Outcome of the election now hinges on 4 battleground states where many also votes are being tallied and in other news the u. N. Calls for an immediate deescalation intentions as ethiopias Prime Minister it was in troops following an attack on a military base in the tikrit reach. So we begin in the United States where joe biden is pulling ahead in the race for the white house we cannot project a win for biden in the key battleground state of michigan its one of the socalled rust belt states that donald trump won in 2016 helping deliver him the presidency within the past couple of hours the democrats also flipped neighboring wisconsin which donald trump won 4 years ago now ali and that means that biden now has a toll of 264 Electoral College votes one donald trump has 214 remember the magic number to become president is of course 278 in yellow you will see the states that are still in play georgia and North Carolina in the south nevada in the west and pennsylvania in the northeast Donald
The outcome of the election now hinges on the four battleground states where mainly postal votes are being tallied and in other news the you and calls for an immediate deescalation intentions as if you go be as Prime Minister following an attack on the military base in the region. Host we begin in the United States where joe biden is pulling ahead in the race for the white house. We cannot project a win for biden in the key battleground state of michigan. It is one of the rust belt States Donald trump one in 2016 helping him deliver the presidency. Within the past couple of hours, democrats also flipped neighboring wisconsin, which donald trump won four years ago nearly and biden now has a total of 264 Electoral College votes while donald trump has 214. The magic number to become president is of course 270. In the yellow you will see the states that are still in a play, georgia and North Carolina in the south, nevada in the west and pennsylvania in the northeast. Donald trump is demand
Lets do the right thing and lets do it the right way. With that i will yield the floor. I come to the floor today in opposition to the nomination of judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. I am truly disappointed my republican colleagues have chosen to grandma through this aminee in the middle of pandemic when an election is underway and tens of millions of americans have already cast their ballot. The senate should be focused on a bipartisan relief package to help americans across the country who are struggling to pay the b bills and put food on the table during the pandemic. Instead, the only priority has been to push through a nominee who will alter the balance of the court and affect the lives of generations of americans days before the ballots will be counted to decide the next president of the United States and the makeup of this very body. The stakes in the nomination couldnt be higher. I want to read an excerpt from tuan email i received from a constituent this is from da
Coronavirus as the trumpet ministration is accused of doing just that. French products pulled from shelves turkey backs a boycott on the telly ation for president s comments about islam. And a surprise discovery on the moon frozen water on the sunlit surface could be just the tonic from manned missions. Donald trumps pick for the u. S. Supreme Court Justice has been sworn in. Do you. Think. Amy Connie Barrett took the oath of office an hour ago at the white house shortly after the Senate Confirmed her nomination for appointment to gives the top court a conservative majority no nominee has ever been confirmed this close to a president ial election democrats were against a replacement and wanted it to happen after next months poll she replaces Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last month alan fisher is joining us live from washington d. C. Donald trump had promised that he was going to do this and this gives him a victory so close to the election. 30 days from nomination to confirmation and r
The confirmation means the top court now has a conservative majority of 6. 00 to 3. 00 alan fischer has more on what happens next she will take the judicial oath at the Supreme Court on tuesday it will be administered by chief Justice John Roberts and then she can get straight down to work which is going to be interesting because already just in the last few weeks the Supreme Court has had to decide on important questions of law over electoral law and it could well be that before the election on november the 3rd there are a few more cases they go to the Supreme Court equally bad it gets them to work immediately which is exactly what the republicans wanted the World Health Organization is warning the some countries are on a dangerous track in their battle against new surges of corona virus infections the agency admits a certain level of fatigue has set 10 but cautioned against giving up on the fight. President s vision tell you heard of one has called on talks to boycott french goods ce