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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
And well see how that goes. For us live from los angeles many thanks when leaders from around the wells have been sending their congratulations to joe biden lets begin in europe where german chancellor Angela Merkel issued a statement saying that she looks forward to future cooperation with President Biden and that the transatlantic friendship between the u. S. And germany is irreplaceable if we are to master the great challenges of time. Nigerias president Mohammed Bihari has tweeted congratulating biden on his election at a time of uncertainty and fear in World Affairs as he said his election is a reminder that democracy is the best form of government. And his Prime Minister Narendra Modi also congratulated biden saying as the Vice President his contribution to strengthening into u. S. Relations was critical invaluable and that he looked forward to working closely together once again to take india u. S. Relations to Greater Heights weve also heard from the emir of qatar which hosts t
Hearing donald trump its always been about donald trump of course the presidency is that its a huge position that the president has no matter who the president is always in the news but in a very different way the last 4 years its always been about this president but donald trump is donald trump and we didnt hear we havent heard about this hes been silent for the 1st time really in for your 4 years and i have to say just got very very abrasive rhetoric again putting aside the policies it doesnt really matter right or wrong where you stand on that republican or democrat just in your very different tone and i think is a great relief to many of us who listen to him in the media to Many Political leaders around the world right now and of course many people in the United States to talk about that finally that were getting from lets bring in someone in our studio in washington sumi any news on the president. I really have to wonder nicolle if the president is watching this you know joe biden
Know is much more fighting back you know its much more vital. Than having a fast parts. Let me tell you one thing when you have a narrow margin or. 5. Little small things can make a difference. Also on the day of joe biden does end up in the white house he wont be taking as Many Democrats with him as he hopes to look at why the blue way turned out to be just a trickle president elect biden has a strong mandate to lead and he will have a strong Democratic House with him and Many Democrats in the senate some of them one a few did not. Welcome to the day we saw with the u. S. Election still on the knife edge counting is continuing in many states with some so close the results could still go either way 3 days after the election were creeping close to knowing whether joe biden or donald trump will be inaugurated in january as clocks tally the remaining ballots when theyre finished they might have to start all over again. On friday state officials in georgia said they expected they would hav