Fears of a humanitarian disaster after a powerful Tropical Storm smashes into Central America. Before days after america went to the pull still action remains undecided with a nation on edge democratic challenger joe biden vote is moving further ahead of President Donald Trump in the battleground states where biden has spoken in an address to the nation saying hes convinced he will win the race and heres why hes ahead in the states of pennsylvania nevada and georgia so far biden is projects its a 1264 Electoral College votes while trump is still on see hundreds and 14 the number of course of course a cup president of the United States is 270 so bison needs to win in only one of those yellow undecided states to get over the line where rob reynolds reports now from los angeles. Joe biden took the stage looking weary but full of confidence we dont have a final declaration of victory yet but the numbers tell us its clear to us a clear and convincing story were going to win this race. By now leads donald trump in pennsylvania by a significant margin and a narrow one in georgia he also remains ahead in nevada and arizona as vote counting continues and whats becoming clear each hour is that Record Number of americans of all races faiths religions chose change over more of the same theyve given us a mandate for action on covert the economy Climate Change systemic racism. Biden called for healing after a bitter and rancorous campaign lets put the anger in the demonisation behind us its time for us to come together as a nation to heal its not going to be easy we have to try the Trump Campaign launched a barrage of lawsuit seeking to halt vote counting or to toss out mail and absentee ballots tabulated after election day but the president s lawyers provided little if any evidence of fraud no i think 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 and that is attorney general called the Trump Campaigns voting fraud complaint in his state garbage multiple studies over the years have concluded that vote fraud in the u. S. Is if stream a rare in georgia bidens lead is so slim a recount is being planned as we are closing in on a final count we can begin to look toward our next steps with a margin that small there will be likely a recount in georgia pro trump demonstrators continued to protest around the country convinced that foul play was underway it raises the hair on the back of your neck where theyre trying to plan where theyre planning to. Theyre going to theyre going to steal this election. Meanwhile biden supporters celebrated in the streets of several cities. After days of painfully slow vote counting most americans are eager for this election to finally be over but given trumps apparent determination not to concede defeat the legal battles could stretch on for weeks robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. Well a top u. S. Supreme Court Justices ordered all mail in ballots arriving in pennsylvania after election day he kept separate well thats how the votes were already being tallied some republicans had us Justice Samuel alito to keep them unkind but justice ignored request legal challenges were pending well lets get more now from mike hanna he joins us live from delaware which is where the Joe Biden Campaign holds up Mike Joe Biden addressed the nation a few hours ago but it wasnt quite a victory speech was it. No it wasnt turned biden making very clear that he didnt want to declare victory prematurely but making clear at the same time as well that he was optimistic and in fact certain that when the votes are tallied he will be the big in this election and certainly all the figures are pointing towards exactly that we are expecting him once a major call is made when a projection is made from one of these states in particular pennsylvania that is appointed which he is likely to declare a victory in this election but at the moment biden continuing to call for calm asking his supporters to exercise patience at the same time trying to build a coalition in the months ahead saying for example that these political opponents are just a code and say are not enemies attempting to build bridges of particularly these last divisive 4 years under the trunk administration so why didnt now moving forward no declaration of victory as yet but thats likely to certainly within the next 24 hours. And mike the plans for victory is looking clearer for the. Campaign what are their next steps. Well the next it has joe biden explained is that he and his Vice President who would be Vice President s have been sitting down planning what they are going to do next they are talking about transition they have for example be meeting with Health Experts to discuss and fine tune their anti pandemic plan a plan that joe biden has made public a number of months ago so they have a lot of work to do as biden says and they are starting to do that now but there is the transition period to come should joe biden win this election and thats going to be a pretty bruising one because all indications are is that they are not going to get much cooperation from the trunk administration remembering too that when the trumpet ministration took over from the bomber one there wasnt much cooperation there either not from the obama side but certainly the Incoming Trump team did not appear to be very interested in the handing over or learning anything from the outgoing abominate teen so clearly the trumpet ministration not very good at hand was it would appear given that experience and this would be a very difficult trials for biden and harris to get together a Transitional Team to get through the process of transition with little or no cooperation from the administration that theyre taking over so that will be a very difficult period but biden indicating that he is well aware of that and he and his Vice President now beginning to plan now beginning to put a Transition Team together ok mike hanna there live from wilmington in delaware thank you very much indeed. Well afaik Election Officials say theres yet to be any evidence of voting irregularities but Donald TrumpsRepublican Party says legal teams have been sent she states to investigate nonetheless. We have seen some discrepancies in michigan and some irregularities that deserve investigation democrats and the media spent 4 years and millions of taxpayer dollars talking about a russian hoax on the grounds of Election Integrity now with just over 48 hours after polls have closed in an actual election for president they want to ignore clear irregularities russia call states as one and the selection we will not stand for that every candidate in every office from president down to the local level has a legal right to challenge irregularities that occur in the process of canvassing ballots we intend to ensure that every lawful voter has their vote counted in accordance with the law that observers are granted the access they are do under state law and that any irregularities that have occurred whether by a malicious attack intent or incompetence are fully investigated to the fully fullest extent allowed under the law well. In washington d. C. For those who are just hearing from the r n c but we havent heard from trying to break louis. Well thats because beyond giving his extremely inflammatory and inaccurate remarks in the White House Briefing room on thursday evening the president has been on twitter but he hasnt been there frequently in fact much of what he has tried to tweet in the last 48 hours or so has been flagged by twitters moderators as containing in accurate or inflammatory information about the us elections process and so those tweets were pulled down so we dont know whether the president was chastened by this but he certainly did complain at one point about twitter censoring him but we should remember that twitter is a private company and can dictate how the Public Employee is its all for ins what has been happening is that we have seen the president s Campaign Legal team trying to push forward the effort to stop the counting of ballots in 4 battleground states but except in one instance these efforts have not been successful mainly because the judges hearing those cases either think that the arguments are specious or that there just isnt enough evidence to even justify a full Court Hearing recess or any kind of plan in place from the campaign and case this litigation continues to fail. Well we dont know yet what the plan is no one from the campaign has actually spoken to this except to say that they are continuing to fight for what they believe is the president s victory what is noteworthy is that Rupert Murdoch who is the owner of both news corp and Fox News Channel here in the United States well 2 of his news outlets Fox News Channel and now the wall street journal are putting forward arguments for why donald trump should consider being a gracious loser should consider conceding the race to joe biden even before there is an official declaration that one candidate or the other has gained 270 Electoral College votes the idea is that doing so would burnish Donald Trumps legacy now whether or not that argument coming from news outlets that the president has enjoyed to using in public over the past 4 years well thats an outside question but certainly it is being remarked upon here in washington overnight ok Rosalynn George and that live from washington d. C. Thank you. Also more still to come here on aljazeera including an escalation in ivory coast prosecutors announced new charges against opposition leaders after an election marred by violence. And the 1st mosque in centuries opens in the great capsule offense well have reaction from the muslim community. 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Dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic lets start with some of the on the ground realities affecting the News Coverage whats the lay of the land there stripping away the spam a gripping story about president ial corruption it is real reporting its not if you keep challenging assumptions and the official line we decided we need to tell it i was the group we dont want to rely on the authority and the media village think post on aljazeera. The on the earth. This is al jazeera quick reminder of the top story this hour democratic president ial nominee joe biden has addressed his supporters in his home state of delaware lates on friday hes still not declaring victory says he will eventually be victorious the race remains too cool still cold this hour but as donald trump trails behind us he has vowed to challenge the results biden is ahead in the key battleground states pennsylvania georgia and nevada and. Early celebrations have been held by biden supporters across the country several rallies also been held to back President Donald Trump bidens supporters been responding to the president s false claims that stomach rats trying to steal the white house. Well lets take a quick look at how the charan singh is progress against some of those aqib battleground states that weve been talking about starting off with pennsylvania biden ahead of trump by more than 28000 votes close to 29. 00 fires and their decision in this state could come in the next few hours the remaining ballots to be cancer mostly mail and ballots from the democratic leaning cities or philadelphia and pittsburgh a win there will propel biden past the 270 electoral votes and biden is also leading in georgia by more than 4000 votes the last known usually tight race. But he is so poorly ahead officials in georgia are saying that they are expecting a recount there as per the law of the state of cancer it can request a recount if the margin of difference is within point 5 or 8 Percentage Points or President Trump has premier cheerily declared victory multiple times since election day poll also alleging voter fraud says latest comments on thursday nights have driven a number of republicans to distance themselves from their partys candidates jeff flake former Republican Senate senator from arizona called on republicans to defend u. S. Elections and Democratic Institutions saying no republican should be ok with the president s statements just now. Lets get more on the selection from robert good share he is an associate professor of sociology at Lancaster University and editor of the Trump Presidency journalism and wont proceed joining us now from lancaster in the u. K. Schizo have you with this lets just start with an overall view of this election its still too close to call why do you think its so undecided at this stage why hasnt it been cold severe look at some of the states like nevada. Joe bidens ahead over 20 percent over 20000 votes. Yeah you know we knew this was going to go on certainly past Election Night and a day or so afterward but we didnt think maybe that it was going to go so far into the week and into next week certainly even if they were to call pennsylvania that would put you know joe biden over the over the line but what we would what we would see though is still a continued contest in the courts and so even if we had a definitive mark here in the next 24 hours or so that could give some side of relief to one candidate or the other but its going to be those Court Battles that are that are going on let alone you know still these bags of of mail in ballots that are still being counted that brought out millions and millions of votes early on and the election thats really been the thorn in the side of both campaigns. 6 until a winner comes through and it will be largely thanks to those mail in ballots. So do you think that this will have to were going to. Come through before anyone will colas selection for either donald trump or or joe bidens an orgy think people are im trying to say are People Holding back from coal in this election because theyre worried about what do you next. Well you know donald trump has been pretty silent since those tweets on thursday night in terms of his vindication or his his his grasp. To win this and so there is some hesitancy because we know we have recounts that are that are happening or will be happening we know we have contests that are happening or will be happening but certainly if joe biden does get a couple of those states and does have a far enough lead donald trump may not have a choice but never concede but hell have to acknowledge that in his mind the election has been stolen or will have to acknowledge that he didnt steal it or win it himself and so its going to have to be not just to 70 not just to 71. 00 but its going to have to be something significantly more than that for donald trump to step down and maybe not look to the courts but look to the numbers to say that he may not be president for the next 4 years and what role do they do you think the Republican Party has simply here do you think there will be pressure on donald trump to basically not to concede the election but still undermining it because that has been a concern with his comments by talking about how this is being stolen the joe biden the news was trying to steal the election muslims or minding the entire democratic system that the United States is built on so do you think the Republican Party will intervene at some point. Well other than the white house donald trump doesnt have anything to lose and how he responds to this election if hes not president he goes back to business what republicans have to think about is how they would work with a Biden Administration and so if that means coming out and calling for donald trump to alter his behavior or his rhetoric or even to concede thats much more about those republicans in a relationship with Biden Administration and keeping their own seats and keeping their constituents happy. Than it is about about pleasing donald 4 trump i mean if hes out of the white house hes out of the white house he may return for another campaign he certainly will be a part a force in the Republican Party and its agenda anyway but at this point you know hes got nothing to lose than to just continue to be rate if if thats the route he chooses to go which he has in the past to undermine and to question you know hes still got a lot of stuff to do before january january 20th so his presidency isnt over yet even if he loses this this election on paper and so you know the republicans have to think about how they would create a good force and a good solid approach to a biden ministration if that if that happens ok im a big joining us there from lancaster in the u. K. Thank you very much indeed for your thoughts. President comes chief of staff mark meadows has tested positive for corona virus some clear when the 61 year old contract the Virus Campaign aids has also been in fact since the u. S. Has seen another record jump in corona virus infections 120000 cases where the ones who stayed. Another new record by some factions has been recorded in france for the 2nd straight day and almost 16500 new coronavirus cases on friday and 828 deaths and before hundreds of those fatalities were in hospital the rest were recorded in Retirement Homes over the past few days. He will be as parliament has approved a new interim governments for the Northern Tier a region Prime Minister of murdered a military offensive in the area on whedons day after accusing the regions ruling tea p. L. F. Party of attacking government soldiers and accusation it denies on friday Government Air strikes had a number of targets cysts the operation is clear and limits its military objectives. 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Ivory coast prosecutors say theyre investigating 3 opposition leaders for insurrection murder terrorism and accused of projection president Allison Watters reelection and planning to settle there by the government the Constitutional Court has extended a deadline for objections to last weekends results as in whats really has been declared the winner but opposition parties say theyll settle on a transitional government. Is in abidjan with more 100 people of reaction to the Political Uncertainty there. The streets of economic capital are much calmer than they used to be in the early days of the election now there is less security presence on the streets however there is significant presence of the Security Forces around the homes of opposition leaders in abidjan here and apart from that there is because of the situation you cannot make activities are picking up here is one of the markets in the city and here traders are opening their shops and ill go there are many traders and businessmen who are still skeptical of the situation they would prefer to wait until after the pronouncement of the Constitutional Court and see how things go from there apart from the economic sector the Education Sector is also being closely watched our schools are due to resume next monday and there are concerns from families and people in the capital here about whether or not to send their children back to school there are people with spoken to whove moved their families out of the country ahead of the election fearing that violence will break out who are calling it was whether its safe to bring the children back to school now people are watching closely to see on monday whether these schools were open also schools will be hard to see how things go after the pronouncements of the Constitutional Court and see whether or not there will be reaction from opposition supporters. At least 3 people have been killed in afghanistans capital in a bomb explosion among the casualties as. A former news presenter for tolo new surge in violence comes as government goes c. H. Is continued talks with the taliban here in doha. Turkey Central Bank Governor has been fired. Had held the position since july last year he was removed by a president ial decree after the turkish lira breached a record low position has now been reassigned to the former finance minister. Muslims in greece attended the 1st ever friday prayers in a newly opened mosque in athens mosque was officially opened own choose day and is the 1st to be established in the capital since the 19th century the decision to build it was made in 2006 but it was delayed by legal challenges and protests its estimated half a 1000000 people for the city. More than 150 people are missing and feared dead in guatemala after Tropical Storm triggered mudslides in a remote mountainous region dozens of people were killed across Central America since made landfall and shes day. Reports of. What a 1000000 troops rescued the survivors stranded on roofs some friday in a remote mountainous area of. Heavy rains from the remnants of hurricane heda of caused a massive mudslide tori to say might have killed 100 people. In a News Conference president. Said it will be days before the true toll of the storm is known. This morning we had 4 dead but unfortunately that figure went up to 50 after mudslides took place and who are to now go and San Cristobal were trying to reach those areas by foot because we cant get there any other way roads have been cut off. Its taught many of the dead were buried in their homes in the village of about 150 houses have been swallowed by mudslides there. In western on do it as high winds and heavy rain of also damaged thousands of homes killing dozens and fry the residents gather to retrieve their belongings from the degrees below but they believe im in pain because of lost everything ive been struggling for years to have my house in the street the 3rd got us to give me something better. Rescue. Operations across much of Central America have been slowed by destroyed roads and bridges evacuation orders remain in place in parts of them dress as flooding was still a possibility and somehow you cannot accommodate that we have been advising people that are here on the edge of zone 5 that there is an alert that the river is rising more so that they dont risk their lives. In a Central America reals forecasters say the storm is regaining strength as it heads toward cuba in florida over the weekend the summer and al jazeera. This is al jazeera these are the headlines democratic nominee joe biden has addressed the nation in his home state of delaware late on friday hes still not declaring victory but says he will eventually win the election by since the heads in the key battleground states of pennsylvania georgia and nevada we both know tensions are high they can be