc‘s nomia iqbal is in washington. she says that despite them confirming victory for joe biden, president trump will still want to pursue any recounts. that's 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, that 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, it 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

he still refuses to concede thatjoe biden is president—elect.sensitive information, including on the vaccine. mr biden‘s team says it puts distribution of it in jeopardy because it is they, rather than donald trump's team, that will be responsible for any roll—out. we can now speak to dr michael mina who's assistant professor of epidemiology at harvard th chan school of public health and a core member of the centre for communicable disease dynamics. thank you so much for coming on the programme. the timescales here seem pretty incredible. just three weeks also then immunisation rollout could begin. what do you make of that? i think we should anticipate seeing, as i said, and immunisation rollout but how quickly that rollout actually occurs i think is yet to be determined. we are expecting authorisation in the next few weeks and then we will see some people begin to get vaccinated, but whether it is 20,000 people or 20 million people, by the end of december, isa people, by the end of december, is a big unknown at the moment. and what are some of

we have had it confirmed effectively for the second time now thatjoe biden w011 second time now thatjoethink that declaration has now on this crucial senate race in the state ? crucial senate race in the state? well, i think it depends upon what plays out with the other legal challenges. but what we do know is whether or notjoe biden ultimately prevails and certainly, he is ahead in the states right now, and the trump legal team is attempting to reverse those gains. 0r attempting to reverse those gains. or if donald trump were to prevail, there is no question that if these two senate seats in georgia are of apocalyptic dimensions for both parties. because should joe biden prevail, losing both of these would mean that he would not have control of the senate, mitch mcconnell would control the us senate, and that could have huge consequences for court appointments, for his executive appointments, and for legislation. doctor, there is absolutely no doubt the significance. i have never heard a senate race being described as apocalyptic! it is certainly significant. how do you view both candi