If libertarians or other 3rd parties or it will ever consistently get high enough to win a National Election. Winners Single Member districts winner take all system. Which encourages people to vote for the list real. Includes reimposing restrictions following the examples are france and germany and a bit to slow a record surge in covert cases but many e. U. Citizens are fuming at the measures. In my opinion the measures come too late and i think they should have been different to the money of god if you have no savings to support it isnt a not a very good morning for you and thank you for joining us as we continue to bring you the latest on the race to the white. With the u. S. Vote by on such and see claims of electoral fraud thousands of people around the country have taken that anger to the streets demanding old votes counted some of the protests have turned violent with demonstrators facing off with police 20 people have reportedly been detained in new york. Well that sounds america is gripped by an uneasy anticipation with ballot counting entering the final stages in most states well lets take a look at how it stands a Democrat Joe Biden has the backing of 264 and lectors while his rival donald trump has 240 the threshold for winning the race that is 270 votes winning at just one more state like nevada could mean victory for biden who is reportedly only 6 votes from his goal of the state will continue counting in the morning while trump in order to turn the tide would have to take all uncounted battleground states someone North Carolina and pennsylvania will not announce and select. 2020 votes already been marred by claims of electoral fraud and arrows the trunk campaigns filed lawsuits in pennsylvania michigan and georgia demanding that absentee ballots which arrived after the election day deadline should not be included. Joins when this studio to break down the latest on those key states tell me more. Well joe biden is very close to that threshold but the winner has not been announced yet and we understand that a day after polling station polling stations closed the country still doesnt have a president elect what the nation has instead is angry protests lawsuits and also a feeling that the system is flawed and we understand that the u. S. Could still remain in that state of limbo for another few days as some of the states announced that the results from the official ones wont come out till later this week like you were saying protests have broken out in various parts of the country the left side is chanting pretty much make sure that every vote is canted while the pro Trump Supporters are screaming stop the count now what is this if a reflection that theres a lack of trust for the electoral system i can remind you that before the November VotePresident Trump called on his supporters to vote in person alleging and warning that there could be some fraud with the absentee and mailed in votes and at this point the tribe has they say that they have the ground to go to court with this they have already had lawsuits filed. They are saying that they have proof of that fraud. Will be going to the u. S. Supreme court we want to. Voting just. We dont want them to find any ballots at 4 oclock in the morning in them to the list ok. Not a single republican has been able to look at any one of these mail ballots they could be from mars as far as were concerned or they could be from the Democratic National committee joe biden could have voted 50 times as far as we know with 5000 times the ballots could be from camden. Philadelphia unfortunately and say this about my own city has a reputation for voter fraud. In one of the districts of the state of wisconsin while the results were being published an extra 0 was added to the total number of voters which instantly made that number higher than the entire population of that district and that gave joe biden the lead then that mistake was corrected although you can still see that in that strange vertical bit in the curve and this is just one of the examples of how messy the counting could get now gone back to the lawsuits well 1st of all the republicans despite that mistake being corrected they are demanding that votes in wisconsin be recounted in georgia they filed a lawsuit and the aim of that is to make sure that all the absentee and many of them balance that came in past the election day deadline are rejected and also similar lawsuits were filed in the states of pennsylvania and michigan there are claims of a lack of transparency in the counting and this explains why the pro Trump Supporters are screaming stop the counting like here in detroit. Was to was. To the booth. If we listen to the speeches that the candid have been given lately they were almost proclaiming victory the admin get to that very point but still it sounded as if they had already won perhaps it was way too soon to do that for donald trump because the numbers arent looking good for him at this point but then joe biden and his latest speech just listen to what he sounded like he called on the country to unite again as if hed already won. Once this election is finalized and behind us it will be time for us to do what weve always done as americans for the harsh rhetoric of the campaign behind us to lower the temperature to see each other again to listen to one another. To hear each other again respecting the care for one another to unite to heal to come together as a nation so joe biden wants the nation to come together but some would say that these statements do sound a bit awkward after everything that the democrats were saying about Donald Trumps supporters in the build up to this election some of that sounded indeed very nasty but i can tell you that with these protests that are getting violent in many cases would be lawsuits with the indication that right now like i said the numbers arent looking good for donald trump hes not willing to accept these results it doesnt like that the country is going to unite all but again its not been decided yet and were waiting for these latest for these official results from the battleground states where the counting is still on and it i think were all feeling the frustration of the extended wait everybody just wants an answer thank you for coming in with the latest idea we discussed the situation with guests some of whom think of elements point to a wider failure of the us system. Theres an acquiescence to that in fact biden if he has won the presidency i would say i dont think that whatever the Court Challenges are going to change anything with the possible exception of wisconsin where you have some implausible numbers that are coming out and ive seen a lot of a lot of vetting online about these strange amount of turnout which seems like you know beyond belief level of turnout and so there seem to be a lot of mystically manufactured votes in wisconsin im not sure that actually change the outcome of the social media has been manipulated in this election banning accounts that are not quite to their liking pushing people to do this to do that i mean its with been the most manipulated election certainly in my lifetime theres no question about that and we all know which way the manipulation is going so this is this is not a mystery right this is not we all know which way the social media giants were leaning the way the major media was leaning so of course you know if biden ekes out this little bit this time in victory with a couple of states that swing swing states where theres some suspicious ballot you know biden comes becomes president with with on almost you know with very little the gentleman say and certainly no you know serious consensus so there will be no mandate for biden and this will last for 4 years this is a tremendous failure of the american system i dont know what else to tell you usually after every election people are like well we are get a lot we debated things a lot but now the system has worked this year. That is not happening theres nobody in this country who thinks the system actually worked it was either rigged or its broken or didnt work or something so this in a strange way at least at the president ial level election really settled absolutely nothing i think because i think that theres a lot to contest i mean this is a election unlike any other with all of the mail in ballots with all the early voting we knew it was a to be chaotic from the beginning unless it was a massive landslide i think direction everyone were sort of expect that this was going to drag out and maybe drag out until december but by law we have to have a winner by december 12th i believe it is and this reviewer is probably where this going to go no side is going to give up easily and i know we have all of these incredibly shady stories popping up 100000 ballots here for joe biden 120000 ballots in pennsylvania recently per job id offer joe biden what is this venezuelan voter fraud is a big concern we see this public now you always you know a little anomalies popping up here and there are gaps to school errors but were seeing instances where people. Got a mail in ballot and then they decide to vote in person so how we should ensure that they didnt vote twice all those ballots are canceled out we are seeing instances rigged or not being allowed to look at signatures on voter rolls not be able to verify voters that there are some districts that are being very close about how theyre recounting the ballots why would you do that why would you want anything but transparency but yet where did this come from and i wouldnt put anything past the left of the Democratic Party look at the fraud that they have perpetuated on this nation blessed for years they still havent conceded the 2016 election no one but theyre going to concede this one so its well worth looking into i would not put it past the Democrat Party to pull Something Like this. Pennsylvania i still counting votes which could prove crucial to the outcome of the election trump one that having 2016 votes sing a long run of democrat when Trinity Chavez now so they think divisions within the state. Pennsylvania with nearly 13000000 residents is arguably the single most important stage of the 2020 election but in many ways the keystone state mirrors the country while its rust belt is dotted with the shuttered factories and rundown chimneys its also a place of affluent liberal suburbs and conservative countryside reflecting a divided america i mean the devices in this sense going on in this country right now its ridiculous and i dont care what anybody says that it is a race. And very lucky that somebody like donald trump is. My president and i can vote for him again while the northeast and the southwest corners of pennsylvania residents come from a long line of Blue Collar Workers like old coal mines and Steel Industries the States Eastern and western borders hold the biggest Population Centers and a lot of industry and heartland in between and although pennsylvania is considered a blue wall state as it has a history of voting democratic that changed in 2016 when donald trump won the state over democratic contender Hillary Clinton by point 7 percent congratulations mr president but now 4 years later controversial Pipeline Projects have helped make fracking a political flashpoint in the debate over energy the Climate Crisis and the influence of big business these 2 parties are radically different and that what i think is that each party is controlled much more by its what would be the strong i guess its extreme wing youre right. Both candidates focusing on pennsylvania President Trump folding several rallies theyre trying to rule the region with promises of coal and steel jobs while insisting that joe biden what a limb in a bracket hard for barges averred do or if youre. For our cue to deliver economic ruin. Your families but youve got to be pretty clear biden who grew up in pennsylvania says he isnt calling for the immediate end to the oil industry but is pushing for ending federal. Subsidies for fossil fuel companies and ending new permits on public land for fracking president trapes florida what will happen to the president you know the people pleasuring get to have their say if youre ever shy he doesnt stand a chance as pennsylvania is the 2nd largest producer of natural gas in the United States and the 3rd largest net supplier of energy the American Petroleum institute estimates its Natural Gas Industry contributes nearly 35000000000 dollars to the state and combined with its oil industry it supports about 340000. 00 local jobs were afraid that if they buy a ticket wins that the gas and oil thing is going to be shut down in spite of what they say. And by the 202016 candidates lost despite winning the popular vote and also down to the countrys Electoral College system. Early on my colleagues on tele spoke with representatives from americas 3rd parties the libertarians on the greens and whether the current 2 Party Domination gives americans any real alternatives. The one percent that libertarians get. Does play a significant role i dont know if libertarians or other 3rd parties are or will ever consistently get high enough to win a National Election maybe not win in elections but impacting policy debates and reaching out to voters is what we do how its want to pick up on something that was just said we he said you know were talking about a single percent support for thought party town today thats right its kind of spread quite even 4849 for the republicans and democrats so its almost sad to say that the republicans or democrats at this point represent the will of the majority of americans do you think that as you know you disagree with that absolutely when you look at Public Opinion polls majority of americans want a Green New Deal which is what the green party for to do with the Climate Crisis get the economy going again majority of americans want medicare for all in both the democrats and republicans oppose those policies the problem is that our electoral system we have about who only winner Single Member districts when you take all system which encourages people to vote for the lesser evil there most people are voting against the other major party rather than for their own party so i think if we can change the electoral system you place the Electoral College with a National Popular vote using right Choice Voting for president ial elections. I think the greens will move way up and in the boat we get currently the state in the us is kind of how how many hawkins mentioned its people for trump and people who hate trump thats what theyre voting about and theyre there strategically choosing one of the major parties is not that they necessarily agree with the platforms of those parties and was that there is a lot of what huds criticism saying for a party actually can create problems more problems and build and just wason the device and because that essential steaming quote you know folks from parties that would actually when for example the republicans or the democrats in this particular case why it is so close and those states that were saying i sometimes even less than a percentage point how would you react to people who say that if i had to choose we want to any one of the major parties i would flip a coin because i equally dislike both of them. The difference between the republicans and democrats is mostly about personality and style when it comes to the substance of the issues theyre both for the deficit spending theyre both for spending and taxing too much theyre both for continuing the wars and those are things that libertarians oppose and even grains oppose some ringback of that stuff as well so i actually like it when the republicans and democrats get mad at libertarians because it causes them to focus on us and it gives us an opportunity to say hey heres why you guys are wrong and heres why we wont vote for you this is what we stand for what we need real Political Parties that actually have members i mean what we have now are 2 major parties you tell the state which party youre in in order to vote in primaries theres no local organization no local chapter of the party no you dont agree to a set of principles and they do sort of party to join you just tell the state which party youre in so the electorate is adam honest and disconnected from the political process. With the ballot counting extremely tight less update you know and how it looks at this point Democrat Joe Biden has the backing of 264 electors one his rival donald trump has 240 hold for winning the race is 217 votes now winning just one more state like nevada could mean victory for biden who is reportedly only 6 votes from his goal the state will continue counting in the morning while trying in order to turn the tide would have to take all uncounted battleground states some like North Carolina and pennsylvania will not announce until late. I am. I am. Turning to other world news now major members are returning to lockdowns following a record surge in covert cases with in some instances a 43 percent rise in victims indians re imposing restrictions following the examples of france and germany in order to slow down the spread of the virus france says more than 48000 new cases a day italy is introducing curfews from 10 pm in germany new infections jumped by more than 2700 over the last 24 hours at the same time there is growing public anger at the moves his r. T. Correspondent peter all over with the latest. Were 4 days into whats being called lockdown light here in germany younger merkel put this in place with the idea being to keep schools kindergartens as much of the economy open as possible at the expense of social life essentially bars restaurants theaters cinemas gyms all of these closed down in order to keep open schools and kindergartens and as much business that doesnt involve direct contact as possible although those businesses that are open are under some restrictions so far though its a fairly mixed bag when it comes to opinion on these measures here in berlin. In my opinion the measures come too late and i think they should have been different shutting down businesses at 10 pm i find absurd it looks like the virus only comes out at night during the day you can do whatever you want but then at night you have to close because the virus comes with a part of the i find in justified partly im sad about the restaurants but overall i find the lowdown necessary for the money and if you have no savings or support it isnt enough in berlin as a freelance musician suddenly everything is gone there isnt enough help at all the numbers dont paint a pretty picture when it comes to infections in germany on wednesday germany recorded in 1900901000 new cases of covert 90 now thats gone beyond what was initially put forward by Angela Merkel as a doomsday scenario for the Health Care System of 19200 cases its the 6th straight day germanys record of over 15000 cases the plan from Angela Merkel and her government is to get infections down by 75 percent with this new lock down like this for the next month well for the month of november with the hope being that if we suffer through november then we might get a little bit of a reprieve in terms of the restrictions anyway over the Christmas Period he said so i dont think thats an op this. Depends on what we can achieve in november so if we have very sensible now then we will be able to allow ourselves more freedom for christmas but i dont think that there will be lavish new year parties we have to wait and see but it will be christmas and the chronic conditions but it should not be a lonely christmas over the western border into france and theres of a very bleak picture being painted by statistics put forward by French Health minister. And he says that one person in paris every 30 seconds this week of being contracting covert 191 person every 15 minutes requiring medical attention theres no chance of a christmas break in what hes saying he says that people are going to have to make plans around covert 19 because the virus isnt going to make plans around them weve also youre seeing protests in france as well High School Kids out on the streets this week protesting against what they see as a lack of social distancing or article it anti coronavirus measures taken in Schools Police used tear gas against some in paris the schools in france went back on monday. In the United Kingdom and england has entered a month long lockdown but on wednesday evening just before that came into play you wouldnt think that anything was about to happen in places like all compton street in london where revelers packed in for a last pint nearly a mask nor any kind of social distancing in evidence there over in sweden a couldnt tree that had been beheld up as an example of how to limit corona infections without making measures law well it seems that theyre going to have to make some of those measures law thats according to Stephan Levin the Prime Minister of sweden he says this may be. Needed in order to keep numbers down in that country in greece this strict new measures come into place in thessaloniki where no nonessential flights will be allowed in or out theres also limits on when and for what reason you can leave your home in portugal the Prime Ministers put in place a new state of emergency and in italy a new curfew has come into play as european nations try and get rising infection numbers down they seem to be fighting a losing battle in lots of different places but they did these obstructions all continuing to come in in the hope that in a couple of weeks they can try and suppress the 2nd wave of the virus thats latest they are not the International Join is again at the top of their. 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