Thank you for joining us for us by szell coverage of the u. S. Election on a key errand bringing you all the latest on what is already an extraordinary u. S. Election will donald trump be reelected for a 2nd term or will joe biden become the 46th president of the United States stay with us as america decides. Well all eyes are on america as the ballot counting is in full swing in the race for the white house let me bring you up to speed on how both candidates are doing so far but the race is extremely tight as you can see with biden already securing 238 electors and trump having the backing of 213 the magic number here is 270 thats how many they needed this needed to win the white house and it all comes down to the socalled Electoral College each state has a fixed number of electors based on the number of People Living there which of a candidate secures a simple majority of votes in each state when the only exceptions are maine and nebraska which allocate electors based on local distri
Including washington d. C. Where reporting from outside the white house. Like no behind the group of people who sit in the old and a lot fewer people than there would last time we talked to you the reason for that is probably 5 minutes ago or so there was a lot of hope in going on its been. Thank you for joining us here on c. N. N. International im neki aaron and well be bringing you all the latest throughout the day and what is so far proving to be a nail biting election as america decides on its future. All eyes are on america of ballot counting is still in full swing in the 2020 race for the white house let me bring you up to speed now on how both candidates are doing so far the race as i said is excruciating a tight as you can see with biden already securing 236 electors and having the backing of 230 the magic number here is 270 thats how many are needed to win the keys to the white house it all comes down to the socalled an Electoral College in each state has a fixed number of ele
Rebuilding a strong transatlantic partnership. Hello there welcome youre watching r. T. International where theres one story dominating today the u. S. President ial election much tighter than everybody was expecting and still no results so lets bring you what we know so far and bring you up to speed with the race is tight as you can see with biden already securing 238 electors and trump having the backing of 230 the magic number that they need is 270 that would get them into the white house and this is all down to what is called the Electoral College system in the United States because each state has a fixed number of electors based on the number of People Living there and whichever candidate secures a simple majority of votes in each state does win the only exceptions of maine and nebraska which are allocated electors based on local district. Heres what it looks like so far on a state by state basis many of my old. States from pennsylvania wisconsin michigan and georgia are still cou
Including washington d. C. The reaction is coming in from europe with germanys defense minister down thing much bilateral change if biden wins and the Foreign Policy chief says they look forward to rebuilding a strong transatlantic partnership. Thank you for joining us for our special coverage of the u. S. Election on the key air and bringing you the latest on what is already another extraordinary election day will donald trump be reelected for a 2nd so i wont joe biden become the 46th president of the United States stay with us as america decides. Well it is 5 am on the east coast and americans are waking up with still no clear winner in the 2020 race for the white house let me bring you up to speed on how both candidates are doing it so far the race is tight as you can see with biden already securing 238 electors and trump having the backing of 23270 and needed to win the white house and it all comes down to the socalled Electoral College each state has a fixed number of electors bas
To call there right now, but those are the states in which hes leading the most strongly in joe biden however leading in the state of arizona at first of nevada right now and again that continues to grow in his favor as more and more counts come in hes also leading in the state of wisconsin another state where his lead continues to grow as the count continues, michigan a different story at the moment President Trump is leading there, however his great his lead is shrinking with each new ballot that comes in a lot of these ballots are being counted right now are those early mail in ballots which are skewing heavily towards the democrats will see if joe biden can make up that lead in the final analysis there only a couple paths to victory for either candidate. Joe biden if he does claim arizona which at this point it looks like nevada should say which looks like hes about to do in the next 12 hours or so. Although we have to say the cabbie out is theyre not going release any new numbers