Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us is the end of a long week with not just americans but everyone following the count in the United States democracy can be a messy process and a particular intricacies of u. S. Politics have played out spectacularly in asia the country with the most at stake is china given the 2 countries rocky yet close relationship so how is china viewed and responded to the events of this week we had only in the studio to tell us more hung on any official reaction from beijing yes beijing has said that the election is the u. S. Domestic affair and that it has no position on it and thats it thats it but is there any hint that beijing preferred one candidate over now. Other well i mean in the beginning chinese leaders probably preferred mr biden because you know because of mr trump the u. S. Sino relationship has plunged to the lowest point in decades but after seeing what miss what kind of chaos mr mr trump has caused in the us i think beiji
Have held a Memorial Ceremony for the victims. Germanys Health Minister says the Health Care System could be overwhelmed if the covert caseload is not brought under control and was speaking as germany top 20000 new infections for the 1st time the virus is hitting many european states even harder now than when it was 1st arriving here. A new somber record for germany the highest number of 1000 cases ever registered in the country germany is in its 1st week of a new partial lockdown restaurants bars and leisure activities are shut down travel for tourism is strongly discouraged while shops and schools are allowed to stay open. Germanys Health Minister yes spahn said the countrys Health Care System is not currently overwhelmed but hard times are ahead if the rise in cases isnt stopped. The situation is serious the number of people requiring support in intensive care units has doubled in the past 10 days from as of today our Health System is still coping but even the best system in the wor
Now coming up a little bit see the all those posters and its all the same masses there are actually doubting the results of the vote or the vote count the process now let me take you over here to the other side when i get through here for one second please. Nor can i please go through there are all really not really press thank you but what does god think of corporate polices you can see. We get through here as this is whats happening the police line is actually here to separate those 2 for the group stays on set and you can hear stephanie if you can hear me im just saying you see what i can yes when youre seeing with police there now because theres been a growing number of people gathering in that area. That you have this one im going to tell you lost the camera makes this show you down there all the street down now police and then you see lots of police were to cancel because theyre in civilian clothes so what im trying to say the point is that there is about attention and yet betwee
Im filled to hell welcome to the program joe biden is edging closer to the white house as final votes are still being counted 3 days after the u. S. Election the democratic challenger has extended his late in the key state of pennsylvania in the last hour President Trump has insisted that he will press ahead with his legal challenges and says he will never stop fighting so lets take a look at the picture so far joe biden has 264. 00 an actual College Votes donald trump has 214. 00 according to the a. P. News agency biden leads by more than 13000. 00 votes in pennsylvania around 98 percent of the vote has now been counted now thats worth 20 electoral College Votes and is the biggest prize still up for grabs. On to georgia with its 16 electoral votes biden has pulled ahead of trump here with most ballots now counted joe biden has a lead of just over 1500 votes but with such a slim margin a recount is expected the race is also tightening in North Carolina where donald trump has a lead of
But i also want to say just an aside here at the outset that we are still in quarantine. We are following orders. We are fine. No symptoms developing for either of us. I have learned that i am somewhat of an inpatient patient. This is one of the first times i have been pinned down, but , december 1chnology will get here when it gets here. In the meantime, we will be celebrating thanksgiving home alone. Better safe than sorry. Maybe we will make up for it next year with emily from around the state and around the country coming in and maybe do two thanksgivings next year family from around the state and around the country coming in. We are wishing a lot of others good health and strength and food and clothing and shelter they need because we know so in india are stepping up to help and fill that need. This year has reminded us both of everything that we took for past. D in years even the most basic things like at sporting events. All those traditions and annual rituals or routines that h