A recount and finds lawsuits as he has promised to victory now rules the outcome of the election now hinges on 4 battleground states where mainly postal votes are being tapped and in other news this hour the u. N. Calls for an immediate deescalation in tensions as ethiopias Prime Minister calls in troops following an attack on a military base in the teeth ray beach. Thank you very much for joining us so we begin in the United States way joe biden is pulling ahead in the race for the white house we cannot project away in for biden in the key battleground state of michigan its one of these socalled rust belt states that donald trump won in 2016 helping him deliver the presidency now within the past couple of hours the democrats also flipped neighboring wisconsin. Which donald trump narrowly won 4 years ago and that means that biden now has a total of 264 Electoral College votes while donald trump has 214 remember the magic number of course to become president is 217 now here in yellow yo
Votes shy of victory. Votes are still being tallied Spectrum Campaign is already demanding a recount and one crucial battleground states. And in other news ethiopias Prime Minister or his troops into the 2 brain regions on an attack on a military base. And its 4 hours into the football hero Diego Maradona has Successful Surgery to remove a lot of calls from his brain. Just gone 800. 00 g. M. T. Thats 1 pm in the eastern United States and there is still uncertainty about who the next president will be the country is awaiting for a few key results with 43. 00 states counted results a neck and neck that leaves 7 states to decide the direction of the country and most could go either way while other states paused for the night counting continued in wisconsin we are expecting to have that result soon in the last few minutes the trunk Campaign Says it will request a recount there. And we have correspondents across the United States the seller john hendren is in lansing in the battleground sta
The in. The in the evening. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top story this hour in the u. S. Elections democratic nominee joe biden is pulling ahead in the race for the white house is now one the state of michigan giving him 264 Electoral College votes just 6 shy of the 270 required earlier biden said he was confident of securing enough states to win the presidency but the campaign has filed lawsuits to stop vote counting in michigan and pennsylvania while calling for a recount in wisconsin and its also looking to intervene in a Supreme Court case to stop pennsylvania counting votes up to 3 days after the election the count of absentee ballots continues in battleground states like pennsylvania georgia and arizona its a tight race in nevada where biden has a narrow lead with 86 percent of the votes tallied so far. And this is how those results look on the map with wisconsin and michigan now in this state still in play are here in yellow georgia North Carolina nevada and penns
Says he Still Believes hell win and is currently 32. 00 Electoral College votes shy of al broad victory. Votes are still being tallied but trump is threatening to go to the Supreme Court to stop the counting. And in other news the ethiopias Prime Minister or his troops into the 2 prayed region following a deadly attack on a military base. And joining us go with the sports argentina football hero Diego Maradona has had Successful Surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain. Welcomed news oh it is 1500. 00 g. M. T. 10 am in the east of the United States and as the new day begins the country is waiting on a handful of results which will decide who will be the next president with 43 states counted results are neck and neck that leaves. 7 states to decide the direction of the country and most of them could go either way while other states polls for the night counting continued in wisconsin were expecting to hear the results there in the coming hours and counting has restarted in other are
Presenting our opening prayer, please welcome rob farnsworth. Lets pray. Gracious father, we thank you for the blessings you have given us. We think that we live in the most free and prosperous country in the history of the world. May you give us strength to continue to fight for liberty. Today, we pray for our president , donald trump, give him renewed wisdom, strength and protection. Guide his every decision that he will continue to fight for what we know is right and good. We pray for president for Vice President pence. He has been steadfast in all you have told him to do, so we ask that you honor him for his faithfulness and guide his every decision. For our members of congress, for our governor, for our legislature, for our local leaders, we pray for your wisdom and all the difficult decisions that come before them. We offer a special prayer for jason lewis, today, for a quick healing during his surgery. Psalmist said, bless the lord, and forget not his benefits, who forgives all