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
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
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
Im terry martin good to have you with us the phrase too close to call is ringing in the ears of americans as they awaken on this day after the president ial election theres still no certainty as to whether challenger joe biden has been able to defeat the incumbent President Donald Trump well theyre going to will well continue in a handful of states in the last vote as the last votes are counted still the president suggested to supporters that he had already won an alleged fraud once again without presenting evidence. To stage. The u. S. President ial election results. Counting the votes is still underway but the president has already claimed to be terry. We were getting ready to win this election frank. Really we did win this election. This is a major fraud or a nation we want the lord to be used in a proper manner so well be going to the u. S. Supreme court trump was referring to mailing votes that will be accepted after election day in several states his reaction comes after biden ar
A 2 percent of the 2 percent is very low it should be much more than that so theyre delinquent of billions of dollars and this is for years the liquid. When trump treated racist attacks on this group of democratic he was congresswoman mack an openly condemned his actions. Isnt even most of an achievement. I firmly distanced myself from the attacks and i stand in solidarity with these women. Americas strength from my perspective life precisely in the fact that the people of very different nationalities have contributed to the strength of the country. Therefore these a statements that grown very much. To this impression of mine for. A strained relationship but also opposite approaches like on how to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and how to wear a face mask. Now with trump fighting for a 2nd term in office and marco in her last year as chancellor it may soon be time to just get by the question is how soon. So the u. S. President ial election remains to uncertainly close to call with