Im white and blue cross welcome to the program its been 24 hours since voting ended in the u. S. President ial election and there remains no clear winner democratic challenger joe biden and President Trump along with america and the rest of the world are waiting for results as ballot counting continues in a few key battleground states this election is demanding patience and call from everyone but the president has already claimed victory and hes alleging voter fraud even without presenting any evidence for it meanwhile joe biden has called for patience and his supporters are confident hes on track to win. So heres a look at the results with one significant change in the last hour our figures show biden currently on 248 President Trump at 214 electoral votes putting joe biden just 22 Electoral College votes away from that magic number 270 that hell need to win the presidency now in wisconsin were seeing that that state has gone to joe biden and its 10 electoral votes that go with it with 49. 6 percent of the vote joe biden winning there and in arizona also our data is showing that biden has taken that state now these 2 states are not officially confirms that would mean by then well need 22 more Electoral College votes to win the white house hes not there yet and counting is also not done in michigan biden is currently leading that count in the state it has 16 electoral votes its a very very close margin but a win for joe biden in michigan would leave him with just 6 more Electoral College votes to go and that brings us to no vada with those 6 votes if joe biden maintains his very narrow lead in nevada and those other states weve mentioned in till the end of counting that would push him over the edge to 270. 00 votes and get him to the white house but it is a big country it is a lot of counting and they are still ongoing the race is still very much open it is still either candidates to win just a short while ago joe biden expressed confidence about the state of the race as he addressed supporters from his home state of delaware. My fellow americans yesterday once again proved that democracy is the heartbeat of this nation yes it has been has been the hard business nation for 2 centuries and even in the face of a pandemic more americans voted this election than ever before in American History over 150000000 people cast their vote i think thats extraordinary and if we had any doubts we should have any longer. But a government of by and for the people is very much alive very much alive in america here the people rule power cant be taken or certain it flows from the people and is their will that terminus who will be the president of the United States and there were alone. And now after a long night of county its clear that were when you enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency im not here to clear that weve won but i am here to report on the count is finished we believe we will be the winners of all those counted we have won wisconsin by 20000 virt votes virtually the same margin that President Trump won that state 4 years ago in michigan we need by over 35000 votes and its growing a substantially bigger margin and President Trump won michigan in 2016 michigan will complete its votes soon maybe as early as the day and i feel very good about pennsylvania virtually all the remaining balance to be counted or cast by mail. And weve been winning 78 percent of the votes by mail in pennsylvania we flipped arizona and the 2nd district of nebraska of special significance to me is that we won with the majority of the American People and every indication is that that majority will grow of the popular vote lead of nearly 3000000 votes and every indication is that will grow as well indeed senator harris and i are on track to win more votes than any ticket in the history of this country that ever won the presidency and vice presidency over 70000000 votes im very proud of our campaign only 3 president ial campaigns in the past have defeated an incumbent president when its finished god willing well be the 4th ases a major achievement this is a major achievement and its been a long and Difficult Campaign but its been a more difficult time for our country a hard time weve had a hard campaigns before we faced hard times before so once this election is finalized and behind us it will be time for us to do what weve always done as americans to put the harsh rhetoric of the campaign behind us to lower the temperature to see each other again to listen to one another tweet to hear each other again and respect and care for one another to unite to heal to come together as a nation i know this wont be easy im not naive neither of us are i know how deep and hard the opposing views are in our country im so many things. But i also know this is well to make progress we have to stop treating our opponents as enemies we are not enemies what brings us together as americans is so much stronger than anything they can terrace apart so let me be clear i we are campaigning as a democrat but i will govern as an american president or the president the presidency itself is not a partisan institution its the one office in this nation that represents everyone and it demands a duty of care for all americans those precisely what i will do our i will work as hard for those who didnt vote for me as i will for those who did vote for me now every vote must be counted no ones going to take our democracy away from us not now not ever america is come too far america is far too many battles americans endured too much to ever let that happen we the people will not be silenced we the people will not be bullied we the people will not surrender my friends im confident well emerge victorious but this will not be my victory alone or our victory alone would be a victory for the American People for our democracy for america there will be no blue states and red states when we win just the United States of america god bless you all and may god protect our troops. We have Live Team Coverage now with our correspondent oliver salat in willington delaware where joe biden was speaking and in washington our very own ami in s. F. All over over to you 1st were used to hearing acceptance speeches and concession speeches after an election but this was neither of them what do you make of bidens address. Was certainly william and weve heard joe biden speak yesterday we also heard donald trump and that was quite a different tone that he took here you made clear that he does not declare victory at this point but he was also very optimistic saying that once the final mail in ballots and once the final ballots are counted that hes very certain that he will have enough delegates the 270 delegates to win this election so he sees himself pretty optimistic and pretty certain that he is going to win this president ial Election Year also made clear for all the critics that raise that to raising dollars right now about the legitimacy of the current state of play here caused by donald trump and his rhetoric that this is part of the democratic process and that it has been as has happened often times before that a president was not clearly the winner after the election night. And just some quick news in now we are calling michigan now for joe biden we had it on the map and we had it off the map we are now saying michigan is for joe biden that puts joe biden quite close to that to 70 maybe exactly to 70 i mean when might we expect a final result how we know. Well theres 2 different ways of interpreting the words final results there is the one hand that we can see clearly that joe biden has collected enough Electoral College votes to 70 to win the presidency there is on the other hand a different interpretation and that would be trumps that he wont be satisfied with the results in till all the litigation is behind us so what were going to see over the next few days is a vote counts being. Tallied becoming official and then being made unofficial again by lawsuits that could challenge those results what you could see is recounts happening like in wisconsin challenges in michigan and even pennsylvania when that count comes through that will come through until friday is what the Electoral Commission in that state a very key state with a lot of Electoral College votes. Supposed to come in on friday so its going to be to the end of the week before we can say this is how many liberal College Votes each president has but then were going to see some lawsuits and oliver what exactly does that mean you know does have a chance at overturning some elections. Well right now since you said we had you just you Just Announced that michigan was called that certainly is another defeat another blow for donald because what he tried here is to stop the vote counting in michigan as well as in pennsylvania still underway there at least until friday Authorities Say they are and of course he asked for a recount of wisconsin that in and of itself is nothing unusual the democrats the 2 in 2016. Certainly he was not able to stop the vote counting here in michigan indiana and thats what legal experts told me he will have to accept the outcome based on the ballots 5 we might see as amin as youve just said we might see some court cases here we might see some legal battle we might see some chaotic days ahead in fact but in the end what is going to count is whats in the ballots and it is likely that donald trump doesnt have any proof for his allegation that those mail in ballots are fraudulent and back over to you i mean i mean one of the reasons trumps able to ask for these recounts which he may do when hes saying he will and challenge them in court is because the margins are so razor thin why is that. Well the margins are razor thin in these states because probably because of the very high turnout what youre seeing is a lot of votes coming in last minute and closing these margins a lot of democrat cities that lean very democrat are reporting there are a 1000000 votes finally and youre seeing these margins narrow now what biden pointed out in his speech is that trump only won wisconsin and michigan by the same narrow margin that looks like biden will win both of those states and in 2016 Hillary Clintons campaign did not challenge the results and i just want to point out its completely within the bounds of u. S. Law to challenge the results donald trump is within his rights to challenge those results i think what is scaring people here is what is scaring democrats anyway is not to that trump is challenging the results but the reason why hes challenging results hes claimed that democrats have somehow launched a conspiracy to quote unquote find ballots now thats not happening whats happening is theyre counting ballots that are being delivered to them later in the day so these are baseless claims and i think thats whats on president here thats what we need to watch in the courts are courts actually going to take on these legal challenges based on 0 evidence all over salat in wilmington delaware i mean s. F. Right there for us in washington thanks so much for your reporting and being on the ground there for us watching your news a 1000000 blue cross will have more for you thanks for watching. Literature invites us to see people in particular. Time. On youtube. It was the 1st International Tribunal in history. The number of trials. 75 years ago high ranking officers of the nazi regime by the allied forces. They were the 1st war criminals to be held accountable for their crimes. Our 2 part series the 3rd reich in the dark starts nov 12th on t w. This is the news africa coming up on the program. Heavy fighting in its on the rising tensions if you Prime Minister abi house or the military to take control of the countries to grease feet after and. Then. They left americans who moved to the continent that watched the us elections from new home countries. Comments on election went on the fraud of mean to africa. About the us ways in. Office. If you put. The name. Welcome to the program if you have your house launched a military offensive up by rebel forces allegedly down on me based even. A civil war that of course top heavy fighting has broken out in the north and states of to great where the government says local forces federal troops in the city of new. Kelly the trouble has been brewing since the region held elections last month in defiance of the Central Government from minister ahmed who won the Nobel Peace Prize and tweens 19 said been killed in a televised address said he last red line had been crossed. For 20 years the National Defense force has been in the bunkers defending this country by paying heavy sacrifices with its blood and flame its been attacked this evening in mikhail he and many other places by traitors and the forces the organized we are going to look for more on whats happening in it with yeah im now joined by my riyadh gets Nicholas School our correspondent in a decent. Reports of heavy fighting in the region what more can you tell us. So what do we know so far is that the Prime Minister it cuse forces in the degree religion of attacking federal military bases in order to steal military equipment he said very early in the morning that he had launched a military operation in response to that and he also said that the attack carried out by the great region had called i cowrote many marketeers injuries and Property Damage without giving exact numbers and there are also rumors of gunshots being heard by locals in that degraded capital and kelly however is that it is very difficult to get any information out of to dree at the moment as the internet and phone lines have been completely shot up now. Or did the military like you said to quote carry out the mission to save that country what exactly thats not me. The athlete said in a Statement Today that war cannot be prevented only on the goodwill and decision of one side and that he had used all means to thwart any military engagement basically what hes saying is that the ruling party in the theater a region so basically his Opposition Party or one of his opposition parties has crossed a red line after months of political tensions and that he now has to intervene to safeguard the countrys stability although many are saying that this is a very dangerous move now can you help us understand a bit more here what are the lead to deescalate the situation between the gray states or the federal government tensions have been growing between the 2 great Peoples Liberation front or p. L. S. The basically the ruling party in the to gray region and Prime Minister of the estimate ever since obviously it came to power in 2018 that the grand party had a huge political power for decades before abby who is from the romeo region was appointed Prime Minister so for the past 2 years to gradients had been signed sidelined from the put the political scene and its officials are feeling that they are being unfairly targeted and scapegoated for the countrys problems last year they also refused to join abbys new Coalition Party the Prosperity Party and they opposed the governments decision to postpone elections due to the cove in 1000 pandemic of this has led to these other tensions have led to this escalation of which we still know little about ok and our briefly on this one how ordinary ethiopians reacting to the increasing violence. As i said its impossible to communicate with anyone integrate at the moment and i would say people are mostly worried worried because because they cannot talk to their relatives theyre worried about a possible Armed Conflict theyre asking themselves is there going to be a civil war and yet so were seeing a lot of people calling for authorities to work toward the escalation and conflict resolution where we are get Nicholas School your correspondent in ethiopia thank you for your time. Your return in 2019 thats welcoming africanamericans back home to the continent now some took the opportunity to leave the u. S. And resettling ghana correspondent isaac metz with 2 americans who swapped north america but the gold coast but closely watching developments back home where you know its. Very different from us to katia new cousy still there is no escaping president ial politics. No they were born in the us a their home is now gonna. But theyve still been gripped by this fish story collection. And dont. You get this. That you were concerned because it seems to be taking longer than others. And i think a lot of that is also orchestrated because. Because of the timing i think the timing has a lot of it you know you stretch the drama out as long as you can so that the people are excited he needs to be removed this election you cannot continue with a madman during a pandemic whose eaglet is to call all he cares about is winning for himself not for the country the 2 friends understood ghanas call for its global diaspora to retard home after feeling worn down by racism and inequality of opportunity and their place. The only reason is the color of our skin so i think that its not my education its not by religion or culture its by the color of our skin and thats a really sad thing. I think that the opportunity in africa is here at the end of the day it leaves us to look as americans very lost confused thats why im here the reason why im in ghana because im looking for new and New Territory where i can feel at home and i believe that i can build for myself and my familys future america doesnt look that inviting anymore because in th