Should have seen it coming. I would like to start with what was my personal favorite moment in the book which is the first meeting between donald trump and steve bannon who would become a very influential political strategist in his world where he explains to trump that he cannot if hes thinking of running for president he cant do it as a traditional republican. Can you describe the scene . First of all, thank you for having me. One of the things you have to remember is donald trump didnt come into this he had been thinking about running for president for years but he wasnt sure, he did to have an identity. Sometimes he was democrat, sometimes republican, someone independent. By 2012, he was getting serious about it and a conservative activist, was a friend of Donald Trumps and he decided to talk about running for president and they took their friend who didnt know donald trump at that point up to new york at a meeting to talk about the possibility. If he ran as an outsider, how would
Including washington d. C. The reaction is coming in from europe with germanys defense minister down thing much bilateral change if biden wins and the Foreign Policy chief says they look forward to rebuilding a strong transatlantic partnership. Thank you for joining us for our special coverage of the u. S. Election on the key air and bringing you the latest on what is already another extraordinary election day will donald trump be reelected for a 2nd so i wont joe biden become the 46th president of the United States stay with us as america decides. Well it is 5 am on the east coast and americans are waking up with still no clear winner in the 2020 race for the white house let me bring you up to speed on how both candidates are doing it so far the race is tight as you can see with biden already securing 238 electors and trump having the backing of 23270 and needed to win the white house and it all comes down to the socalled Electoral College each state has a fixed number of electors bas
I welcome you watching r. T. International where there is one story dominating today the u. S. President ial election much tighter than everybody was expecting and still no results but lets have a look at the numbers to bring you up to speed on how the candidates are doing so far the race is pretty tight as you can see with biden securing were already 238 electors and trump having the backing of 213270 needed to win the white house that is the magic number its all based on the Electoral College system and not the popular votes well heres what it looks like so far on a state by state basis the red the blue for biden. Many votes were mailed in and key states like wisconsin michigan pennsylvania and georgia will resume counting in the morning. Find her turn to night we believe were on track to win a selection were going to wear in this factory thank you thank you. We were getting ready to win this election frankly we did win this election. We will win this and we as far as im concerned we
There you are watching r. T. International this afternoon where its just gone for in moscow in america people are waking up to find their president ial election race stuck on a knife edge results are hanging in the balance in a few key states but that hasnt stopped joe biden claiming hes on course to win a slim lead in Electoral College votes or donald trump for that matter claiming that he has already won and is threatening legal action. Ok well to get more on this were joined in the studio. And also. Is here with us. Coming to us from new york so lets go there 1st and talk to kalib. Just talk through how the race is panning out so far whats the latest and what can we expect. Well as was widely anticipated it is the morning after the election here in the United States and we do not have a clear winner at this point a number of states have yet to declare a winner and its not clear who will be the president for the following 4 years now at this point in the Electoral College joe biden i
Continues. Good afternoon well can you watching our see international now in america people are waking up there to find their president ial election race is stuck on a knife edge the results are hanging in the balance in a few key states and as it stands right now joe biden has a narrow lead with 224 Electoral College votes compared to Donald Trumps 213 the victor will be the 1st to reach 270 biden claimed overnight on cost of victory went 1. 00 step further saying that hes already won and is threatening legal action to get more on this now were joined by murray gas if hes in and also with the market he joins us from new york so lets go to karen. As i said waiting for us in new york. Hanging in the balance not all the votes are in still everything to play for. Well at this point its down to a number of key states it was widely anticipated that the morning after the election in the United States we would not yet have the results and that is what occurred at this point we are waiting for