Hello im terry martin good to have you with us facing growing likelihood of defeat in the u. S. President ial election donald trump has again claimed without evidence that he won and that democrats are trying to steal the election in fact trump is losing ground as counting continues in 4 swing states that remain undecided lets take a look at the latest figures show biden with 264 and President Trump with 214 Electoral College votes in georgia where 16 electoral votes are up for grabs its an extremely tight race biden and trump are still neck and neck there with 99 percent of votes counted the latest count has shown the former Vice President less than 2000 votes behind the president and catching up fasts pennsylvania is the biggest yet to be decided the biggest state with 20 electoral votes donald trump currently holds a narrow lead there. But that gap is narrowing and the remaining mail in ballots are expected to favor joe biden. So arizona their votes are still being counted to the a. P. News agency which is our main source of election data has called that for biden but most other Media Outlets have not called it yet 11 College Votes are at stake there which were including in bidens count but that could yet change and then theres no vada joe biden currently has a slim lead there the state carries the 6 votes he needs to win theres still around 190000 votes left to count in the bottom with most in democratic papered areas. So with votes still being tallied Donald Trumps path to victory is looking increasingly difficult states in the red or blue have been called by a. P. For trump or biden states in lighter blue or pink or leaning toward biden or trump respectively any one state will give biden the win trump needs a culmination of states to hang on. So facing tough odds trump has once again addressed the nation stating multiple polls hoods and saying he is being robbed of his 2nd term well the Trump Campaign has launched legal action claiming fraud trying to stop the count in some states state officials state Election Officials say there is 0 evidence of any wrongdoing to the contrary counting is proceeding smoothly a crossed the country they say well heres some of what President Trump had to say challenge joe and every democrat to clarify that they only want legal votes because they talk about votes and i think we should use the word legal eagle votes we want every legal vote counted and i want every legal vote counted we want openness and transparency no secret count rooms no mystery ballots no illegal votes being cast after election day you have election day and the laws are very strong in that you have an election and they dont want votes cast after election day and they want the process to be an honest one and so important we want an honest election and we want an honest count. And we want honest people working back there because its a very important job so thats the way this country is going to win this way the United States will win and we think we will win the election very easily we think theres going to be a lot of litigation because we have so much evidence so much proof and its going to end up perhaps that the highest court in the land will see. Trump talking earlier well Peter Roald Dahl from our Election Team is here with us once again peter illegal votes mystery ballot secret count rooms this is rather extraordinary coming from the president what is he talking about but i can be honest with you terry i kind of wish i knew. There are no secret count rooms both parties have observers during the election the trunk campaign in pennsylvania for instance has said that it would like also its own of service in the top elation rooms the state of pennsylvania has you know agree to this in theory they have warned howard that it could you know markedly slow down the process for mystery ballots and legal votes Election Officials and observers have said that this has been a remarkably smooth election reports of irregularities have been minimal the ones that happened found have largely been very swiftly corrected but we are looking at in lection that is you know thats record of the highest turnout number in over a century on top of that were looking at election thats taken place in the middle of a pandemic and that has forced a lot of states to you know think very quickly on their feet to try to come up with alternative ways to ensure a smooth and fair and secure election and part of that has been rely more heavily on on mail in ballots. The dots put an immense strain on election all because thats officially delayed somewhat the top elation process so to answer your question i think were looking at a president who is currently not. Looking like hes winning and whos essentially making trumped up allegations to cast doubt on a perfectly legitimate democratic process you know trump says hes going to take this to the Supreme Court. We know thats been part of his game plan for some time because he said as much and thats part of the reason he rushed and the republicans rush to confirm a macone barrett to the Supreme Court ahead of the election. You know so far though every claim almost that theyve that theyve brought every every suit that theyve brought has largely been dismissed by the courts it was an extraordinary statement the president made a very solemn burm lets listen into a little more of what he had to say but ive been talking about mail in voting for a long time its its really destroyed our system its a corrupt system and it makes people corrupt even if they arent by nature but theyve become corrupt its too easy. They want to find out how many votes they need and then they seem to be able to find them they wait and wait and then they find them. So present casting doubt on the legitimacy of mail in ballots which is a standard part of any election accusations of corruption from him there weve heard this from the president before even before the election happened if this has no basis in fact though why is the president saying this well 2 things i think you know one is to cut down a perfectly legitimate part of the process so that if he were to lose he could lose and say face somehow hes obviously also talk with him very clearly 2 or dock yelling almost 2 to his base who would then also a blood. Apply pressure weve seen a lot of these protesters turn out at some of the elections on target this is bizarre it sounds like hes casting doubt on the electoral process in itself on elections yes and the irony here is not only that a lot of studies have show that that mail and voting its no more susceptible to fraud or regularities than in person voting the irony is obviously also that the president himself has taken advantage and used. Mail in balloting a lot of precedent because he is registered in florida. And theres a pedophile make theres a pandemic on top of that which we also have seen that he has not may be taken as seriously as maybe he should. One of the reason its taken so long to cast these ballots and i mentioned that the part of it is is you know the way the middle of a pandemic there are a large turnout but what were looking at right now is also a lot of these counting that still taking place as were looking about as theyre coming in from urban areas that much more populous areas and also because republican legislators have allowed this to happen despite the urging of local state Election Officials the g. O. P. Controlled legislators in michigan and pennsylvania wisconsin. All declined to let mail ballots be counted ahead of the election unlike a lot of other states that already started in the week leading up to the election so effectively they created a backlog a massive backlog of ballots that are now being counted and those are some of the states where were seeing really tight races and last minute ships because of these mail in ballots again we also heard from joe biden overnight european time he had a very different kind of News Conference lets hear what he had to say democracy is sometimes messy and sometimes requires a little patience as well but that patience has been rewarded now for more than 240 years this system of government governance thats been the envy of the world. We continue to feel. Continue to feel very good about where things stand we have no doubt that when the count is from the Senate Harrison i will be declared the winners so i ask everyone to stay calm all the people to stay calm the process is working the count is being completed and well know very soon. Joe biden saying that the process is working hes confident that he and connally harriss running mate will come out of this on top but hes calling for patience still saying were going to know very soon how soon peter does or any idea can we say now when well know what how to select. Will be decided it really depends pennsylvania has has indicated that of most were suggested that it might finish up counting ballots sooner than we expected so maybe today or tomorrow if that state of which currently trump is leading by a very very slim margin but the last days of copulation have shifted the winds and bidens favor. Were still looking to have. Im sorry and some 30400000 votes that remain to be counted also largely in urban areas and not has tended to favor joe biden. So i think theyre very optimistic in our friend if you went to pennsylvania. Sorry if he wins pennsylvania that would put him over the top to 270. 00 vote and that would essentially decide the election pending lawsuits. I mean so so he does have a lot more recent to be optimistic at this point were seeing the state of georgia shifting however were also seeing the state of nevada saying that it will need until november 12th probably before it finished counting so this really comes down to the wire we could be looking at least a week more this donald trump also has launched challenges where hes demanding a recount in some cases which you probably get which will probably get it really depends really depends i mean good there are is that we have seen a lot of movement over the over the past days so the big question is whether well have a Strong Enough case but i think of anything this summer that we just heard here from biden really illustrates the difference in character and frankly of challenger who at this point is acting more president ial objective lee speaking to the president himself and lets hope we do find out soon peter as dahl from our Election Team thanks so much. 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States with still no confirmed winner in the race for the white house in his 1st appearance since Election NightPresident Trump again slammed mail in voting which is used mostly by democrats his campaign has launched legal action in swing states to stop the counting of postal votes. Youre watching t. W. New so have more headlines for you at the top of the next hour coming up next weve got all the Business News for you with kate fergus stay tuned for that thanks. To. My 1st my steak was a sewing machine. My mom women are the ones that. Something as simple as that in home to ride a bicycle isnt. Since it isnt. And it took me as them until. Finally the game bob invented by yes i say this and 3 times the sewing machine sewing i suppose was more appropriate for goods than riding a bike