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Recent hours is something we can use going forward. But even if that takes place there is a huge amount of work to be done just the significant has been our focus on diversity equity and inclusion. Looking at Racial Injustice in the United States and around the world. So we can help come through this pandemic and look at how we look at the future and look at the real challenges we have had historically in our country. This park is being live streamed, it is on the record. And we are delighted to have politicos own chorizo welts who will be joining us to moderate todays panel. She has extensive background in journalism. Welcome teresa. She is with politico for several months and before that it was stateline covering state issues in the area of Human Services and welfare has worked for the tribune and a number of other publications. Shes part of a team that was awarded the kennedy price for journalism in chicago and investigation into murdered children there. She has dedicated her life t
Al this is al jazeera live from doha youre watching our continuing u. S. Election coverage including. Supposed to celebrate bidens win across the country including the wattles. By donald trump and his supporters a defiant president showing no signs of conceding as he prepares to challenge ballot counts in several states. That hasnt stopped leaders from around the world applauding joe biden including many who have had a rocky relations with trump. Joe biden has declared victory in the u. S. Elections earlier he and his running mate carla harris. Addressed the nation from his home state of delaware he spoke of uniting a country that has seen deep divisions with a pandemic and racial unrest from dominating headlines a White House Correspondent Kelly Holcomb reports. Addressing the nation for the 1st time as president elect joe biden spoke to a divided america and appealed for unity. People of this nation have spoken. They delivered us a clear victory we won with the most roads ever crash
10000000 have been infected meanwhile president obama trump was out playing golf when biden was declared the winner of the election has not conceded he says he will go to court to make sure election laws are upheld more from alan fischer in washington we know that there are those theres reporting in washington d. C. That we cant confirm that suggests the jury is going to approach and suggest a concession might be best for the country theres also a report on for says the president under some conditions would consider an appropriate transfer of power or just point on that its really not up to him its in the constitution its in the law and there will be a transparent power nor Strings Attached whether he likes it or not. Some other headlines theres been an escalation in the conflict between azerbaijan and armenia as a johns president says his troops are now in control of shusha with the most important cities in the fight in the disputed region of going to cut about given its strategic pos
President trump is closing the gap in arizona, though, with bidens lead dropping to about 38,000 votes. Lets check in with stephanie sierra tracking both campaign. Votes continue to pour in from each of the remaining four Battle Ground states. Joe biden 17 votes from 270. As we heard from the president today, he wont be conceding without a fight. In the home stretch, joe biden leading in the pour Battle Ground states, arizona, nevada, georgia and pennsylvania. A declared win in pennsylvania alone with its 20 electoral votes would put him on a path to the presidency. His supporters anxiously waiting. Democracy is sometimes messy and requires patience, as well. Meanwhile, President Trump is leading in north carolina. Continuing to send false messages on twitter he won the presidency and toting unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. Democrat officials never believed they could win this election honestly. Thats why they did the mail in ballots where there is tremendous corruption and fraud