Hello and welcome. With victory projected in two crucial midwest states, the Democratic Party challenger, joe biden, says hes confident hes on course to win the white house. But a handful of states remain too close to call and officials warn it may be days before the final result is known. President Trumps Campaign has begun legal action to try to stop vote counting in georgia, an important battleground where his lead overjoe biden continues to narrow. The president s team has also filed legal challenges in michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin. Mark lobel wraps up all the latest developments. Could the 77 year old be on course for victory . He and his supporters are growing more and more confident of it. Im not here to declare that weve won, but i am here to report, when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners. Thats because the much predicted blue wave, though slow in coming, and smaller in size than many pollsters predicted, may now be breaking through. Buoyed by a p
We, the people, will not be bullied. We, the people, will not surrender. My friends, i am confident we will emerge victorious. Seven states have yet to declare, including pennsylvania, and these are the states that will decide whos president for the next four years. The Trump Campaign is taking legal action to try and affect the counting of absentee ballots here in pennsylvania. The man leading the cou nty tells pennsylvania. The man leading the county tells me he is unconcerned. Leading the count. Across the united states, theres a mix of tension and uncertainty, as the final outcome could take time to resolve. This election is still on a knife edge but, by very fine margins, it seems that momentum is going injoe bidens direction. Well have the story of a turbulent 2a hours and well be asking what these events tell us about the health of us democracy. Also tonight. On the eve of englands lockdown, the head of nhs england says hospitals are now back at the highest alert level. And the
Hello and welcome. The us president ial election is hanging in the balance with both donald trump and joe biden saying they are on course for victory. The margins are tight with just a few thousand votes in a handful of swing states set to decide who wins and who loses. If we take a look at the current state of the electoral map we can see that michigan has been projected as a biden win, and it looks like he could also win wisconsin thats the state shaded grey at the top of the map in the great lakes region. Taking wisconsin puts him ever closer to winning the Electoral College. Lets take a look at how the Electoral College is adding up the magic number is 270 electoral votes, which opens the door to the white house. Trump is currently on 214 finally lets have look at the popular vote. It shows us that turnout is on course to be the highest in more than a century. Alsojoe biden has collected more votes than his old boss barack obama did in 2008 which means hes already received more vot