The freeman foundation. By judy ter blum kovler foundation; pursuingerolutions for as neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And is is bbc world ne america. The race for the white house is coming down to georgia, arizona, nevada, and pennsylvania. Toy are among those sti declare. Joe biden has caed for calm,yi every vote will be given the respect it deserves. Each ballot must be counted. We have no doubt that when the count is finished, senator is and i will be declare the winners. Katty but there is r. Nsion in the the Trump Campaign launches legal bids to stop the count. Danish authorities plan to cull its mink population over concerns they can spread of the coronavirus to humans. Katty welcome to world ns america on pbs. With every hour that es by, joe biden is getting closer to hinald trump in the key races that will decide election. Americans have been watching closely the number of Electoral College votes eaccandidate has ceived. The candidate who reaches 270 will be the winner, but getting there has been a battle. Jon sopel s more. Jon as america waits, impatience grows, protests popping up in states where counting is going on. God bless america. Jon they are t mainlymp supporters, but last night, what they were chantingepended on e they were. This is detroithere trump had a lead, but his fans are shouting, stop the count. Go west to arizona where donald trump is trailing. Count those votes. The charge from trump sharogates is tthe democrats are trying to steal the election. We are filing this lawsuit to protect legal voters. It is unacceptable in this country to have illegal votes counted. Jon aer this news conference, rick grenell, president trumps former advisor, was chased and asked you havent presented any evidence of fraud. Jon an arizona and nevada, joe owbiden holds naeads, and in pennsylvania and georgia in the south, the presint is just ahead. In georgia, we had this update on the pressures facing the counting staff. Fast is great. We more appreciate accuracy. Accuracy is going to be the bedrock upon which people will believe the outcome of this election. Jon donald trump hasnt spoken publicly since he made this statement on election, nig but his campaign ve launcd multiple lawsuits a demandi recount in wisconsin, calling for counting to be stopped in other states, alleging fraud in nevada, and he has tweeted this. All of the recent bidencleaned states will be challenged by us for voter fraud and state election fraud. Plenty of proof. Ck just cut the media. We will win. America first. The tweet has been flagged by twitter for being misleading. The democrats are watching all of lawyers willing to go intomy battle. E w have no doubt that when the count is finished, senator darris and i will be decla the winner i ask everyone to stay calm, all people. Process is working. And we will know very soon. Jon neither side is giving an in. Heside is giving up. There is defiance from the trump camp, determination from biden. Who is going to prevail . Watch this space. Wsbbc washington. Katty jon joins me now. I am just looking at the president s tweets. Im seeing the things they are looking at legally. It looks like there is a lot of tension in the white house behind you. Jon yes, think there is a fair deal of tension, particularly because i dont think the president feels he is getting the support that he needs or deserves from the Republican Party. I dontinow about you, bu have been struck by the silence there haseen from senior republican officials who could easily have come in front o cameras to say, we are backing udis legal action. There has been f but it has just been the president s circle that has made these legations so far. The Republican Party seems to prefer to be at arms length from this, and you get the impression that is causing huge frustration. Rudy giuliani has tweeted about it. Eric trump has tweeted about it, although i am being told he has deleted his tweet expressing frustration. Katty we had Mick Mulvaney on the b saying that he thinks even if donald trump loses, hes not leaving politics and could well rungain. Is that how you see things . Jon i think you never say never with donald trump. There are a lot of ifs that have to be gone through. He would be 78 and running for the presidency. The other thingin i keep he is there will be some kind of tv network set up, trump tv, which would be a platform for his ideas and viewpoint. You can see his frustration with fox tv. What you have just said and Mick Mulvaney, it has happened katty is there, do you think, a palization in the trump c about what trumps son has been saying is it a realization thats is slipping away from the president . Jon i think if they were confiden v that thees were going to stack up in their favor, they would be sayinwhat joe biden is saying. Atin the coucontinue. We are confident we are going ti they are clearly not confident they are going to win. That is why you a seeing a slew olegal actions being undertaken i them as a way of jamming the wheels to try to stop the process and keep hold of the presidency by other means. I seen a fuotem a Senior Administration official saying, there is no need conce because he hasnt lost. Ie ont know where thgal challenges go. At the moment, they seem to lack some substance. I tm waiti see the evidence i didnes you go, ah, realize that happened, but i dont a see thatt the moment. This is something that might delay the process rather than change it. Katty maybe that is the goal. Op jon, thank you very much for joining us. Georgia has long been a state that doesn sleepless nights. Ns no democrat has carried it since 1992, but this time around, things are much closbl than the reans would like. Mr. Trump remai in the lead with 0. 3 over mr. Biden, and there are 2 of the votes left to be counted. Lets brings in larry whoth us in atlanta. What is the state of play in georgia at the moment . Larry georgia looks like the center of the politil universe in america not just because of the presidency, but also becaus of the senate. With less than 2 of votes left, it looks like president trumps lead over joe biden is about 12,000 votes. That is from the secretary of states website, but one other tracking website says the lead has slimmed to about 9500. However, the control of the senate for democwhts hinges on happens here. There are two senate seats up for grabs. It looks like both will be going for a runoff in january. Katty what always matters is where those votes are coming from. With georgia, there are areas of that state that are fairly conservative leaning, and there are other areas of the state like atlanta that have become more democratic leaning. E doow where those uncounted baeeots havemailed in from . Larry the school of thought appears to be that the remaining ballots are mostly from democraticleaning cstnties in the of georgia. The big one is here in atl. Some surrounding counties, areas that are much more racially diverse, there are a lot more voters that lean democratic. If you loo at the way the trend line has moved to on what is cong in and president trumps lead to slimmppg, it might t that. Katty larry, thank you. For the past 48 hours, the country has been captivated by this election, but interest in it goes beyond the borders. People around the world have been following every twist and turn. After all, whoe white house will be the person World Leaders have to work with for the next four years. How are audiences abroad thinking about what is hcapening in ame joining me is ed loose from the financial times. I know that you speak to your colleagues in london all the time. What have theyla made of th couple days . Ed i think everybody is gripped. The is a lockdown in britain, but some of them have not noticed because they have been so glued to their newspaper. This is gripping the world. I think there i some surprise that the polls werent entire accurate, and trump mht come closo having one. Even if he has lost, he still got 48 of the vote. That is something a lot of people abroad and in america find quite hard to digest. Katty there had been an expectation this is not us editorial lies in pew poll after pew poll has shown that americas standing has declined under donald trump. Are you suggesting that people thought there might be a stronger repudiation of not just mr. Trump but trumpism . The polls were somewhere between a 7 and 9 average lead for joe biden. Since the first debate, trump went pretty haywire, and tn the fact that he got covid19 and was hospitalized, double digit polling leads for biden, so i think people were primed for ifds not a lde than a very comprehensive Biden Victory and a democratic takeover of the senate. I think it is sinking in around the world, as it is here, that this was a very closely won election, and the republicans have gained seats on capitol hill. Katty it shows us just how incredibly divided america is between those who like the president and those who dont. E biden has come out, calling for unity in the country. Is that a pipedream given what this election has shown us . Mi it be. If youndonsider who was sg on the democratic primary podium with biden last year, the likes of Elizabeth Warren of that very large crowd, biden is the best one to ma thettempt. Traditionalist democrat there is. If the goal is to die trying to prove that bipartisanship could work, joe biden is the person to try it. Katty thank you very much. It does look like this country is so divided that it is hard to see who can bring it together. Joe biden says he wants to give those protests going on aroundt the cntry, it does loo like that is going to be difficult. Wins, it seems clea that america is split in what direction they want it to take. Otjust 20,000 out of a population of 6 million are wisconsin in favor of e biden. Liam will has been there to gauge the mood. Liam even in quaint suburban america, in thesfractious times, it is them and us, but there are those trying to come together. When tim had his biden sign stolen, is trumpsupporting neighbor josh gave him a replacement. I kno m josh isber of the Republican Party, so for him to come ande do something l that was pretty outstanding. In the course of our conversation, i realized that josh is a regular person first and is causing tensionn nationally i think peoples wicks are shorter than they used to be. People are afraid. They are afraid of what the economy looks like. They are afraid of t unknown. That fear becomeanger. Liam even outside the white house on election night, we elw a radical ements on the left to make an appearance. Farrightilitia have made their presence is felt in many parts of the country. Antifascist activist von mays has been arrested several times for alleg violence but now predict struggle fro. The othe si i live in a state where we saw armed Trump Supporters storm the capital. They do t want to follow mask mandates. Ithas definitely concerning they would do if their president is not reelected, especially when he has been putting it out there if he doesnt win, it is rigged or some sort of conspiracy. They should fight back. Liam theres little doubt that the angry rhetoricas led to more animosity among some elements on the ground, andhe fear is because this has been a contentious election and promises to be into the days and weeks to come, that willnly lead to greater divisions in american society. Katty it is a tense time in this country. A quick ok at other news greece has ordered a nationwide cklown which will last for three weeks to help contain a resurgence of covid19. Under r thetrictions, they are going to take effect saturday. Retail businesses are going to shut. People will also need a timeslot permit to venture outdoors. The president of kosovo has resigned saying he is being indicted for warme c. A special prosecutor accused him and oiners of responsible for 100 murders in kosovos war ofndependence. He has been transferred to detention the hague and denies any wrongdoing. Still to come on the program, day one of the lockdown for england. The Prime Minister sayvepeople could as normal a christma as possible if they stick to the new rules. Katty the delay to the result has created the perfect conditions for a storm of disinformation online. Claims haveeen posted about llot burning. This video is not something that is totally new. It h previously been debunked. The video shows someone setting fire to sample ballots instead of real ballots. This is part of a Bigger Picture ere we are seeing a lot of claims about fraudulent voting, claims about ballots being which we have investated and have generally turned out to be totally baseless. Often done on the background of this election, which means people are shang things because they have a particular motive. Katty turningo the u. K. Where new restrictions affecting the whole of england came into force thursday. As before, people must stayathome except for vad reasons. That includes work, education, exercise, and medical reasons. Prime minister Boris Johnson said it will expire ecautomatically on thed of december. Here is mark easton. Mark in black bull, the lights were turned out as england was told to stay in. Dawn brought a rush hour without public transports without the public. Freedom locked down again. In the midst of a plague, 14thcentury pilgrims prayed at this shrine in the city that still bears his name. Limited to privar. Hedral is now my sense is we have to take this a day at a time and try to find hope in the small things. Mark asn so many places ross england, covid cases have been rising fast. Health officialsewnsist majors new measures are vital to save lives. The first lockdown reduced numbers by 70 . Theres a lot less rigor this time. The model suggests it will reduce numbers by 40 . We need people to double down on doing the things that will stop the infections. Mark many cannot leave their home. Fromhael and sylvia, both in eir mid80s, the lockdown means those they love. Ion to we are a great family of my husband has the best hug. We arent allowed to hug anybody. e areneven allowed to kiss each other. Its just very different, and we do miss that and find that hard. Mark an dress u dance, this shopkeeper ples her customers, but the lockdown has put the nerve in november. You have to have funheyou can, and when we come out of this, there will be a lot of berties. We wileady. Mark people are the food and drink of the hospitality industry, denied custom for a month. Some feared doors may never reopen. We are very worried. We know pubs that will not survive this. For weeks will be longer than four weeks. Mark public support for restrictions remains high. Policete wont hesio use their pors of sanction if necessary. Emremember,ber, the fifth of november. With normal life furloughed once again, this year, it is a d england may wish to forget. Katty we should be watching here in america what is happeninauin europe b the numbers are rising here, as well. Denmark is expected to cull its entire population of minks, an estimated 17 million animals. Officials made the decision after a mutated version of the coronavirus was detected on mink farms. Authorities said 12 people had become infected. Frankie mccaey reports. Frankie they are one of denmarks big money makers, mink. Therefore is worth around 300 Million Pounds to the country each year. Aside from attracting money, Authorities Say they catch, mutate, and spad coronavirus to humans. The disease has bn found on more than 200 mink farms. Emergency services and government workers are beingo deployed t sites across the country to cull around 17 llion of them. Ig[speaking folanguage] the danish Prime Minister said, weve observed a very serious mutation. The virus mutates in mink, and thmutated virus has spread to humans. Authorities have found five usamples of the mutated v and 12 examples in humans that showed a sensitivity to antibodies. The mutated virus may therefore pose the risk that the upcoming vaccines will not work as they should. As the cull intensifies, so do lockdown restrictions, escially in the north of the country, home to most mink s. It is hoped this drastic action will help to contain the spread of coronavirus with nothing left to chance. Bbc news. Katty before we go, a nice story. Srvolunteers in lanka have rescued 100 beached whales. They started coming on shore near colombo. Teams worked day and night to t them back to sea with the help of the navy, coast guards, and local residents. We dont quite know why they came ashore. Scientists say whales are social animals and may have followed became stranded. Course and thats it from world is narrator fundinonfor this presentaf this program is provided by. Language specialistsreeaching spanish,h and more. Raymond james. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions f americas neglected needs. And by contribut to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. [bright music]. S american portrait is. A platform where anyone tn come and shareir stories. Theres a whole great list of prompts to get you started. D when i was 18 ined the marine corps. When i decided to accept myself andel. D its been an amazing journey ever since. This project can help bring us together. To listen to each other. To understand what it really means to be an american. You should be a part of pbs american portrait. Because your story is powerful. Because it may inspire a change in life for others. And the am story wouldnt be complete without your story. To join, go to pbs. Org americanportrait join us, and be a part of history. Judy good evening evening. Im judy woodruff. The counting continues. Joe biden deigns ground in undecided states as the Trump Campaign far and files lawsuits. We are on the ground of across the country including pennsylvania with its 20 electoral votes at stake. 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