Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show democratic candidate joe biden has won the u. S. President ial election after sealing victory in the battleground state of pennsylvania with 99 percent of the vote counted in pennsylvania biden it garnered a 49. 7 percent and trump received 49. 2 percent while the 20 electoral votes biden won in this state allows him to surpass the 270 that magic number needed to win the election according to projections by the Associated Press was also picked up 6 and nevada giving him a total of 290 electoral votes to republican president Donald Trumps 214. And democratic supporters across the country have been reacting to the news of president elect biden success from philadelphia to black lives matters plaza in washington to new yorks times square people showed signs of relief and excitement here some of those reactions to me me everything my mother is a disabled woman who knows the caribbean medicaid and medicare and to know. How to and you can no longer
Travel restrictions feeling a little blow to the tourism industry. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us exactly one week before possibly the most consequential u. S. Election secretary of state mike pompei own defense secretary mark esper has flown to india to meet with their counterparts its almost as if theyre running against the clock rolling out as much of their age policy in case their boss President Donald Trump loses the election india has signed a military agreement with the u. S. To share sensitive satellite information and the 2 will participate in naval exercises next month those are war games along with australia and japan all members of the quad a partnership of india pacific democracies. Joining us is korea mohan of the German Marshall Fund for more agreement pump ale and esper are in india but this is as much about china isnt it absolutely so this meeting comes in the backdrop of chinese aggression at indias border region which shows no signs of
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us as the United States counts its ballots asia watches across the region people have their preferences rooting for trump or buy in one of the most possibly the most consequential election for the world in decades who wins will determine asias regional stability in the context of a rising china and in terms of trade and Climate Change. Welcome back to the u. S. Are invited to the everything from thailand to a struggling to china and japan the race for the white house is dominating News Coverage and. Who will be the next leader in this superpower america this fall its continued to be countenanced. Governments and people in the region are watching the u. S. Election closely and like in the u. S. Theyre divided on whether donald trump all joe biden would be the better winner. For this product i think definitely the election of president crumb is better for taiwan. Why i support joe biden because like him im a centrist in politics.
A 2 percent of the 2 percent is very low it should be much more than that so theyre delinquent of billions of dollars and this is for years the liquid. When trump treated racist attacks on this group of democratic he was congresswoman mack an openly condemned his actions. Isnt even most of an achievement. I firmly distanced myself from the attacks and i stand in solidarity with these women. Americas strength from my perspective life precisely in the fact that the people of very different nationalities have contributed to the strength of the country. Therefore these a statements that grown very much. To this impression of mine for. A strained relationship but also opposite approaches like on how to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and how to wear a face mask. Now with trump fighting for a 2nd term in office and marco in her last year as chancellor it may soon be time to just get by the question is how soon. So the u. S. President ial election remains to uncertainly close to call with
Finished. But President Trump didnt wait already claiming victory before votes were counted. Think we were getting ready to win this election frankly we did win this election. This is a major fraud in our nation we want the law to be used in a proper manner so well be going to the u. S. Supreme court trump was referring to mailing votes to be accepted after election day in several states but the system is fully legal and its used by tens of millions of people. This election is expected to have one of the highest noting turnouts in recent history even during a pandemic indicating just how important she states mood was for the american people. I voted for the greatest president in history gone ok throw chump is doing nothing for us now that hes going to have very thing more in the country than what. China does but it looks like the situation will not be on. The control of that suit as president comes a statement through stick country in a state of uncertainty many in the u. S. Bracing fo