Most anticipated clashes to be previewing this weekends top of the tables when this they get clash between john and dortmund. Im rebecca riches welcome to the program theres still no official winner of the u. S. Election but just a few hours ago democratic president ial candidate joe biden made another public announcement he told supporters democrats would win this rice and with a clear majority pulling ahead of President Donald Trump in case states lets listen to some of what he had to say were going to win this race to circle it has happened since yesterday. 24 hours we are behind in georgia an hour ahead and were going to win that state 24 hours ago we were granted pennsylvania and we are going to win pennsylvania an hour ahead but were winning arizona were in nevada in fact our leads is doubled in nevada were on track to have over 300 electoral votes Electoral College votes and look at the National Numbers were going to win this race with a clear majority of the nation behind us weve gotten over 74000000 votes let me repeat that 74000000 votes thats more than any president ial ticket has ever gotten in the history United States of america and our vote total is still growing were beating donald trump over 4000000 votes and thats a margin is still growing as well kenneth bae straight to washington now and counting at him why his standing by carolina president. Joe biden looking more and more confident there have we had anything from President Trump to reaction to that speech. As we anticipated donald trump reacted by tweeting of course and he tweeted a video of republican congressman jim jordan he is a strong supporter who had an interview on fox news and to falsely claimed fraud he said that voters are being counted after election day in pennsylvania but that is the rule in that state ballots are allowed to be counted up to 3 days after election day he also claimed that some county is allowed to correct ballots and some other dont but that is exactly the this complicated situation we are facing each state and even each county has its a very own procedure its own formula to count the ballots so this is how president trav reacted and as expected his supporters will of follow this falsely claiming fraud on his narrative indeed quite dangerous in the tense situation atmosphere we are experiencing here right now you know i think a lot of people already just want to either side of the political aisle just wanting and i want to know why is it taking so long for the vote. Well as you know of the United States has different rules in every state and even in each county and there are different systems to count the ballots this takes also long because there are a lot of provisional ballots so that means that a voter who moved for example and change the address has to be certified so one has to be sure that hell only vote it once and twice from 2 different addresses and also in some cases its necessary to certify the signature of a border if its not clear enough on the ballots and this takes of course a lot of time to certify these things in pennsylvania as of course especially crucial because there are around 100000 ballots to be counted and 40000. 00 of these ballots are from philadelphia this is such a blue city that means that the ballots from there are probably going to be democratic voters and this is what put up joe biden even more in pennsylvania but again we dont have all votes counted in this all important state of pennsylvania and therefore we dont have a clear and official results yet no official result exactly but does end up winning you know its clear that in the United States there is deep division really clear from the results of the elections what can you tell us about that what does whoever wins need to do to try and bring together the country. That is going to be the big challenge for the next president of the United States we heard that speech of joe biden that he wants to try to keep all americans together he talks about the United States of america d and he also says that it doesnt it doesnt really know who voted for him if these are republicans and even Trump Supporters or not he is going to try and unite all the people in this country again but this is going to be a big big challenge because i was there we saw in each state donald trump has a very very big support of that state and also having having been traveling around the country and talking to supporters you can really say that these are followers and to almost blindly believe and trust in donald trump and they will keep on doing that so well have to wait until we have a winner of this president ial elections and then wait and hopefully it not see violence in this country but i can tell you rebecca that the atmosphere here is really tense and we are all hoping not to see the images we we are afraid often this would be the protests of pro trumpet and trombone the streets data on carolina speaking to us from washington thanks very much. So lets have a look at the results as they stand at the moment the overall picture hasnt shifted for quite a while now so far joe biden has 264 Electoral College votes dont trump has 204. 00 tane according to the a. P. News agency remember the candidates need 270. 00 College Votes to win pennsylvania would be a massive prize with its 20 a lecturer College Votes joe bidens laid there is currently around 12229000 with just 5 percent of the vote left to be counted the mail in votes being counted have been heavily favoring the democratic candidate and georgia with its 16 electoral votes is also extremely close by and has pulled ahead of trump there with a difference of just over 4000. 00 votes a recount in that state is expected overall now Donald Trumps pasta victory is looking increasingly narrow states in red or blue have been called by a pe for trump biden states there in light of blue or in pink a leaning toward biden or trump respectively any one of the remaining states will give joe biden the win President Trump needs a combination of states to win. Im joined now by boris foreman a political scientist at college but live in barras thanks for joining me calls for calm from the Biden Campaign and were same just how polarized polarized the country is do you think the u. S. Will remain this divided for the next 4 years. Well in the way the u. S. Has always been divided i mean after all this is a country that was built on slavery the divisions go very very deep theres been increased after the cold war and the cultural wars and there has been a deep split between the republican and Democratic Party ever since however i think its also important to emphasize that until very recently candidates from both sides played according to the democratic rules and were were on ring the Democratic Institutions of the attacks that were seeing by donald trump on the most important Democratic Institution that is the elections is a deeply problematic thing to happen i think its a make a make or break moment in american history. Now i seeing lawsuits and calls unfold from the Trump Campaign will that stick. It depends on how close the final count is i think i mean the Electoral College has been criticised often and i think for very good reasons i think its a problematic institution the only perhaps good thing about the Electoral College is that sometimes it makes the difference look bigger than it is an actual vote in the voting numbers in other words if biden actually does win the vibe about arizona maybe even george just pennsylvania he would have elected Electoral College count way about a buff 100 which would deal a jew demise the Trump Campaigns proposition to go to the courts weve already seen a recount cold for georgia just how long could this process drag out. Well normally the one weve seen in earlier elections is that it takes about a week or 2 for this to happen i mean the pressure is very high i think the reason that the last couple of Percentage Points off votes that need to be counted is in part taking so long because of well theres some love. Its oh and to people want to make absolutely sure theyre not making mistakes or for 2 weeks time probably we should know more but as you said i mean its legal battles begin as they do the little some have been rejected at the supper National State level but this could drag on for a little longer and. We could be waiting some time doris foreman a Political Science of college bowl and thanks very much for speaking to us lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world in chile antigovernment protesters have faced off with police who sprayed tear gas in 5 books in canada the demonstration in santiago was the latest in an ongoing social unrest movement thats been demanding reforms to the chalange Pension Health care and education systems. But the navy opiates Prime Minister says his air force has bombed depos and destroyed military hardware belonging to his former Coalition Allies in the tigre a region where tensions rose in september when tehran held the election against the Prime Ministers will experts fear the latest escalation could trigger a civil war the. Us President Donald Trumps top aide white house chief of staff mark meadows has contracted covert 19 the New York Times says meadows 1st tested positive one day after the election it said another aide was also diagnosed as having the virus. In the bundesliga german champions find munich travel to dortmund on saturday to play their arch rivals in a game known as the classic once again though the sounds of the match will echo off off of empty seats its being played during a partial lockdown because of germanys record coronavirus numbers dortmund germanys selfproclaimed football capital is in lockdown. On saturday it hosts germanys biggest game the socalled classic or the you wouldnt know that from looking around. Youd already be feeling the excitement and thats not the case anymore even at 12 oclock on a saturday even a game against byron is like any other day that was unthinkable 6 months ago the rules are strict no fans are allowed in the stadium and pubs must remain closed. To get if you want to go to the stadium. 80000 people in the flood lights go on instead you have to sit at home on the coach and. Through you go for this but if youre a proper fun. You get withdrawal symptoms. Its more. A life football is viewed by many fans as a minor casualty of locked own social worker. Sees it as a more serious problem he has worked for over 30 years with young football fans groups. The. Ball is not only the social glue that holds a lot of things together for ultras groups especially football is only a means to an end. There arent many areas where people can enjoy life like they can with football especially here in the rural area and when its not they are a very Important Pillar of our Youth Culture is broken away. One of dortmunds 3 largest groups has disbanded it said it couldnt see a future for itself amid the pandemic. Dont talk to the media but daniels knows them well. Positioned themselves very clearly and strongly against racism sexism and here in dortmund where its particularly needed against right wing tendencies. You cant lose young people who take this stance especially note. For many in germany football is about so much more than just the result less discerning fans can watch saturdays class ago from their living rooms. Youre watching news arts and culture is up next more headlines at the top of the hour im rebecca wrist in the end. Where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t. V. Shadow and if your newspapers when official information as a journalist i have worked on the streets of many qantas and their problems i was the same 14 source of inequality