The president is mounting a series of legal challenges but a judge in michigan has just said accounting there will continue. The counting thre will continue. I, brent goff. I am brent goff. Welcome. Brent votes are still being counted in several key u. S. States. Joe biden is closest to the 270 Electoral College votes needed. The Associated Press has called arizona for biden even though there is not yet finished. They win in arizona would put joe biden at two hunt 64 Electoral College votes. Other agencies are reporting the arizona contest is still open. Meanwhile the trump and is trying to stop the vote count in three states. Stop the boat now. The vote now. Frustration spilling onto the streets. In new york, antitrump protesters demanding every vote be counted. In other cities like here in seattle, a similar story. A portland in portland, assigned that many here have had enough of politics altogether. But in phoenix, arizona approach Trump Supporters make their voices heard outside o
2027488000 on the eastern and central time zones. In the mountain pacific regions, 2027488001. You can also send a text to 2027488003. On twitter, we are at at cspan wj. Biden supporters only this first hour. We did republicans only yesterday at the same time. Your thoughts on how joe biden will govern. Should he align himself with moderate or progressives. Again, 2027488000, eastern and central, 2027488001, mounted and pacific. This is the reporting of the Arizona Republic this morning biden increases lead, ending trumps hopes that continuing what count would put state in his column. Seemingly every National News organization that had not already called arizona for president elect joe biden nbc, cnn, New York Times and it. Washington post called fox news and the Associated Press had already called arizona for biden last week but at that point President Trump had a chance albeit slim to pull ahead of his democratic challenger. Biden needs trump with a margin greater than the estimated
Contest the election in the Supreme Court biden meanwhile addressing supporters in his home state of delaware said that it wasnt up to republicans or democrats to call victory but for the American People he urged patience. Look at the results my colleague michael is standing by. A look again at how its going and some of the nights a key battleground states is america waits with bated breath a. P. Has called arizona with its 11 Electoral College votes for joe biden lets take a look at the rest of the map here we see in the middle again most of those states taken by the president Montana North Dakota south dakota all the way down to texas and of course key states like california with its 55 electoral votes new york with its 29 electoral votes for joe biden but of course picking up the key states of South Carolina and florida with 29 electoral votes lets go to the next graphic here for you and you can see that North Carolina with its 15 electoral votes a key state in this fight for both c
Clay being that he is the winner and that he will now go to the Supreme Court claiming major for award but joe biden has also told his supporters that hes confident of victory. Although still being counted in a process that can take hours or even days our question on to the point since u. S. Election and the winner is. A. Good. One joining me here in the studio osredak david villa up from the German Marshall Fund who say there is no landslide for any of the candidates but trump ism is here to stay and a warm welcome to to stage 2 britons from the w. C. U. S. Election team her opinion of trump. Franco destroying american democracy as we know its also with us is joseph watch uncertain us journalist and lawyer on. Every us state has until december the 18th to finish counting votes on the supremes coal must comply with federal law. Thank you very much for being with us today here on d w stacey off t w id like to begin with you because you have been up all night so i know collecting impress
A handful of states. Youre watching d. W. News in our live coverage of the 2020 u. S. Election im sorry kelly and one of the most consequential votes in u. S. History the results may not be known for hours even days what we do know is that the swing states like texas and florida they have stayed with President Donald Trump while democratic rival joe biden has claimed arizona and may pennsylvania and michigan are 2 important states which are still at play but a short while ago trump spoke to supporters and stopped just short of claiming victory alleging that there was a voting fraud underway and that his team was prepared to launch a legal challenge. The stage is set for the u. S. President ial election results. Counting of votes is still underway but the president has already claimed to be tree. We were getting ready to win this election frankly we did win this election. Is a major fraud in our nation we want the law to be used in a proper manner so well be going to the u. S. Supreme c