Im terry martin good to have you with us the phrase too close to call is ringing in the ears of americans as they awaken on this day after the president ial election theres still no certainty as to whether challenger joe biden has been able to defeat the incumbent President Donald Trump well theyre going to will well continue in a handful of states in the last vote as the last votes are counted still the president suggested to supporters that he had already won an alleged fraud once again without presenting evidence. To stage. The u. S. President ial election results. Counting the votes is still underway but the president has already claimed to be terry. We were getting ready to win this election frank. Really we did win this election. This is a major fraud or a nation we want the lord to be used in a proper manner so well be going to the u. S. Supreme court trump was referring to mailing votes that will be accepted after election day in several states his reaction comes after biden arched notice to be patient. We believe were on track to win a selection. We really are because if they are pressured early voting a maryland vote is going to take a while were going to have to be patient until the hard work of talent votes is finished. The 2 candidates a locked in a tight race trump on the battlegrounds of florida ohio and texas but biden also won suffolk states where trump sought to compete including New Hampshire and minnesota. This election is expected to have one of the highest voting turnout in recent history even during a pandemic indicating just how important today smote is for the American People i thought voted for the greatest president in history gone ok sharon champ is doing nothing for us now that hes going to have anything more on the control than what. Both contenders have presented the battle for the white house as a struggle for the countrys soul leaving many in the United States preparing more for a storm than for an election party. Lets go straight to washington where our chief Political Editor mechanic is standing by became biden says hes on track to win trump says hes already won where do things really stand. Well its still unclear whos won these elections and as morning breaks here many people who gave up on the race last night probably hopes to know who the next president will be by the time they have breakfast this simply doesnt look like its on the cards it comes down to a handful of states including wisconsin and pennsylvania and pennsylvania there are still hundreds of thousands of votes due to be counted counting was interrupted in some precincts overnight and counting is only just getting underway once again so were at least a couple of hours away from knowing which way that key state is going and weve also seen a reaction from the biden come out right after donald trump went on that was after biden 1st spoke saying he was on track to win then we have trump basically claiming victory over id declaring that this was an attempt to take it away from him and the biden camp is now alleging that trump is trying to take away the right of every individual american in the 2 democracies so this is the kind of mudslinging that we were all worried might happen thats where we are right now with counting still on the way. Because so its still too close to call and theres a lot of tension there of course howell or americans dealing with this whole day being patient as joe biden store or were beginning to see some interest. But we saw some people last night heads towards the white house area we havent seen violence on the streets that what the what many people were afraid of the big question is once it comes to the clinch once it comes to this so down once we have networks declaring for one side or the other what will happen then because weve seen base ahead of these elections reaffirming whats a divided country this is with many people on both sides simply not willing to accept if the other side wins an entrenched sense that victory can only be clinched from them if there is some kind of foul play and that says that were not even talking about a shared reality here anymore so some very tense hours and potentially days probably even weeks of uncertainty here in the United States you mentioned foul play donald trump is already claiming fraud saying hell challenge this legally in the Supreme Court do we know what exactly hes going to contest there. Well from what he said so far he doesnt believe that there should be any vote counting still going on today thats we what he said ahead of election day when he 1st went out and spoken to the cameras he says that he doesnt believe that there should still be voting going on while at that moment in time there was no longer any voting going on the voting has ended its all a question of which mail ballots can be counted where the being postmarked by the 3rd of november is enough is acceptable and there are varying laws in different states here in the United States this is nothing new everybody who is involved in the process knows that and if he says hes taking this to the seemed pretty obvious thing that because he secured a majority for conservative leaning judges that but thats not the process i the fact of the matter is that if there are very very close margins in some states one percent 0. 5 at least the other side has the right to demand recounts so were still quite a bit of a way down the road. Way from actually going straight to the Constitutional Court hes overstating what powers he would have their to go straight to the Supreme Court here in the United States because i thank you very much as the Political Editor in washington. Well after 4 years of america 1st many here in europe had hoped to wake up to a different tent clearer out germanys no about what can. The bonus talks Foreign Affairs committee and a contender to lead chancellor Merkels Christian Democratic Union party with this reaction saying germany is not prepared for 4 more years of working with trump and a 2nd election victory would challenge us fundamentally in a way in which we are not prepared weve got alarms also sounding in brussels this from a member of the European Parliament gave hope looking at the chaos across the atlantic he says im more certain than ever that europeans are stronger together in an uncertain world whatever the outcome the e. U. Needs to take its destiny into its own hands and in scotland 1st minister Nicola Sturgeon with a clear rebuke of trumps premature claim a victory the good luck america she says sentiment of a of a last night seems even more in this morning crucial hours and days ahead for the integrity of us democracy lets hope we start to hear the voices of republicans who understand the importance of that. Sampling from the twitter sphere for more lets bring in Brussels Bureau chief out xander phenomena and shes standing by for us there and parliamentary studios weve got. Julia dally there good to see you both gentlemen start with you weve got some reaction already coming in from brussels this is something europe is looking at clearly very closely must be some concern in brussels this morning. Well yes indeed terry i i think that its fair to say that the majority of those who express express their opinions or feelings about what is going on in the United States the majority of them its very concerned some of them seem to be deeply shocked even though we got quite a diplomatic statement from the commission. Diplomatic burrill said on twitter that we are still waiting for the results but the remains determined to continue to working on a Good Relationship with the United States but very remarkable one of his informal advisors when stan took on twitter saying that its not about a biden or trump preference anymore its about democracy rule of law in the United States so those values there are so fundamental for the trans atlantic relationship and there are even calls on e. U. Leaders to come together to address whats happening in the United States to speak with one voice that is of course very difficult for us you leader who took to twitter to comment on whats happening in the u. S. Was then yes Prime Minister and he congratulated donald trump saying that hes. Pretty much there and that was quite unusual and certainly he is in the minority here. Julia berlin is beginning to react to we already heard from the head of the Foreign Relations committee there in the bundestag but the German Government also just issued a statement what they have to say. We are currently waiting for that statement as the press conference is still happening right now we heard earlier today from vice chancellor all of charlottes and he expressed worry and he said that all votes in the u. S. Should be counted before the election can be settled can be say finished he said that citizens all have a right to see their votes influence the final result we also saw a defense minister and head of c. D. U. Party here and they got can come of us say that the situation in the u. S. Is explosive and that there could be serious developments in the next few hours or days and there is a bit of unease here in germany too the remarks that we saw coming from trump claiming that he has in fact already won the election and. On all sides of the political spectrum we have seen concerns regarding what could happen in the u. S. In the next few hours and days ok so were still waiting on the statement from the berlin government alexander you cover the white house for years and you just move to brussels house how is the transatlantic relationship looking from the perspective where you are now it is the very best shape and thats because of donald trump that he pulled out of the climate agreement he pulled out of the raw nuclear deal he withdrew from their World Organization and so from the european perspective the state of france have plenty of relations is very bad and many here fear that and the over 4 years of donald trump would mean that this existing deficit of trust would become irreconcilable breach between the you and the United States agenda thanks very much xander phenomena there in brussels and julia suddenly here in berlin. Now lets get more on the german perspective for regarding this election President Trump and chancellor Angela Merkel have had a truly rocky relationship in the last 4 years or has this left ties between the u. S. And germany you know because chile suddenly reports wiretap even before donald trump became u. S. President it was clear the relationship wouldnt be easy. Now merkel what did she do shes destroyed i mean shes in the process of destroying germany with a migration Time Magazine he didnt even give me the man of the year the person of the year they should have. Thats why its heading down the tubes folks. They gave it to a woman who has not done the right thing in germany its not doing too well over there. That woman on the cover was in fact german chancellor Angela Merkel. And wilt once trump did become president she congratulated him on his election but in typical american style she threw in a subtle dig our. Thoughts went. To germany and america connected by values democracy freedom respect for the law and for the dignity of human beings regardless of their origin skin color religion gender Sexual Orientation or political views. Order. And. This photo of medical facing trump at a g 7 meeting went viral seen by many as a perfect illustration of their report so was their 1st encounter when trump ignored america suggestion to shake hands thank you. Thank you. One of the biggest sources of disagreement has been nato trump has attacked germany without pause saying it was not paying its fair share towards the alliance. Germany as you know is very delinquent in their. Payments to nato. And theyre paying one percent in this supposed to be a 2 percent of the 2 percent is very low it should be much more than that so theyre delinquent of billions of dollars and this is for years the liquid. When trump treated racist attacks on this group of Democratic Us Congress women openly condemned his actions. He just wanted to see them eat up on the cheating with food to those i firmly distanced myself from the attacks and i stand in solidarity with these women. Americas strength from my perspective lies precisely in the fact that the people of very different nationalities have contributed to the strength of the country. Therefore these a statements that grown very much counter to this impression of mine for. A strained relationship but also opposite approaches like on how to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and how to wear a face mask. Now with trump fighting for a 2nd term in office and mikko in her last year as chancellor it may soon be time to kiss goodbye the question is how soon. So the u. S. President ial election remains too close to kohl with both counting continuing and key states that will decide who wins the white house so far no other president will trump nor his democratic challenger joe biden have clinched the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win these southwestern state of arizona is the latest battleground state thats been called its 11 Electoral College votes go to joe biden making it the only state to have flipped parties since the 2016 election but votes are still being counted in the decisive midwestern industrial states including wisconsin with its 10 electoral votes biden has taken a narrow lead there. Still has a slim lead in michigan with its 16 electoral votes the biggest prize still remaining pennsylvania with 20 electoral votes for grabs there. So right now the race to win the Electoral College is open with Democrat Joe Biden 238 votes President Trumpet 213. Well with millions of votes still left to be counted trump has been trying to cast doubt on the outcome even before he addressed supporters he tweeted we are up big but they are trying to steal the election we will never let them do it votes cannot be cast after the polls are closed must be said that there have been very different very few reports of irregularities at polling stations twitter quickly flagged trumps tweet was misleading when he later address supporters made some other claims as well to take a closer look at those lets bring in our own fact checker you. Know ship trump said there was quote major fraud and he said hell be going to the Supreme Court can trump challenge the election at Supreme Court yes sure. Thats a very good question 1st of all technically trump cannot bring an election contest directly to the Supreme Court any challenges to the election have to go through the state courts 1st yale law professor Bruce Ackerman told d. W. Fact Checking Team before this interview and lets give you some context President Trump spoke about the possibility of taking the election to the Supreme Court before it is in line with this tragedy he tells for weeks now trump claimed repeatedly in the past few months the vote by mail leaves the door open for fraud and to remind us by the time he made his statement this morning of voting had finished however not all votes had yet been counted this is because of 21 u. S. States whose rules xcept ballots after the election day so the final result could well take some time ok no number of states have been called trouble isted a number of states he said hes won georgia among others that have raised some eyebrows was trump stating facts or just was that just Wishful Thinking on his part yasha well it was only partly true at the moment president trying to live out his speech the states of florida texas and ohio were cold for the republicans yes but georgia is uncertain until now and we see a very tight race going on there and same for North Carolina where he claimed the big victory but its still not called yet so its not accurate that the president of the United States calls a state cold if its not and in the case of pennsylvania trumper claim the same but pennsylvania governor tom wolfe called trump commons a partisan attack on democracy because the counting was and is still ongoing ok i shall want to ask you about that one more story circulating out there regarding the socalled robo calls on election day calls aiming to confuse or deter voters any truth to that so that. Yes we can confirm this these reports there have been robo calls in the state of michigan targeted to residents of the city of flint an area with a large black population we have to say the michigan secretary of state Justin Benson said these calls were made from an unknown party spreading misinformation like telling voters to stay at home and not to work out and there were also Text Messages with the same content things like this happened in other states too and now the f. B. I. Is investigating the case so its interesting to see what will be behind all these are terms of Voter Suppression i should thank you very much our fact checker y