Can make the big prize of the night as always is california with 55 Electoral College votes joe biden has got those further north the state of washington with 12 goes to the blue column as well and oregon as well all of these west coast blue states another 7 which we can add to joe bidens tally there and well put in idaho as well which is also closing the south thats a red state that goes to dont trump with 4 so as i said this gives us some shape now because weve now managing to fill in the states which we knew so 209112 right now that looks very strong in favor of joe biden but lets think about this texas 38 florida 29 pennsylvania which we havent talked about for a while will do that in maybe will 10 or 15 minutes well have a little talk about pennsylvania. Not even in the too close to call of the moment but this 20. Heigho a chain North Carolina 16 there are a lot of states and its all the ones which we thought it would come down to of course so whilst that number all just pop out the way there was that number looks as i say very strong and joe biden much closer there is too much to declare and remember florida looking so strong for joe biden for doing it again Goodness Gracious for donald trump at the moment we could probably put another 29 on to his tally there lets check in with some of those swing states which i just took you through just one of those through them quickly and see how we are so North Carolina with nearly 100 percent of precincts reporting the difference is just 73000. 00 and that is in favor of donald trump at this stage georgia as well with its 16 Electoral College votes is too close to call the margin is just 300000. 00 and we are waiting for votes from the most populous parts of the states around atlanta remembering the general rule that democrats do best in the urban areas so joe biden by no means will have given up hope in georgia 63 percent of precincts reporting there lets head further north to hire that ones too close as well 402000 is the difference with nearly 90 percent of precincts reporting. But Donald Trumps lead has been extending there are over the last hour i would point out and finally michigan part of the blue wall what was the blue wall 16 Electoral College votes dont trump is comfortably ahead there but its only a 3rd of the votes in at this point its pennsylvania was the one i wanted to talk about as well now 5543 thats. Thats changed significantly because earlier when we looked to pennsylvania joe biden was well ahead but there was a small number of precincts reporting and it was the areas which we know strong and pennsylvania is a fascinating state as i think well talk a bit more about this in 10 or 15 minutes or so depending on what other news we see coming out but donald trump will be placed to see that one because holding on to pennsylvania as well as florida is absolutely critical for donald trump if he wants to keep the white house so the school board looks like this 209 Electoral College votes place 112 and just to highlight the Electoral College at play here look at the bottom line there for that will bring it up full there so both candidates have won 17 states but joe biden has that much far ahead up at 209 begins 112 thats the way the Electoral College works its not about how many states you win its about how important which important states you win and look at the popular vote as well more people across the United States are voting for donald trump at this stage 3 percent more joe biden ahead in the electoral count adrian this is tight ill be honest i did not expect this and florida especially which i think we should have a final result at some point or a final projection that will be a huge factor in whoever wins this race come on many thanks well talk to you shortly well as we heard several states still up in the emily all the polls are closed now except for hawaii and alaska. The ballots still being counted especially in several key battleground states we dont know which way those states are going to go yet we have correspondents right across the country that speak to the moldau starting with john hendren who is covering the midwest chicago this election could come down to. Pennsylvania and. Michigan wisconsin ohio the midwest where you are. All thats right adrian its those blue walls states by and large that kemal was talking about spanning from pennsylvania to minnesota in the upper midwest and in the middle are the ones that joe biden will have to pick up in order to make a change and do a cost donald trump key electoral votes that he won last time around thats ohio michigan wisconsin biden has other avenues to success if he doesnt win those but he would do best if he can win michigan and ohio pennsylvania hes got to win something there and right now if he were to win ohio wisconsin and michigan hed pick up 44 electoral points and that would put donald trump below to 70 if Everything Else played out like it did in 2016 there are a couple. Kaviak its right here if you look at wisconsin last i checked you can check my math on this but it was pretty close and milwaukee still wont have all of its votes counted and for another 7 hours now thats important because milwaukee is one of those urban areas that are heavily democratic thats where joe biden is expected to rack up some votes ahead of these this election he was several points ahead in wisconsin in polls but as we see when we look at the results so far donald trump seems to be outperforming his expectations and joe biden is outperforming Hillary Clintons performance 4 years ago but hes not doing as well as he as he would need to do in order to wrap it up michigan is probably going to be late in returning all of its votes and then theres pennsylvania those states could make the difference it could come down to this blue wall. Many thanks well see you again a little later lets go live then to the crucial battleground state of florida and to gallagher is in miami and its pretty tight. I mean incredibly tight and we are expecting it to get cold pretty soon about 94 percent of all votes have been predicted and counted and it looks like this could go Donald Trumps way hes got about a 300000 vote lead at the moment and in the areas if you look at the counties where joe biden actually won like here in Miami Dade County hes actually underperforming in what Hillary Clinton did back in 2016 remember doll chunk came here 14 times during his Campaign Joe Biden only 4 times although he sent surrogates like former president barack obama here to try to energize by his base but this is a much needed win if it goes trumps way because this is really the state that he needed to get no republican nominee for the president has won the white house in close to a century without winning this state the state of course that dan trump calls his home state because he moved down to verilog oh its his permanent residence so he hasnt been called yet but it looks like it is leaning towards the Trump Campaign and it may be that this state does really even play much of a role Going Forward because now it seems to be about places like North Carolina ohio wisconsin which john was just talking about and thats a pretty unusual thing normally florida plays an outsized role d because it is an outside state in many ways with 29 Electoral College votes but if trump manages to clinch those 29 Electoral College votes it will give his campaign a big boost and they get to go reporting live there from miami lets cross to the other side of the country then out to serious rob reynolds is in los angeles and california polls as we heard close there at the. Its is a strong democratic states lets talk about colorado and arizona to get us up to date with rob. Whats the basis. Well colorado has been called the by the Associated Press for. Vice President Joe Biden also notable there that a rip republican senator an incumbent republican senator lost his seat to his democratic challenger so that is a pick up in the senate however that is offset by the loss of a democratic senator to his republican opponent in the state of alabama the really interesting thing thats going on now adrian is in arizona where things are looking pretty good for joe biden of course its not been called yet its not been officially. Announce what the results are but it is looking good for biden hes maintained a fairly good lead throughout the evening over President Trump and this is extraordinary because their resume is formally a rock ribbed republican state it was the home of Barry Goldwater the founder of the modern conservative movement and it hasnt gone for a rip a democratic president since bill clinton beat bob dole back in 1996 the other aspect of arizona that is intriguing right now is the senate race again there is a democrat there is a republican can incumbent Martha Mc Sally she is trailing her democratic rival mark kelly by a fairly large margin so that could be a pickup for the democrats in their struggle to control the senate. In that regard as well adrian there is a close race in. In the state of montana which is a republican stronghold but the former democratic governor of that state is appears to be holding a narrow lead so a lot more to come as the last of the western states california hawaii and alaska all. Tally up their votes adrian rubble check in with you again and a little while lets go to Houston Texas subzero as hot as youre castro is id texas is one of the states we put a big question. In that it why its unthinkably have gone blue hows it looking. I know what a question to consider this evening adrian because texas is yet another state that has not supported a democrat for president in well over 4 decades and currently were at some 80 percent of votes counted it appears that joe biden is still only trailing by about 3 Percentage Points behind President Trump why is that significant well trump one against clinton here in texas of 26 team by 9 points so certainly if he were to win texas again tonight that margin of victory is narrowing and if texas were to go to joe biden which at this point still is the more unlikely of scenarios remember this is a state with 38. 00 electoral votes so all of the scenarios that we have been talking about this evening thus far that would be tossed out the window if this obstat were to be pulled off by joe biden in texas there would be. There would be very little way of trump winning the white house if he were to lose taxes finally another takeaway from the results here is that. The republican senator who is up for reelection here in texas has been declared the winner and its interesting because what the says is that the people who voted in texas it was not a purely partisan vote that there was a significant number of voters who voted for the republican senator john cornyn but also for joe biden and that certainly spells the weakening status of President Trump in texas one of the traditionally deepest red states. How does your castro live out in Houston Texas another state thats very much in play as North CarolinaPresident Trump fighting to hold on to its crucial 15 Electoral College votes and thats already 80 percent of the vote counted observers gave us on to us following the race for us the latest. The latest is President Donald Trump is pulling away in North Carolina ever so slightly as theres fewer and fewer votes to count in that critical state 5200000 votes have been counted in North CarolinaDonald Trump Holds about a 73000 vote lead over joe biden thats significant because the Biden Campaign had been hoping to flip North Carolina trump won it 4 years ago but the polls before this election seemed to indicate that biden might hold some sort of lead so the Biden Campaign was hoping that this could be one of those key swing states that they could flip and it appears that that hope by the by and campaign is slipping away very quickly now a North Carolina has for a long time been a strong red state theres only 2 times since 1976 that it democrat has won it but one of those 2 times was 2008 when brock obama won North Carolina by only 14000 votes when joe biden was the Vice President ial on the Vice President ial ticket there so thats why the Biden Campaign was hoping to get North Carolina its still too close to call but the bottom line here is that by opened up an early lead a couple hours ago but the trump had been chipping away at that as the. Same day voting tally was was was tallied and what were seeing now is 97 percent of the vote tally and we see donald trump. With about a 73000. 00 vote advantage potentially very difficult at this stage for baidoa overcome that however its still too close to call. Given as on the reporting live from new york clips him now from the 2 correspondents are covering the can but its in a moment well speak with my count whos in wilmington delaware democratic candidate joe bidens home state but 1st lets go to our White House Correspondent kimberly how could whats the mood. Among the Trump Campaign kimberly. Well our senior white house producer Chris Sheridan is over at the white house and he ran into the president s daughter in law lara trump who has been very instrumental in getting out the vote particularly among women for trump. Chris asked her you know whats the mood like in there as you and your family watch these returns come in she said its good and this is something thats being echoed by the Trump Campaign manager he is also saying that he believes that donald trump is actually starting to poll i had in the returns but what were hearing from the campaign in fact they sent this out in officially emailed to their supporters is that their belief is that even though they are ahead that the media the fake news as they call it and for the u. S. President say so many times is were fusing to call this in other words protecting the rival of donald trump joe biden the former Vice President now some of the things that theyre pointing to and some of the things that could affect when we ultimately see a result have to do with a number of key cities in pivotal states one of them is to troy michigan that is where we know that they have halted the counting of some ballots until the in fact theyre going to be counting the ballots until wednesday were being told because theres a bit of a backlog and philadelphia penn. Sylvania that battleground states theyve actually halted counting ballots until the next day so as a result these are really important states where we need to see these results if it is a close razor thin margin and thats not happening and so theres a bit of eyebrow raising happening at the white house right now about why that might be happening because theyd like to see these results come in but at the same time they are start to feel optimistic given the fact that they went into this knowing that according to most polls that joe biden had quite a substantial lead so the fact that some of these states are in play is an encouraging sign according to the Trump Campaign committee how to live in washington lets go to mike hanna then whos outside biomed quarters in wilmington delaware the mood there mike. Followed by a campaign maintaining a silence which it has done throughout the night but once again the point that kimberly made there that so many states are in play which the democrats had hoped would be out of played by this particular stage of the vote counting this election has been very different from previous others in many ways but in one way the pattern has been similar and that is the vote on the day has gone republican voting in person has changed the for amateurs of the Election Results as they come in in the states where the early returns are counted early we saw an early move to the democrats however as the in person on the day vote was counted you saw the republicans narrowing the gap and some paces leaping into the lead florida for example at this stage appears to be going to trump that would be a major play for the democrats who really thought that they had that state as a possibility for a victory but having said that what we are seeing as well is a pattern that in those areas where the early returns are counted late so to speak theres a switch around there lets take pennsylvania for an example there youve had some 35 percent of the vote counted now out of that only 18 percent are early returns the total of early returns or early voting is likely to be in the region of 40 to 50 percent which could favor the democrats so this is why this is such a difficult race to call and this is why the calling is coming in some cases rather late right at the very last moment where one rea