will grant, thanks so much for now. to concede defeat — and has vowed to contest election results on several fronts. so what happens now? a recount will be held in georgia, where the margins are tight — althouthoe biden‘s lead has recently stretched to just over 10,000 votes with 99 per cent of ballots now counted. mr trump also wants a recount in wisconsin — which was projected for the president—electjoe biden on wednesday. on saturday the trump campaign filed a lawsuit over ballots cast on election day in arizona that it claims were incorrectly rejected. arizona's secretary of state, however, said in a statement that the case was "grasping at straws". if the election result is challenged — it would require legal teams to begin in the state courts. state judges would then need to uphold the challenge and order a recount, and supreme courtjustices could then be asked to overturn a ruling. so far no evidence has been provided for the alleged voterfraud. white back here to help us is former white back here to help us is fo

we're joined now by our washington correspondent, will grant. erms of timings, i think people in this country are trying to get their head around how many more votes are still to be counted, you've got different time zones involved. what is your sense they are? we heard the two candidates refer to quite a lot of different states there, but i think there are five, maybe six that really matter at this stage, and they are georgia, michigan, north carolina, pennsylvania and wisconsin, and perhaps to a lesser extent, nevada. one of those, wisconsin, is an absolute knife edge. that could go either way. if the camp take said it would be by a very small margin. almost certainly likely to lead to a legal challenge, a recount of some description brought by the trump campaign. and in terms of the other numbers, all eyes are really at this stage turned to pennsylvania. that is the one that of course had all of these postal ballots. they didn't start counting until the polls had closed, which is why they are potentially behind everybody else. and really the 2

here's our north america correspondent will grant.orrespondent will grant. result of george's recou| is the result of george's recount is in and confirms what we already knew. mr biden won the state. still, donald trump will almost certainly not accept that result or any other he still can test. it is now a little over two weeks is the election was held and this was supposed to be the moment president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani showed the proof of their campaign was make unsubstantiated claims of fraud. i know crimes, i can smell them, i can prove this one through 18 different ways. ican one through 18 different ways. i can prove to you that in one, pennsylvania by 100,000 hits, he won michigan by probably 50,000 votes. meanwhile, the winner of this race, vice presidentjoe biden is growing increasingly dismissive president trump and his outlandish claims of wrongdoing. what do you think the president is doing, what are americans witnessing? the president is doing, what are americans witnessing ?|i think they are witnessing

joining me now is our correspondent in washington, will grant.t rudy giuliani press conference, let's focus on the figures, because we've got thanksgiving in a week's time and for the first time, we've got americans being urged not to travel because of the soaring coronavirus figures. anthony fauci is the country's leading up an —— epidemiologist, keen to stress this was not a nationwide lockdown, aware of the political implication of something like that, but underlining this is about strengthening the measures that are already in place and urging people not to make the regular and annual family gatherings that they would make around this time because if we look at the numbers, they are deeply shocking, more than a quarter of a million deaths since the carter virus hit the united states —— the coronavirus outbreak. and just in the past 2a hours, more than 1800. it is not showing any signs of flattening, improving, and is still a white for these very hopeful signs on these vaccines come to fruition. and against this backdrop, we have the latest ru

will grant in washington, thank you very much.ervatives have urged the prime minister to use the departure of his chief adviser, dominic cummings, to "reset government". mr cummings walked out of downing street last night after the resignation of another seniorfigure, the director of communications, lee cain. the former brexit secretary, david davis told the bbc that ministers are now hoping for "more of a say" in how the country is governed. a warning — this report from our political correspondent, nick eardley, contains flashing images. the dominic cummings era in government is coming to an end. borisjohnson wants to clear the air in downing street, and that means his chief aide, seen here this morning leaving home, won't be returning to number ten. the way this place works matters to us all — to how decisions are made, to the direction of policy. after the very high—profile departures of recent days, and some of the drama inside, some tories are hoping for a change. it does give the government a chance to reset all sorts of thi

will grant there. austria is going into lockdown again from next tuesday.record number of new daily infections on friday of 9586. that figure is nine times higher than at the peak of the first wave earlier this year. for the next two and a half to three weeks, schools and non—essential shops will close. people can leave their homes only for work, helping another person, essential shopping and exercise. here's our correspondent, bethany bell from the capital, vienna. a partial shutdown is already in place here in austria. restaurants, cafes and bars are closing and only doing takeaway services and high school students doing distanced learning but these measures have not been enough to bring down the soaring number of new cases of coronavirus here. and now the government is taking stricter action. it is imposing a nationwide lockdown for the next three weeks. non—essential shops are being shut. all schoolchildren are now being told to have distanced learning although childcare will be provided if it is strictly necessary. and the government is hoping this wil

let's speak to our correspondent in washington, will grant.e coming from to encourage president trump to concede fully thatjoe biden is the next us president? this wasn't fully by any means, was it? this wasjust a couple of words which he very quickly rowed back on. if he indicates he is leaning in that direction, that is clearly what the democrats want. but i think the pressure is building a boat because there is pressure building on individual key republicans in the senedd, in the house, and people inside donald trump's inner circle, who potentially want to leave in a slightly more dignified fashion than this holding on until the bitter end. of course, public health officials are playing their role too. anthony found she has pointed out just how severe too. anthony found she has pointed outjust how severe the current coronavirus pandemic is in the united states, and as a result, is creating real difficulties in combating that if the transition tea m combating that if the transition team forjoe biden can't get their hands on the information t

i'm kate snow in for lester tonight president trump announced today he will grant what he called a fullresidential pardon to his former national security adviser michael flynn. flynn was the only white house official to be convicted as part of the russia investigation led by robert mueller he was also an early supporter of mr. trump's presidential campaign the move ending a long, drawn out legal battle and coming after repeated complaints from the president that his ally was being mistreated we begin with kelly o'donnell at the white house. >> reporter: tonight a show of presidential power undimmed by his electoral defeat president trump wiping out the conviction of his former national security adviser michael flynn. who had pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi in a russian investigation. the president on twitter, it is my great honor to announce that general michael t. flynn has been granted a full pardon i know you will now have a truly fantastic thanksgiving the president's clemency was anticipated bu still striking as he long complained that flynn had been mistreated by the justice de

the upper stories if you will grant at a focus. we understand what fine art is for example.rstand good food. but things in the 1850s like this exotic stuff called olive oil. we understand education. we read important books. and we are concentrating the power of the economy and ourselves, are moving to societies forward. it's very important that we never let those people at the bottom have any kind of political clout. because if we do they are going to vote in favor of redistribute some of the wealth they have in fact earned. that happens we will not have the money we need to keep moving the ball forward. you see this really dramatically that alexander stephens is going to be the vice president of the confederacy's and the idea of seceding from the united states. what he ss is we are going to revise that stupid idea that's in the declarationf independence that all men a created equal. of course are not cated equal. the going to create a new society tt does it right. improves we should be on top of everybody else but we should start this idea around e world that we create a ne

will grant, thank you very much. ident wants to —— president trump seems unwilling to concede defeat, so what happens now? a recount will be held in the state of georgia, where margins are tight. joe biden‘s lead hasjust georgia, where margins are tight. joe biden‘s lead has just stretched over 10,000 votes. mr trump also wa nts a over 10,000 votes. mr trump also wants a recount in wisconsin, projected for the president elect on wednesday. 0n projected for the president elect on wednesday. on saturday, the trump campaign filed a lawsuit over ballots cast on election day in arizona that it claims were incorrectly rejected. the arizona secretary of state said that the case was grasping at straws. secretary of state said that the case was grasping at strawsm secretary of state said that the case was grasping at straws. if the election result is challenged, it would require legal teams to begin in the state courts. state judges would then need to uphold the challenge and ordered a recount, then the supreme courtjustices c

for more on this, let's get to our washington correspondent will grant.ration warp speed, remind us what this isn't what we expect to hear from president trump. >> this is president trump steen who are trying to -- president trump's team who are trying to deal with and overcome the situation that you have laid out so we at this age. we heard just how bad things are across the nation in the united states at the moment. operation warp speed, e of its objectives is to get that vaccine up and running. pfizer, who were not a part of that, seem to think they are the closest major pharmaceutical company to reach the point where they may have something operational by early next year, maybe spring of next year. i think we can fully expect president trump to try to take a large part of the credit for that. during the campaign, he stated that a vaccine was close, even though a lot of people were skeptical about that. i think that is probably the kind of rhetoric that we hear when he addresses the press. >> just going back to our president-elect officialsthey ws woul

the fda will meet and decide whether or not they will grant emergency authorization.similar to what they did to other drugs before they got full clearance. the full clearance from the fda takes a long time. you would receive authorization and it's a fast way to get it into the arms of individuals. >> let's talk about how the vaccine will be distributed. who will receive it first? in your opinion are those the right groups to be targeting? >> these are great questions. of the national academy of sciences did have recommendation. the first tier is healthcare workers and a individuals on the frontlines of first responders. firemen, ambulance drivers, etc. i think the million-dollar question are the elephant in the room is exactly how will minority populations or vulnerable populations play in this? the next tier which is tier 1 a includes essential workers not included in the first tier. as well as individuals with co- mobility's and those that live in congregant settings like nursing homes, etc. of these populations they are prioritized populations at the front of the d

indeed if we still have will grant, i understand from where she is an donald trump will make his waythe white house, is that right? yes, he is admitted to watch the results come in here. there is some kind of celebration expected at his headquarters and i think traditionally presidents have seen it and this is where they currently reside. this is the grand prize so it sort of stands to reason that he would watch it here. so we are expecting that unfold and of course his supporters will be extremely excited and his headquarters one way 01’ excited and his headquarters one way or the other. but of course that mood could change drastically as those results come in. it will be fascinating, let's put it that way. it will indeed and a quick word of course support their very strong for donald trump but our people they are feeling optimistic about what is the, had? in terms of this state of virginia, that has been reliably democratic in terms of the way it's noted for the last few elections. it used to be much more swinging in vote and more republican than it has to on the last few elections

will grant in washington.y evening. in the last few minutes, they confirmed that two more people have been arrested in switzerland in connection with the attack. the austrian interior minister said the 20—year—old attacker, who was shot dead by police, was a convicted jihadist who'd been released from jail less than a year ago. but he managed to convince authorities that he was no longer a threat. the attack started outside the main synagogue. those killed were an older man, an older woman, a young passer—by and a waitress. this report from jenny hill in vienna. violence, confusion on the streets of vienna. people fled as shots were fired, and armed police raced to secure the city. it was the eve of a coronavirus lockdown. many had gathered for a last night out —in a city night out in a city with a reputation for safety. just heard shots everywhere, and police helicopters were flying around us, and we got really afraid, so we decided to hide ourselves in the restaurant. caught on camera, a man thought to be th

there will be incentives for farming sustainably, grants to help space for nature, and grants as well countryside will be fewer sheep and cattle and more birds and trees. roger harrabin, bbc news, east sussex. almost 300,000 people in the uk — including 120,000 children — have been plunged into poverty as a result of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. that's according to analysis by a free market think tank. the legatum institute also said an additional 700,000 people had been prevented from falling into poverty by the chancellor's temporary £20—a—week boost to universal credit, introduced in april to help claimants cope with the extra costs of the pandemic. the singer rita ora has apologised for holding a 30th birthday party celebration at a restaurant in west london on saturday with a group of friends in breach of coronavirus restrictions. posting on instagram, the singer described it as an "inexcusable error ofjudgement". the metropolitan police confirmed that they were called to the casa cruz restaurant in notting hill to investigate a potential breach of covid regulation

real question as we told you at the top of the hour really comes down to whether or not judges will grant a stay a hold if you will on the states of pennsylvania and michigan at the request of the trump campaign to stop counting right now so that they begin can begin to kind of survey the county how it's being done and have what the campaign says are republican poll watchers in the room when you and i were discussing this earlier and he also is looking for a recount how likely is it that that's even going to happen that doesn't change things and doesn't usually change things so in wisconsin the recount absolutely will happen in the reason for that is because as long as you are within one percentage point which trump is in wisconsin he is at 6 tenths of a percentage point behind so yes he absolutely will get a recount in wisconsin but is it actually change that's a whole other question 29000 votes is a lot of votes typically a recount in a state like this with something like maybe 30025000 votes tops the chance of actually finding 29000 votes and going to reorganize in this very unlikely a

earlier, our correspondent in washington will grant gave me his assessment of the demonstrations.ou do kind of feel that this doesn't have the energy that donald trump would've hoped it had. will, 306 was the magic number foertrump in 2016. he described as a "landslide". still no sign of a concession — people are worried that this will affectjoe biden‘s transition to january. yes, and when you hear some of those people out in the streets, it is extraordinary to hear them say, "yes, this was a free and fair election in those areas where trump won states, and no, it wasn't where he didn't win them." so it is a very, very confused picture. and it is, of course, affecting the transition — it already has affected the transition. by now, the president—elect should've sat down with the president, it should have been very corneal and dignified. it simply isn't any of those things. that means what? well, it certainly means that the trump transition team hasn't been able to get access to certain government buildings and sit down with their future colleagues, and so on, and work out how exac

triggered by the narrow margin of mr biden's victory, well i've been speaking to our correspondent will grantld affect the outcome in the state of georgia. there in the state of georgia. can be small pockets of changes, there can be small pockets of changes, can't bear, but i think they may be little more than hundreds here and there and what donald trump needs to affect a ny and what donald trump needs to affect any kind of change in georgia will be in the thousands and it simply doesn't appear to be happening. the hand count, we should be hearing back sometime on thursday. while there might be a slight eating into the lead ofjoe biden which is narrow, it was below 0.5% which triggered the recount in the first place. it's certainly not expected to change the result of the state. i'm also intrigued by the challenge in wisconsin because it seems that the areas they've chosen i heavily democratic areas, which will be very unlikely to have a different result is a recount? i think absolutely. to extend, they've paid these $3 million needed to trigger partial recount because obviously so much blus

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we can speak now to our north america correspondent will grant who's in washington.t, but still no concession. yeah, it's hard to know whether this was a sort of slip of the fingers, almost, 01’ sort of slip of the fingers, almost, ora sort of slip of the fingers, almost, or a deliberate point. i think what happened, really, is he was saying he had one because, and then repeated the slew of unsubstantiated allegation cook, and that got picked on very quickly by biden's supporters who are looking for any chances might actually be the concession they were waiting for, and then he was quite quick, president trump, just turn around and say, i can see nothing. so, that is where we still are, he refuses to concede, and really that looks like this is about as far as he will go. he will always, i think, claim that he somehow won this election that he was only denied victory by a kind of conspiracy involving the left and the media and so on and so forth. of course, this can't go on forever, andi course, this can't go on forever, and i think we have got the cut—off point of de

of freedom plaza, before carrying on to his golf club in sterling, virginia. 0ur correspondent will grant supporters came out to protest. he has been monitoring the protests. certainly the vast majority of people who turned out to freedom plaza today hoped to catch that glimpse that you showed of president trump passing through on his way to play golf. remain convinced that some kind of fraud has taken place even though there's been no evidence proffered to support that. and they believe he should continue with his increasingly forlorn legal efforts, and in fact they have left their position now at freedom plaza and started making their way towards the supreme court. but you know it has not been a very well attended event. maybe a few thousand, not the hundreds of thousands president trump claimed on twitter. here in the uk, several senior conservatives have urged the prime minister to use the departure of his chief adviser dominic cummings to "reset government". mr cummings walked out of downing street last night after the resignation of another seniorfigure, the director of communicatio

i'm joined now by our correspondent in washington, will grant.for the selection. absolutely. it is been a long time getting to this point and a lot of money, this selection cost somewhere between $14 billion spent on it already some seven of those on the presidential election campaign alone. it's been a long, arduous campaign and of course coming on the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, which is ravaged parts of the united states, more than 230,000 americans have died from the coronavirus and we put that in context you listen to those two reports from our north american correspondence and editors, you really do get an appreciation of an election like no other in this country. it it is amazing to see them count all the votes, no matter how long it takes, compton properly and donald trump says only count them on election day and then stop, something that's never happened before. there is a real different approach. again, that gets to the heart of the differences between the two men and their two campaigns. if you look at the way the republicans

joining me now is our correspondent in washington will grant. hello.alk us through what has gone on there in georgia? well, as we know, the margin of victory was pretty slender the first time of asking. it was below the 0.5% which meant that a recount could be put forward and the trump campaign called for that to happen, as was the right, but ultimately all that has happened is that has confirmed what we already knew, as you explained just there, that this state goes to joe biden. we knew that, this is confirmed and the only margin of error in a couple of places was the greatest margin of error was 0.73% in one county, but the vast majority of counties remained exactly as they had been. on election night, essentially. so this is a blow, clearly, for the trump's bid to try and overturn the result of this election? undoubtedly. there is a variety of places where they are trying. but georgia will now go forward to certification. there is still a minor avenue for him to call for another manual recount to call for another manual recou nt after to call for a

joining me now from washington is our correspondent will grant.acted quite an interesting group of people, haven't they? it is not a huge group of people, that needs to be said right at the top. it is in the thousands. it is certainly not the thousands. it is certainly not the hundreds of thousands, which the organisers hoped for. it is, by and large, ordinary voters, ordinary trump voters who feel his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud are true, and they want to show support for that. people have flown in and driven in all over the country for that. this is by no means like shutting down washington, dc or anything like that. you do kind of feel that this doesn't have the energy that president trump would have hoped it had. 306 was the magic number for president trump would have hoped it had. 306 was the magic numberfor president trump in 2016, and he described it as a landslide. still no sign of a concession. people are worried this is now going to affectjoe biden‘s transition to january. when you hear some of those people out in the streets,

the bbc‘s will grant in washington explains the significance of dr fauci's warnings.ou just showed then, i think it's a snapshot, isn't it, ofjust how serious this coronavirus pandemic, this latest and most severe spike that the united states is going through, is. and i think that is clarifying minds around washington, around the country, no doubt, in terms of the job ahead. now, thatjob is simply not made any easier when the outgoing president, the incumbent, simply refuses to accept the result of a race that more and more is now seen as completely cut and dried. so clearly the call from joe biden‘s team is for that now to end. and i think what anthony fauci is doing is, as somebody who is coming at this from a public health perspective and not a political one, he is saying, "look, normal transitions are aided by the ability to sit down around a table, put political differences to one side and do what is best for the public health provision of americans." and i think it has simply reached that point where he is trying to appeal to the greater good, if you like. we ve

earlier i spoke to our our north america correspondent will grant who's in washington.ated allegations, and that got repeated very quickly by biden supporters who we re very quickly by biden supporters who were looking for any chances was the concession they were waiting for. then he was quick, president trump, to turn around and say, i concede nothing. so that's where we are, and i suspect that this is about as far as he will go. he will always, i think, claimed that he somehow won at this election and it was only denied victory by a conspiracy involving the left and the media and so on involving the left and the media and so on and so forth. but this can't go on forever, and i think we have the cut—off point of december the 12th, where, legally, this has got to have been resolved. how many legal actions are still being played? that there is a variety, but there seem to be falling, a lot of them, at the first hurdle. 0ver there seem to be falling, a lot of them, at the first hurdle. over the past 48 hours, he has had difficulties in some of the key battlegrounds. there

to make sense of all this, let us cross live now to our correspondent will grant in washington.ia. a couple of the larger county still left but we are not expecting a change in the result there. no, we are not and i think that is really the key point that the donald trump campaign is continuing along this path. he pointed out that he is still making these unsubstantiated claims of election fraud on twitter. and these are something he will pursue to the bitter end. but it does almost begin to look like the bitter end is on its way. certainly in wisconsin, in the two counties that they have paid to have the partial recount there, it is also admitted that it will not overturn the result. so that does eventually ta ke the result. so that does eventually take it closer. assuming that is the case, to a point where president trump looks extremely isolated in terms of continuing to deny thatjoe biden is the president—elect. terms of continuing to deny thatjoe biden is the president-elect. and yet he continues to insist electoral fraud on social media and twitter continues to underline t

the bbc‘s will grant in washington explains the significance of dr fauci's warnings. just showed then, i think it's a snapshot, isn't it, ofjust how serious this coronavirus pandemic, this latest and most severe spike the united states is going through, is. and i think that is clarifying minds around washington, around the country, no doubt, in terms of the job ahead. now, thatjob is simply not made any easier when the outgoing president, the incumbent, simply refuses to accept the result of a race that more and more is now seen as completely cut and dried. so clearly become from joe biden‘s team is for that now to end. —— the call from joe biden‘s team. and i think what anthony fauci is doing is, as somebody who is coming at this from a public health perspective and not a political one, he is saying, "look, "normal transitions are aided by the ability to sit "down around a table, but political differences "to one side and do what is best for the public health "provision of americans." and i think it simply reached that point where he is trying to appeal to the greate

earlier i spoke to our correspondent, will grant, who is in washington — and asked him whether presidenttrumpto fully concede tojoe biden. this wasn't fully not by any means, was a? just a few words that he quickly rode back on. if it indicates that he's leaning in that direction that's clearly what the democrats want. i think the pressure is building both because there is pressure building on individual key republicans in the senate, in the house and of course people inside donald trumps inner circle to who potentially want to leave in a slightly more dignified fashion than theirs. sort of, holding on till the bitter end. public health officials are playing their role to particular anthony felty. the leading epidemiologist who has pointed out just how severe the current coronavirus pandemic is in the united states. and as a result, is creating real difficulties in combating that if the transition tea m combating that if the transition team forjoe biden can't get their hands on the information they need. where is the sign that senior republicans who we might be forced to listen to making the

joining me now from washington is our correspondent will grant.es, i think people have travelled from all over the united states, putting to some of the voices we have heard coming out of there. people from florida and various other states you have wanted to show, places they can drive from. you can see people leaving their hotel lobbies to get down there. a steady stream of people. when president trump came on his way through to play golf today, there we re through to play golf today, there were only a few hundred. then it swelled to its thousand, and amongst them are the members of the proud boys movement, members of the extremist fire rate movement to bring an uncomfortable edge to proceedings. president trump made a brief appearance on the way to play golf. it was a brief. we'll have to see if he makes another one on the way back. it perhaps isn't yet or isn't likely to be the million people that they expected at the start, or certainly expected to be title of the million maga ma. he has a core group of supporters who may simply never accept t

the head of the un's refugee agency says he thinks humanitarian access to the region will be granted as soon as possible. at least 31 afghans, mainly soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack. in ghastly province, dozens were injured. attack targeted a public protection force compound belonging to afghan security forces. no group has yet claimed responsibility. now, rights groups say thousands of migrant domestic workers in the middle east face poor working conditions and are at risk of physical and sexual assault. the human rights agency brac says a number of bodies of female workers have been sent back to bangladesh from the gulf in the past 3 years. temperature alatri reports now from baghdad. us the cries of relatives as another coffin arabs from the middle east at the international airport terminal in september, 2019. mongol comes why? for him? a cotton was found dead hanging from a selling fan at the home where she worked as a domestic helper in saudi arabia. her body has still not been returned home, alive about disability. the employer paid for her 1st 8 months of wo

i'm joined now by our correspondent will grant in washington., is it likely to affect the overall outcome even in the state of georgia in terms ofjoe biden's when there? there can be small pockets of changes but i think they may be little more than hundreds here in there and what donald trump needs to affect any kind of change in georgia would be in the thousands. and that simply does not appear to be happening. as you say, the hand count we should be hearing back from sometime on thursday. but while there might be a slightly eat into the lead for joe biden, which is narrow below 0.5%, which triggered the recount in the first place, it will not or certainly will not be fitted to change the result of this state. i'm also intrigued by the challenge in wisconsin because it seems the areas they have chosen are heavily democratic areas that would be very unlikely to have a different result emerge as a result of a recount. i think actually that is unlikely to go the way that donald trump predicts or hopes. to an extent, they have paid these three men

and the head of the un's refugee agency says he hopes humanitarian access to the region will be granted . as soon as possible, at least $31.00 afghans mostly soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in gaza. the problems in one of the bloodiest, bloodiest attacks in recent months. local health officials say another $24.00 were injured. it happened when the attack and detonated explosives inside a car. it targeted a public protection force compound belonging to afghan security forces, and no group has yet claimed responsibility. i mistook my name is the founding member of the afghanistan offense units, which is a security think tank joins us from kabul by skype. mr. he mumbled to the program. so this is one of the single deadliest attacks in recent months. no yet any claim of responsibility, but some local officials pointing the finger at the taliban. yeah, definitely need that was writing, i was reading any part on the incident. one of the news agencies, international agencies, had contacted the taliban spokesperson, who did deny not excepted be responsibility for that attack.

will grant reports.een a race to the white house like no other, all at the of it against a backdrop of a global pandemic that has claimed 230,000 american lives. for some, election day has been a chance to pause, to reflect. suddenly president trump's challenger has prevented this vote as a referendum on the unpredictable presidency, on the four years of deep polarisation and division. joe biden, often mocked by the president for his advanced age, made his final call for votes from his childhood home in the crucial battle ground pennsylvania. the state of pennsylvania. cheering president trump's path to victory is narrow, narrower even than in his unlikely win four years ago, but he has upset the odds in the past and insists he hasn't prepared a speech eitherfor insists he hasn't prepared a speech either for victory insists he hasn't prepared a speech eitherfor victory or insists he hasn't prepared a speech either for victory or defeat. winning is easy, losing is never easy, not for me, it's not. so it a

and let's speak to our correspondent in washington, will grant.tely simon, this does feel like the moment the lawyers move in and the legal battle begins, doesn't it. we heard just how bill yam barr... to investigate substantial allegations of voting irregularity, now that is a split with the past in two key way, first, that decision would normally be left to the states and secondly the election itself has to be certified before such investigations begin. that was enough, those changes were enough to prompt the man who is normally in charge of such investigation, a guy called richard pilger to resign in protest, the legal complications don't end there. the biden team are weighing up their legal options, they are concern about the fact that a woman called emily murphy who is in charge of releasing the funds for transition, signing a letter to allow that to happen, and to allow biden members of staff to enter government buildings hasn't done so. with donald trump, he has about 70 days left in this billing and it looks like it is going to run for the

thank you, will grant.results, celebrating a little bit now that joe biden is ahead. i think donald trump's supporters by and large are willing to be patient and allow every vote to be counted. there was a relatively small protest of about 100 people in atlanta today of trump supporters who were kind of peddling some of the misinformation that the president and his supporters had been saying about there being fraud and the vote being stolen. that is unfounded and again that was a relatively small protest. for the most part, georgians want the counting to continue because they know that's part of a fair election process. tia mitchell, corresponding with the atlanta journal—constitution newspaper. we can speak now to leslie vinjamuri, who's the director of us and the americas programme at chatham house. good to see you, thank you very much for joining good to see you, thank you very much forjoining us. how strong are the cases that donald trump says he is going to take to court? so far, not very, and that is

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most people will grant you that. let's talk about another case that we discussed in the book. that was praised as a low caution initiative. why is a conventional wisdom wrong. i think people who haven't really focused on this would say obviously the iraq war was a disaster. the cost off the charts. there were other cases where it was successful. the first intervention. it's like the poster child. it's not like the iraq war. for a relatively small amount of money. it is nothing as far as these things go. we have achieved the objectives. at first of course. it was another lesson in all of this. under carter. the objective was to push to the government. bob gates at that time. over time after that. we are can change the regime. the mission and escalation. it was an obvious success. it didn't cost much. we got rid of the communist back ever met. what could be better. how could you argue against that. when you put in full project it was a no-brainer that this was a great idea. it is true that we have achieved those objectives. we also led to by pursuing the support of the oppositio

i will grant you that. i do not want to dignify a tweet that continues to spread the ludicrous and absurd and disinformation that his case goes on and it will prevail. he's not accepting the outcome of the election still. at core he's still sending the message to 73 million americans that joe biden's election, we may give him the protocols or the keys to the white house or the map to how the system works or whatever, we may give him all the documents that he needs to let himself in and work the nest but he's still an illegitimate president in donald trump's eyes. that may be the best that we get from him, it is not good enough and it is a dangerous posture that he continues to maintain and one that we should all continue to beat on this president historically to actually eventually capitulate and acknowledge that he has lost. >> let me give jennifer a chance to do that. i know the president does not use any transition language. he won't use the word transition or president-elect just like emily murphy won't

lets speak to our washington correspondent, will grant.on wire speed, remind us what this is and what we are expecting to hear from president trump. this is president's trump team who are trying to co—ordinate the efforts and deal and ove i’co m e co—ordinate the efforts and deal and overcome the situation that you have laid out so clearly at this stage. we heard just how bad things are across the nation in the united states at the moment. 0peration warp speed, one of its objectives is to get that vaccine up and running. of course pfizer who were not part of that seem to think the closest major pharmaceutical company to reach the point where they might have something operational by early next year, may be the spring of next year but i think we can fully expect president trump to try to take a large part of the credit for that because of christ during the campaign he stated that a vaccine is very close even though a lot of people are sceptical about that. so, i think that is probably the kind of rhetoric we will hear from him when he addres

will replace an inoperable thermal imageing camera on our marine vessel. the existing camera has raeched the end of the useful life and is currently inoperable. and so this grant will help pay for its replacement. the equipment would be used to help locate search and rescue victims that may be located in water and california's operational safety where there might be poor visibility. and with that, if there is any questions on this resolution, i will do my best to answer them. >> i don't see any questions on this resolution either. so maybe that makes sense for sergeant youngblood to come back and we will take a vote and public comment on each item. >> i would like to read the line item into the record. >> of course. >> that is last one that was just presented was line item 4, which was discussion and possible action to adopt a resolution urging the board of supervisors to authorize the chief of police to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $101,859 from the state of california department of park and recreation, division of boating and waterways, for the sfpd marine unit for the project period beginning october 1, 2020 and ending september

we seem to have lost will grant. i was just we seem to have lost will grant.r states are really crucial right now? well, it's michigan, pennsylvania and a couple of those other states. arizona in particular. it caused a bit of confusion last night because some networks actually did declare it in favour ofjoe biden but we are still actually waiting for the result encase there any confusion there. —— just in case. we need to ta ke there. —— just in case. we need to take a closer look at that. the person with the numbers, with the board is reeta at the touch—screen. thank you. i want to show you three states that are still very much in contention, really important results. i beg your pardon, i've gone to the wrong screen. let me try again. that's what i should have brought up. georgia, nevada and arizona. all really close races that are still going on. let's go to georgia and have a look at the detail. 16 electoral college votes, a sizeable states, georgia. 93% of the votes have been counted meaning there are about 350,000 votes till left to be counted. we know f

convicted a year ago of lying to congress and witness tampering now says he hopes the president will grant him a full pardon after trump commuted his sentence this summer. like i said, quite a contrast. at almost exactly same time, the president-elect was saying this. >> our democracy was tested this year. what we learned is this. the people of this nation are up to the task. in america we have full and fair and free elections. and then we honor the results. the people of this nation and the laws of the land won't stand for anything else. >> at almost the exactly same time the president of the united states was still trying to subvert the will of the people, refusing to accept the fact that he lost the election, praising rudy giuliani's lies as he called into a phony voter fraud event to make it clear to this event in pennsylvania. >> this election was rigged and we can't let that happen. we can't let it happen for our country and this election has to be turned around. this is going to be your crowning achievement because you're saving our country. >> the fact is joe biden got 8,026,721 vo