Back a as well have congratulated joe biden and his running mate harris after Major Networks to clear them the winners of the u. S. President ial election in a statement posted on twitter she wrote i look forward to working with president by our transatlantic friendship is indispensable if we are to deal with the major challenges of our time and to talk more about these Transatlantic Relations lets bring in detail be a correspondent. Whats the reaction in germany been. Well i think its a sense sort of for at least tonight here in germany youve read out the statement by uncle americas spokesperson on twitter its really about really really shuffling the cards between germany and the u. S. Its really about restarting again the trends that the transatlantic relation as a sort of Foreign Affairs minister talked about a new beginning a new deal when he congratulated president elect joe biden and Vice President. Arias so the relation between the u. S. And germany has been really really diffic
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
Significantly. A typical aircraft squadron might have 85 fully operational. More investments are being made and stealthy, longrange aircraft, Unmanned Systems in the air or under sees hypersonic missiles, small satellites and artificial we will be leaving this here and take you to a live discussion on president ial transition and National Security hosted by the university of virginia plus Miller Center. To moderate todays conversation. It is a real pleasure to be with you all and have these terrific guests. The president ial transition act was stopped by congress in 1963 to provide important statutory framework for the peaceful transfer of power. It has been updated several times since then and today we will discuss some of the important issues coming out of that in the current transition and transfer. It has been almost a week since most Major Networks designated joe biden as president elect. The biden team has been moving forward on a transition and selected a new white house chief o
Everywhere. It does seem, as i said, that mr. Biden has a slight advantage with a slim lead in several crucial states, but the contest will go on in the form of recounts and legal challenges. Republicans are in a strong position to maintain control of the senate, they made big gains in the house of representatives. Of course, the main, unsettlinged question remains the president ial race itself. On thursday night, President Trump claimed victory. This is a case where theyre trying to steal an election. Theyre trying to rig an election, and we cant let that happen. Detroit and philadelphia known as two of the most corrupt political places anywhere in our country easily cannot be responsible for engineering the outcome of a president ial race, a very important president ial race. Gerri now, the president s typically combative style drew the usual pearlclutching from the media, Major Networks cut away from his remarks to protect their viewers. Now, its also true that President Trump made
U. S. Population remaining beach. Oh im terry martin good to have you with us facing growing likelihood of defeat in the u. S. President ial election dont trump has again claimed without evidence that he won and that democrats are trying to steal the election from him in fact trump is losing ground 0 as counting continues in 4 swing states that remain on decided lets take a closer look at those the latest figures show biden with 264 Electoral College votes overall in president with 214. Get down to the states the georgia where 16 electoral votes are up for grabs there its an extremely tight race biden and trump still neck and neck with 99 percent of votes counted the latest count has shown the former Vice President less than 2000 votes behind the president and catching up. In pennsylvania thats the biggest yet to be decided with 20 electoral votes donald trump currently holding a narrow lead but that gap is constantly narrowing and the remaining mail in ballots are expected to paper jo