While in america counting has resumed in key states to decide whos the next possum in the white house. Now 2 days on from the election america still doesnt know who will be handed the keys to the white house and everything hangs on the key swing states that are yet to declare so at the moment things are looking good for democrats joe biden he has the backing of 264. 00 electors thats if you include arizona which many say is too early to call if it is his though it means he needs just 6 more to reach that magic number of 270 for victory donald trump by comparison carney only has 214 well lets look at the poll for ways to power for the count its future by securing as i said a majority right here in nevada would haunt him 6 electors which is enough to put him in the white house for 4 more years of donald trump. So the incumbent president would have to win only 5 states where the result is a clear these are the ones still in gray and trump is currently ahead in 4 of them including in nevad
Catalyzing global con its all the more coming up in todays going underground fast as trump goes to the courts to try and win a 2nd term im joined now from massachusetts by lawyer and author of the case against impeaching trump professor Alan Dershowitz who says the law may favor Donald Trump Thanks so much for coming back on why do you think trump may win in the courts. Well it depends on how he loses in the states 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 you brute media myths about Different Cases time and t
But many queions remain. The news came on the same day thtotal number of u. S. Infections tped 10 million. We will speak toulitzer ize winning journalist laurie gaett. Weill look at the death of palestinian chief negotiator saeb erekat who has died from covid. Then fears are growing that the Trump Administration is moving to overturn the election of joe biden. On monday, attorney general william barr authorized new probes into voter fraud as republican lawmakers are backing trumps decision not to concede to the president elect. President trump is 100 within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and wait his legal options. Amy we will speak to kristen clarke, president of the Lawyers Committee for civil rights under law. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. Attorney general william barr upended Longstanding Justice Department policy on monday by announcing federal prosecutors could investigate
A new peruvian president. This is a very celebrated and armenians protest. Russian peacekeepers are deployed as part of a cease fire deal to end the fighting and calls for a cease fire in ethiopia, growing region where hundreds have died and thousands are fleeing into the u. S. President elect. Joe biden has called Donald Trumps refusal to concede the president ial election an embarrassment, but biden says nothing will stop the transfer of power in january 1st despite the trumpet ministration. Reportedly refusing to assess the president elects transition team. Alan fischer reports from washington d. C. Well, donald trump is keeping a low profile, joe biden is putting himself front and center. This was an event to discuss the Affordable Care act, but the president elect questions on other topics and he had a message to the man he replaced. And his refusal to accept the result. I just think its an embarrassment. Great, frankly. The only thing that how can we say this tax . I think it wil
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 want in the court so i think its unlikely you will prevail in the courts but thats his best shot you broke media myths about Different Cases time and time again over your decades in law what impact do you think the socalled Mainstream Media is going to make on the case they seem to have already decided that joe biden is the president of the United States. Well the media mostly engages in Wishful Thinking and theyre often wrong because they substitute was d they hope will happen for a careful analysis of what will happen and you know the most likely outcome obviously is that biden gets elected with more than 270. 00 electoral d votes and he wins in court if you have to be betting money thats where you have to be betting but with