Flips it in Joe Biden Space but a number of states are suspicious deeper trying to the vote count in florida claims that group raises divisions on questions of americas heralded democratic system will ask people on the streets for their reaction. To old mr old boy you know. You got to put it the American People trust is a direct threat to our democracy trump hes trying to time he needs to find out what hes fighting for because to be some kind of trial in this country i will welcome my mickey aaron and youre watching on t. V. That special coverage of the 2020 u. S. President ial election and its certainly a nail biter as the vote counting has resumed in some of the key states in the race for the american presidency. Democratic contender joe biden has expressed certainty hes on course to beat donald trump stopping short of declaring victory youll have a final declaration. Of victory. But the numbers clear choice a clear and convincing story were going to win this race ron try to over 300 electoral votes Electoral College watch. Out in there speaking a few hours ago lets take a look at how its done at the moment biden has the backing of 264. 00 electors if arizona is included though some say it is too early to call the election there but with that the grand canyon states biden only needs 6 more electoral votes to achieve the 270 threshold for victory trunk currently stands at 240 it still remains a very tight race the gaps closed in different parts of ground states on saturday but the anticipation could last for days if not weeks the former Vice President leads in nevada though officials there say the count could continue until thursday and the state of pennsylvania biden is less than one percent ahead of trump and in georgia biden has taken the lead by 0 point one percent with 99 percent of the ballots counted though the margins there are so small that officials have announced a recount donald trump claims multiple cases are electoral fraud took place his teams filed lawsuits in pennsylvania georgia michigan arizona and nevada some of the claims have already been turned down but trump insists the fight is not over and says he could take legal action to the supremes court. Joe biden should not wrongfully claim the office of president i could make that claim also Legal Proceedings are just now beginning i had such a big lead in all of these states late into Election Night only to see the leads miraculously disappear as the days went by perhaps these leads will return as our Legal Proceedings move forward now i have to outrun gets the Supreme Court to consider his case it would echo the 2000 votes when the court effectively sessile the contested election for george w. Bush going underground host Afshin Rattansi spoke with trumps impeachment lawyer dr Alan Dershowitz on the president s chances of winning his legal battle. If you lose is the election by losing pennsylvania theres a strong argument that his lawyers d can make that pennsylvania should not count ballots that came in late its a technical argument but its the argument that prevailed in bush versus gore and there are already 3 or 4 justices who agree with that argument but it would take a combination of circumstances during the election to bring that case into a posture where you would win in the court so i think its unlikely he will prevail in the courts but thats his best shot what sort of time scale are we talking about would it be about a month as it was in 2000 with bush and gore i think well have a result within weeks not months in pennsylvania becomes a key state then i think it will take months do you think from always had in mind the 300 judges that were appointed under his Administration Given that he had already been suspecting vote tampering well i think he there are a lot of reasons why he wanted to appoint lots of judges his base wants conservative judges but i think part of the reason may very well have been as a backstop as a protection in the event that he had to take the election to court any president would think in those terms what do you think the rule of lawyers will be on behalf of trump will you be helping the case or do you see that it will be giuliani and his team who will be defending the Trump Presidency it will be giuliani it is chamber ive known really for a bite in the 30 or 40 years ive done my duty to the president of the United States of america by defending him against the unconstitutional impeachment charge on this issue im going to just sit back and watch d i have my own podcast or analyze the case and i will be an observer and a commentator but not a partisan supporters of term say he shouldnt have given that press conference on the night saying the. There is fraud and waited a little bit do you think that will affect any Court Outcome because he was alleging both will fraud even before the election and of course on the night rather than saying this is the state of play at the moment well wait and see i dont think that kind of statement affects the courts that it was done after the polls will close so i think it was just him saying what he believes and i dont think you know any of pack either electorally or judicially. Rallies are continuing for both candidates across the u. S. The vote count delays and claims of voter fraud have raised divisions and even questions about the us system off democracy we call reaction from people in new york. With a whole mess to go annoy you know. You know what better put it people the American People you know just what the book that American People and what the white person is to see thats going to go put the people of america that did trust is a direct threat to our democracy to our freedom and to our everything that we live for and everything everybody went for and this country well i think hes already proven himself to be a threat to democracy my whole is that we can get past. This all the hysterics of the last 4 years and start moving forward as a country theres no 05 at this point even though hes going to be lawsuits which is probably going to delayed the presidency from hes frightened he needs to find out what hes fighting for because to be some kind of fronts in this country so we need to make sure there is full democracy i think it doesnt matter who brings my whole point is that i thought where were we in the People Freedom job. Maybe care and they can be free to be whoever they want to. Vote counting and swing state nevada is being criticized for taking too long government officials insists that posing accuracy over speed in the face of an unprecedented flood in the mail in ballots but that being mostly mocked online. d ringback ringback. So the proud of us and that to the system is being challenged at the very highest level and the world has been reacting to uncertainty of americas votes our correspondent in the trunk i reports. Of all the adjectives to describe democracy which stands for giving the people the right to choose who is in charge the man who stood up to take over the white house didnt pick fair stable or strong democracy sometimes messy its sometimes requires a little patience as well but that patience has been rewarded now for more than 240 years in the system of government governance thats been the envy of the world just messy or its just gotten way too messy and his country we have received reports of many irregularities we believe that there are dead voters that have been counted this is fraud this is absolute fraud Trump Campaign says theyre going to court the biden Campaign Says its ready for court fights protests by Trump Supporters and a series of vote fraud allegations by the president himself trump will go to war over this election and that is dangerous for this country there is quite a list of things appearing as cracks in the system take the mail in voting in times of cold it when the nation was meant to rely on it at one point the Postal Service warned it couldnt cope the president flushed the method all together saying it would lead to a rigged poll if you read some of these pieces there have been plenty of such the media has been questioning the confidence in us democracy europes been watching the mess in the wings with raised eyebrows but the polarization of america should be a warning for europe we are successful because we preach differences between countries and peoples so we benefit together if we lose the ability to compromise i would democracies are in danger was a blink in america does not quite correspond to the democratic culture we know from the United States. Its important the result is the accepted by everyone is easy to be a winner but sometimes it is hoped to be a loser trumps late night speech puts a question mark over his possible 2nd term in office it is hard to imagine what the 2nd sam would look like when the president directly called for the abolition of the rules of democracy his call to stop counting votes is a blow to the essence of american democracy heres a voice of concern from allies japan we can say for the United States to get into turmoil and confusion because of the election is a minus for its allies and like minded countries but perhaps the most fascinating thing to observe is the smear by americas foes after so many times washington told them how wrong things are with their elections. What a spectacle one says this is the most fragile and election in u. S. History who says that the president whos currently you know this is a rival says trump intends to rig the election this is how u. S. Elections and u. S. Democracy we do not interfere in the internal affairs of the United States and we hate it when they pretend to give lessons in democracy to the world these beauts and refusal of Election Results were supposed to only take place in developing states things have changed over this have occurred in the us which is no longer synonymous with a stable civilised and consensus based society now just for a giggle let me read out one tweet its an official one country a calls on country b s leaders to show commitment to the democratic process and rule of law we urge all parties groups and individuals to engage in inclusive dialogue to find Peaceful Solutions to their disagreements to heal National Divisions full stop its a tweet by the u. S. Embassy country a in ivory coast country b. From the 4th oh the irony theres a reason a lot of western european nations stopped doing mail in ballots a long time ago france stopped in 1975 because the process is rife with fraud and i have to tell you i think its incumbent upon the trunk campaign to say al gore took 37. 00 days to litigate florida were going to go litigate and were going to demand recounts some were going to be automatic obviously in georgia but in wisconsin in michigan in pennsylvania in nevada in arizona we want to get to where we have free and Fair Elections where every legal vote is counted in a trustworthy and transparent way the American People deserve it i was wishing and hoping that last night trump was going to look into the camera and say im demanding a free and Fair Election that the American People can trust not for myself but for you because you deserve it and i think the scary thing in all of this is at the end of the day no matter who ultimately wins half of the population of america is going to think the election has been stolen that is a very dangerous place for us to be in as a country the vote count is happening under the shadow of coronaviruses the country keeps breaking records with more than 100000 new cases a day i see americans trying to chavez with. The u. S. Marking another milestone as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hold a tight grip on the nation the war according to Johns Hopkins university the number of daily new confirmed kovan 1000 cases surging 45 percent over the past 2 weeks to a record 7 day average of 86352 while the number of deaths are up 15 percent now averaging 846 deaths every day now there are many groups that are seeing record number. And we have more than now. So this is a very serious situation room and it looks worse. The u. S. Now has the highest totals in the world while the actions are increasing and nearly every state on wednesday texas reported more than 1000 new coven 1000 cases and 126 deaths while in missouri nebraska and oklahoma hospitals are hitting record highs experts who are in dire consequences in the coming months especially concerning the fact that there are very few hospital beds slapped in some parts of the country its a sign that the care system is. Under very. Epidemic areas facing. All this amid a president ial election unlike any other polls show the Public Health crisis and the economy were top concerns for Many Americans but there are competing issues that trump and biden view through drastically different lenses. While President Trump has ignored the advice of his top Health Advisors and has repeatedly downplayed the virus. And then you get better in your view democratic contender joe biden on the other hand is rarely seen without a face mask and has made Public Health during the pandemic a key issue theres a lot of things we could be doing very massive ground but the fact is that. Its just not appropriate. The pandemic also was bending how americans vote while donald Trump Supporters said they were more likely to vote in person joe biden supporters said they were more likely to vote by mail to avoid being exposed to the deadly virus reporting in new york Trinity Chavez r. T. Were on top of all developments in this race and well bring them to you as soon as they come in america could have a new president in a matter of hours over it could take weeks on news team has you covered with that historic moment happens were back off of the break with more of the global headlines. Heres the smug class to protect the class so they feel very comfortable with their affiliations and associations with the institutions that run america the highest level the permanent institutions that are always running america the matter of who is the president they have friends in the media and those friends feel smug then no matter what happens that they are protected it is dangerous to have an entrenched smug class in your society in your country because they can take liberties with the truth and project situation that is false and put people down the wrong path. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guess of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you ben. Welcome back and to some other world news now out of france that has apparently why didnt its crack down on terror in the wake of a series of deadly attacks across the country its now clamping down on those who welcome acts of terrorism even children in ma say a 14 year old afghan boy has been charged over remarks he allegedly made about the killing of schoolteachers sanyo party he was beheaded by an 18 year old muslim in october but he was brutally murdered after allegedly showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed in a class on free speech the teenager who commented on his death has been released but will remain under supervision its been demanded by prosecutors that he also be banned from school from communicating with other students or teachers there have been an increasing number of inquiries opened into young people the latest probs involve children as young as 8 many under suspicion for interrupting a minutes silence held in memory of some your party and allegedly saying his death was deserved in the wake of the tragedy more than 60 similar investigations have been opened into supporting terror. Young people aged 12 to 16 extremely repugnant language is by by the Islamic State group which is very worrying. We discussed with guests the spread of radicalized nation among young people. I dont think that the fact that they are minors should blind us to the extent of this problem there is a huge amount of sympathy for islamic terrorism among young people not necessarily mine as well though perhaps including by those of muslim extraction if you put them in jail its not going to help them because theyre going to be rabid be going to be radicalized in the in the jails and they gonna get even worse we have huge amounts of immigrants in france and im afraid to say that the existence of these immigrant communities is a breeding ground for islamic fundamentalism and fundamentalism is a breeding ground for terrorism which it has nothing to do with terrorism you have allowed him events in france you have a lot of muslim immigrants in france who are in accord with the french law with the french way of living. Some events which are not at our. Ok with the radical islam i mean were in my cell and i am here in france i have nothing to do with the radical islam thats now the fact that immigration and immigration is part of the problem it is to some extent a cause and it has to be stopped its still continuing at a rate of several 100000. 00 a year into france and those levels are unsustainable incidentally independently of the question of islamic terrorism you have a lot of terrorism that are committed by friends people who have changed religion who have become muslim and those people are friends thats completely untrue there are no examples of french catholics muslim converts committing terrorist acts or 100 percent of the islamic terrorists who have beheaded people or killed them in other ways in france in the last few years and indeed this problem has been going on actually for decades ago 100 percent of them have either been recent immigrants or issued or they come from immigrant backgrounds like the chechen who decked decapitated the schoolteacher its not the car but its the radical islam is that is the cause of the problem of the problem in. Brussels has blasted israel for a destructive operation in the Jordan Valley that has left dozens of palestinians home less palestine says israel has times then therefore the world is distracted by the u. S. Election arties poor leslie of reports from the scene of the incident. While the walls attention has been focused on the american elections and no one has been looking here in a remote part of the west bank israeli bulldozers have been hard at work demolishing most of a bed when a village the results has that 73 people are now without homes huff of them children. Rarely army arrived at 10 am and began an operation to demolish our homes without any warning pieces in operation in order to big people from the area but we are not going to leave this lead is palestinian israel claims it is a war zone because among the structures that were destroyed are tainted homes the trains solar panels and animal shelters the only thing that remains here now washed say the only one on goats the Israeli Army Confirms it carried out this demolition and says it was because the structures were illegal got the union in we lost our houses they destroyed everything but it was still stand our ground and we will not abandon our land israel is a disease and it is a cancer which was spread throughout the world it neglects the whole world and listens to no one. But palestinian leaders have been quick to say the demolitions were carried out while the rest of the world was distracted and as the attention is focused on us election israel chose this evening to commit another crime and cover it up to demolish 70 palestinian structures including homes displacing about 80 palestinian citizens the United Nations says thats more structures in any other demolition carried out by the israeli army in the last decade and with nowhere else to go the residents of this village are bracing themselves for freezing cold winter without the homes to provide protection policy on west bank. Well before we wrap up for the hour heres a reminder of how the u. S. President ial race looks so far democratic nominee joe biden has 264 electoral votes just 6 away from the presidency and donald trump has to killed 214. 00 biden currently has a narrow lead in the traditionally red state of georgia as well as in nevada hes just going out in front in pennsylvania as while state without steve throughout the coming hours and days as we continue tracking the 2020 us election and all of the stories. The world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. Who dares thinks. We dare to ask. This is a story of women and women with troubled histories and complex court cases you know some of us deadly leave off who lives out there. Who were not. The person that there was a cheesiness of the day are considered the most dangerous of criminals shes in a still. All the office 23 hours of the day tell me that its not enough punishment it will give women on death row. But the one business show you cant afford to methamphetamine and ive been swan coming up wall street continues to see green as the election draws out through the weekend including some encouraging job numbers were going to break and then as we update you on the razor. And margin in the president ial election well also update you on the several lawsuits being filed by the Trump Campaign we have a lot to get to so lets get started. Global markets are rallying this week with eyes on the u. S. President ial election indicators do show Vice President joe biden moving closer to victory lets start in russia where the market is up for the week with biden possibly winning the ruble posted its biggest one day rise against the dollar in 4 years Higher Oil Prices throughout the week also contributed to those games lets go over to asian markets where the shanghai composite is also up on the week the index jumped about midweek ahead of us elections but did see some losses on friday with some sharp declines in the health care and Consumer Sectors analysts predict little policy change toward china under a Biden Administration but they do expect a more multilateral approach when it comes to trade in hong kong the hong thing is also in the green in with 16 a week closing highs the regions major markets surge 3. 5 percent on close on thursday shares gained on a possible biden went in japan similar trends here another green arrow for the nikkei the index reached its highest level in 29 years after another surge on wall street iron and steel marine transportation and electric appliance issues led with these big gains in india the sun sets also up with a 5. 7 percent gain its biggest weekly gain in just 5 months will Index Heavyweight Reliance Industries and financial stocks lead the benchmark and investors are also celebrating that possible by the presidency. Another green arrow in australia where the a. S. X. Up to near 3 week highs gains in the gold medals and mining materials sectors all led those shares higher in south africa were seeing another green arrow for the all shares the rand rallied going into friday on indications of that fight in possible victory in the us now to europe the cac and the dax how to a very good week despite the reintroduction of these coded lock downs across many places in europe the french a significant recovery since tumbling admit october amid weak earning results and renewed lockdown measures the cac is up almost 400. 00 points for the week and the german dax is also up this week but we may soon see some levels of resistance now that germany has announced the imposition of month Long National walked around but will continue to put pressure on the benchmark docks 30 as local authorities keep the door open to extend those current restrictions if breaks arent successfully suppressed headed up to the u. K. The footsie is also up for the week and he brags that concerns dont