Arizona for joe biden but the democrats leave their has narrowed a bit as more ballots are counted. The margin is around 47,000 votes. Theres also a very close race in nevada. Officials that they will likely be counting ballots there into the weekend. Joe biden has been building a small lead in about a. Heres a look at the electoral map as it stands at this hour. Joe biden leads the president ial race with the 264 electoral votes in President Trump has 214. 270 votes are needed. If any of the states that are still undecided goodbye did he will have enough electoral votes to win the white house. President trump needs to hold onto pennsylvania, georgia and North Carolina and then either win arizona or nevada. President trump called accounting corrupt and promise more litigation up to the Supreme Court. Jana katsuyama joins us now with the latest development on this. Reporter Election Officials in pennsylvania and georgia say the counting is continuing into the night and they hope to have
Message away from what joe biden had to say. And the politicize ation of basic Health Measures with. The most impassioned that weve heard joe biden on that particular issue saying that by wearing a mask you could save the life of somebody packing shelves in a supermarket you could save the lives of one of your childrens teachers you could save your own life this was the absolute thrust of what hes saying and that takes particular residence at the moment given the news of a potential vaccine that weve heard in the course of the day joe bidens response to that welcoming congratulating the team who working on the development of this particular vaccine all of this of course while donald trump still refuses to concede defeat his team is preparing legal challenges to some of the counts going on in battleground states that favor joe biden. Other world news a new round of talks on libya is underway in tunisia as capital 75. 00 libyan representatives from various groups have been invited by the
Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Katty im kerry k in washington and this is announcer im kerry k in washington and this is bbc world news america. President trump fires his secretary of defense is the latest in a long line of Security Officials to be shown the door. Azerbaijans president tells the bbc heat sees no end to the fighting. Their opportunities to compromise ahrinking as we are getting those territories back by force. Katty bbc world news america. Welcome to welcome to bbc world news america. President elect joe biden is preparing to make the transition to the white house as the u. S. Surpasses 10 million coronavirus cases, mr. Biden said his number one priority is to defeat the pandemic. Today he announced his task force. He made this plea to americans. President elect biden a mask running to most pote
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