it s election night across america. 50 states, millions of votes, and an outcome that will be felt here and around the globe. the control of congress is up for grabs, with republicans looking to retake the house and senate from the democrats. hundreds of seats in congress are about to be decided. across the states, voters have lined up to choose governors, and a host of local officials. people who could decide how future elections are fought. i mjohn sudworth in philadelphia. this race could have a significant bearing on whetherjoe biden becomes a lame duck president. you can tell just how tight the contest is because the legal wrangling has begun over which votes to count.
who oversee state budgets, policing, and in some cases, state laws. for the past two years democrats have controlled both the house and the senate but by a very narrow margin. here s barbara plett usher in washington on how the vote might play out this time. i suppose it feels a little bit like a combination of there still something to play far and closing arguments. you had president biden and former president obama campaigning in pennsylvania yesterday, biden tonight in maryland. former president trump is in ohio tonight. the democrats really fighting to try to hang onto that narrow majority they have in congress. they are up against strong concerns about economy, crime, president biden leadership. the republicans feeling more confident that they won t be a republican ripple it could be a republican wave, even thinking they might be able to make inroads into democratic stronghold. of course you had that
the us? i think it will be taken i with somewhat of a pinch of salt the us? i think it will be taken - with somewhat of a pinch of salt up of course democrats will say that s all they expected from someone who is a multi , multi billionaire. whether it will have much difference on election day, i don t know. in terms of getting out the vote, which is a key thing here in georgia. that s because democrats here really do need to see their base turned out, they need to see the african american vote turn out. you are talking about a state with a senate race that is a dead heat at the moment. there is almost nothing between the republican for that we ve been listening to raphael warnock who is here in macon georgia. this race quite simply, and this is without exaggeration, could decide the power in the senate. that could decide whetherjoe biden gets to do anything legislative speaking over the next two years. over the next two years. exactly, geora ia over the next two years. exactly, georg
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching context on bbc news. the pressure mounts on british prime minister, borisjohnson. one of his conservative mp s defects to the opposition. more letters demanding his resignation have gone in, and then this from a former cabinet colleague. so, i remind him of a quotation, altogether too familiar to him, of leo amery to neville chamberlain. you have sat there too long, for all the good you have done. in the name of god, go. cheering. in a bruising session of prime minister s questions, borisjohnson mounted a passionate defence of his record, as the opposition called on him to quit. from backyard parties to beltway blues. a year on from the inauguration, the president meets the press this hour, with democrats asking whetherjoe biden is still up to thejob.
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching context on bbc news. the pressure mounts on british prime minister, borisjohnson. one of his conservative mp s defects to the opposition. more letters demanding his resignation have gone in, and then this from a former cabinet colleague. so, i remind him of a quotation, altogether too familiar to him, of leo amery to neville chamberlain. you have sat there too long, for all the good you have done. in the name of god, go. cheering. in a bruising session of prime minister s questions, borisjohnson mounted a passionate defence of his record, as the opposition called on him to quit. from backyard parties to beltway blues. a year on from the inauguration, the president meets the press this hour, with democrats asking whetherjoe biden is still up to thejob. tonight with the context