Im going blue cross welcome to the program its been over 24 hours since voting ended in the u. S. President ial election and there remains no clear winner democratic challenger joe biden and President Donald Trump along with america and the rest of the world are waiting for results as ballot counting continues in a few key battleground states the election is demanding patience and calm from everyone and the president has already claimed victory and hes alleging voter fraud but not presenting any evidence for that joe biden meanwhile has called for patience but his supporters are confident he is on track to win. So heres a look at the results with one significant change in the last hour our figures are showing biden has 264. 00 electoral votes to President Trumps 214. 00 that puts joe biden just 6 Electoral College votes away from that magic to 70 he needs to claim the presidency now in michigan the counting is done and that state is for joe biden its flipped back to him and it gives him 16 electoral votes it was a very very close race there and that leaves biden just 6 votes away and where those 6 votes were going to be found thats right out west in nevada in nevada 6 electoral votes if joe biden can maintain that very very razor thin lead if his then its all over it would give him enough of Electoral College votes to become the next president of the United States but counting is still going on in nevada and in wisconsin our figures show that he has won that state and the 10 electoral votes to go with it now lets head back over west the western United States arizona our data shows that arizona is in a very tight race for the white house joe biden just a hairs ahead there the counting is still ongoing the map is filling up and the paths to victory for donald trump appear to be narrowing significantly lets get more now from our correspondents to find siemens in philadelphia he joins me now the Trump Campaign is claiming it isnt being given proper access to observe the vote count in the state of pennsylvania theres been legal challenges mounted trumps all over twitter break it down for us whats going on. Well let me tell you where i am here im at the city hall and right behind me actually is where the votes are counted the votes donald trump says are shouldnt be counted those are those mail in ballots right which are send in via the United StatesPostal Service to the authorities to be counted they are counted right behind me here at the city center at the Convention Center pardon me and well is there any interference though there is not is there no access for trump observers or election observers from both sides no there is says they are actually of service on this count and it is not about votes which are still coming in thats the wrong terminology those votes are cast and they are in the ballot and those ballots are counted electronically and by people who handle those machines and look at those if theres any problem well could there be a problem they can always be a little problem here and there and yes of course the trump in this trade was hit today with the whole term jr saying like this is on heard off they should stop the counting for no reason whatsoever basically this is a claim which makes no sense because those are cast ballots in the election and an election is over when all ballots are counted and all those are counted so makes no sense is there any room for interference you know theres not that is usually how a democracy works and elections work waiting for all those votes to be counted can you zoom out for us youre in philadelphia big city in a very big state why is pennsylvania so important in this election why is trump fighting so hard for. Presell Rainier Kerry said here philadelphia carries a lot of votes now why philadelphia why is philadelphia pennsylvania the problem it is because this is supposedly very heavily democratic and here is where the most mail in ballots are still on counted they are counted right now so of course donald trump for the trumpet ministration has an interest to shut this down to block this because in this state the western part of the state is predominantly red its a red state when you go to the west of pennsylvania meaning those people there rule areas are voted for small counties and districts voted overwhelmingly for donald trump so pennsylvania is critical if donald trump wants to have a real chance for his vote counts too right if the scenario as you described for joe biden works out without pennsylvania for adults its not possible at all so we have about 88 percent of the vote in all of pennsylvania the entire state has so far been counted trump has a lead of 250000 votes can he be expected to hold that. These hundreds of thousands more votes to be counted here and when they come from this place philadelphia heavily democratic there is a chance that joe biden can up at least significantly up his vote count in his favor. Is it possible who knows. I dont think that as of now anybody would say yes joe biden has a great chance and he will turn pennsylvania around days old so nobody who says this is a done deal and donald trump has it the only people claiming that is dull trump himself and the from campaign of course but its not a done deal there has to be a move forward counting and then well have a result one way or the other and we should note that pennsylvania was an extremely important for trump in 2016 and took it away from the democrats in that election stuff and simons in philadelphia thanks very much for being there for us and not far away in the neighboring state of delaware joe biden expressed confidence about the state of the race as he addressed supporters in wilmington the capital and now after a long night of county its clear that where when you know 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 to the count is finished we believe we will be the winners all those counted we have won wisconsin 520000 ver votes virtually the same margin the President Trump won that state 4 years ago in michigan we lead by over 35000 votes and its growing a substantially bigger margin the president won michigan in 2016 michigan will complete his photo soon maybe as early as the day and i feel very good about pennsylvania virtually all the remaining balance to be counted were 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 weve 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 lets pick that up with our correspondent i mean as in washington i mean biden sounding a sober but cautiously optimistic there what do you make of that. I think biden might be struggling to sound cautiously optimistic because i think he and his campaign are breathing a sigh of relief that was after months of poll showing by the way ahead in the popular vote and then on Election Night not seeing that blue wave that they had predicted not gaining those states like florida that he thought he could flip back to democrats this year so nail biter all night and i think the Biden Campaign is finally seeing a path to victory here finally. Letting go of stop it stop biting their nails if you want to stick with that metaphor and actually say look we might be able to win this from donald trump and his presidency so i think it sounds cautiously optimistic but i think theres a lot more celebration in that Campaign Going on than were seeing right now they may be breathing a sigh of relief what about American Voters as biden noted hes won a majority now of voters but clearly donald trump over performed based on the polls so what are people reacting to as they wake up this morning as they go through this 1st day after election day. Well of course for democrats for those who want to become president they are still watching the news very closely they want to see if biden can pull this off from supporters on the other hand enraged they believe that trump would prevail here and you could see in trumps speech last night where he said he believed that he had won the presidency almost declaring that he had won prematurely you can see that he was the exact opposite of biden theyre very pessimistic and just lashing out of the democrats and saying that they had stolen the election from him so just as divided of an america this morning if not more than it ever has been. Last night it did look like it was looking quite ok situation for donald trump those tables are now turning as we expected that it be a long time to hear all the counts and all of the results you said that the bite in the campaign is baby feeling pretty good to tell them it doesnt trump ministration the Trump Campaign feel now have reason to feel good. I am not sure if they really believe they can pull this off now let me just run you through this trump has in wisconsin said he will challenge the count there and order a recount in michigan hes doing the same and will probably do so in pennsylvania if he doesnt win but looking at the history of recounts even a slim majority a slim margin like 20000. 00 sounds slim but in the history of recounts it doesnt really do much for a president or a candidate to have the vote recount it actually could help biden in the end so i dont know if theyre optimistic but theyre definitely going down that path to challenge the election here a long road still ahead of us and we know youll be there for us thanks very much i mean s. F. In washington. Now with donald trump seeking to launch legal challenges to those results the issue of vote rigging even without evidence may play a role in deciding who becomes president our porter. Spoke with the head of the o. S. C. Election Observer Mission to the United States or slick object who said trumps allegations are harming public trust and democratic institutions. Ambassador gas think the president is alleging that ballots are being found all over the place to help joe biden win these elections when you look at states like pennsylvania where its coming down to the wire any of these allegations found this in what you found might not come across even. A particular singular incident in pennsylvania we have come across one incident of a postal worker dumping a bag of post including ballots on their way to voters but what is important we have not found evidence of was systemic wrongdoing in the processing of postal ballots now in your statement you are also criticizing the president for undermining democracy undermining the faith in the institutions so come on say that donald trump harmed american democracy in these elections thats a very far reaching statement but he it he in his statements he has undermined the voters confidence in the electoral process that is a fact we have that on record and the challenges that are faced here in the United States is rebuilding that trust in the system hopefully the work that weve been doing here very fact base will also serve in some measure to reassure people that how this election actually was conducted and that we did not find systemic evidence of wrongdoing do you believe that we will find out the result through actual results being declared in the american courtrooms. That i have no idea. However however this process will be following it through to its very conclusion. Rushing to get your news theyll be headlines at the top of the hour and for more check our website to give you dot com as always keep up to date on twitter and instagram news i want to look from berlin thanks very much for watching. The fight against the corona virus pandemic. Has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. Information and context the coronavirus update. On t w. Ws crime fighters are back africas most successful radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech prevention and sustainable charcoal production all of the sos are Available Online and of course you can share and discuss on africas Facebook Page and other social media platforms. Crime fighters to now. Move their Natural Habitats keep shrinking as we chop down more forests and despite the threat of extinction they often end up on our dinner plates the rarer the better. The higher the price for poaches. But dining on endangered species can cost your health. Zoonotic diseases aids ebola. A virus they all jumped from wild animals to us. And ill do it again. Of a 19 broke out at a wild animal market in china there were International Calls for the closure of such markets but experts warn a bad could drive the trade underground on its changing its hygiene ill talk to an expert about that in a moment 1st some more background. What ours zoonotic diseases their diseases caused by pathogens carried by nonhuman animals that spread to people 6 out of every 10 Infectious Diseases are believed to be zoo are not. The pathogens can be iriss bacteria parasites or funky. Many of the diseases they cause in people are mild but some are serious and even deadly. The bubonic plague tuberculosis malaria and ebola are zoonotic diseases that have killed countless millions of people. Mosquitoes and bats but also cats and dogs and many other species carry pathogens that can make people sick but often they dont make the animals that host them sick. Transmission can occur via bite or through eating the flesh of a carrier or contact with its blood or feces. Zoonotic diseases can spread fast and far if the pathogens adapt to be transmitted from person to person thats the case with the Novel Coronavirus. One hypothesis is that penguins were the intermediaries that transported the Novel Coronavirus from its natural host bats to humans which markets where a lot of wild animals are sold are considered a potential site of transmission of sewer not of disease pathogens some have been closed for that reason. Infectious diseases from animals are a growing problem that probably has to do with humans encroaching on animal habitats forests are cleared for timber or to make space for farms or towns humans and animal species are no longer far apart this offers opportunities for pathogens to make the leap. There are more than 200. 00 known zoonotic diseases but there are countless germs out there to which humans have no immunity are new devastating diseases lurking to prevent them making the jump to humans we need to protect wild animals and their habitats. Colas how to louis is deputy head of the institute of epidemiology at germanys played place enough the institute is also a veterinary epidemiologist just how dangerous odds zoonotic diseases. Well you never did get these are sort of in in our human nature already for many many years of many centuries because were going to diseases and. Have the church am humans anything animals and do you think past this that about 60 percent of all human Infectious Diseases they reach in night from animals they come from intimate and over the last few years with newly emerging diseases actually 75 at the same sorrow when you look at an incentive thats quite a lot of 10 knots or another has a chance to reach out they at champ between animals and humans and that is not surprising because the early humans get out of the Animal Kingdom so therefore all the peasant chimps would challenge the virus theyre tearing out and so on that they dont distinguish between animals and humans and theres no question barrier between animals and so soon noses and we never actually did most of the diseases. And a lot of this will noses like be nothing to go to the homeowner and then dad up and it says where is this which we have already complex and men have to take measures against like rabies articular was is to say there was this all there was a time when it was is all those diseases was around there all this that was at the once which will cheer in the match 2 years and through it through was fine and she will begin to see him be able are they all are each going to command him all so what do you say where are we now sharing a lot more of those diseases with the Animal Kingdom. Yes we all that she had a lot of inner office. And now our reasoning is that we have more to be believe all. This is because 1st of all the other war you were eloquent take to the animals its much more you also go into the pain of trade to habitats over before i can detect that the animals are wild and whatever so our hunting possibilities between animals and humans they have match has been dave and he has carol in addition to also his trade and our travels through all of the of like the cantrell if you like call now we dont like the way that it was in one day and all different weaknesses so they are hard to credit take possibilities much higher and it was ever before so what do we need to do what do we need to do to prevent zoonosis i think the you know there is even more sense im going to have to and as you say we have to try to prevent them and i think she mesh its really did she know that i messed up so working the whole interval they call it by security but its a replies to you really have to. Know that they dont have such direct deposit or close to take what i specially is he said if there was actually missed debt per episode why the order to make problems chile theres a lot more we need to do to be proactive before these diseases jump from animal to human though whats the solution on that front theres that mean less factory farming does that mean chopping down list jungles and forests. Well it could mean that all of this is mean. Less and less for us but it also could mean being quote more of the air of the season can bring in this season. You know the best in europe. They can from other ecosystems be out there theyve been migrating viruses. That might escape. Or at present just the l. A. N. s and sort of like treating ourselves afterwards like being in training just sort of like what can we do you can keep a. Foreigner and we can try. If possible to be more sustainable want to go see areas. Where its exciting and so on but surely there are more proactive measures that we can take i mean what do you tell someone who who needs to venture out who needs to eat bushmeat. Basically to survive someone in the democratic republic of congo say in a small village who doesnt see the danger in catching as there were no seats. They might not see the danger of that its still a metaphor for the animals so theres one possibility of death you cant make them o. B. L. Is the one that you and if they are high achieving missions which they can take just to prevent those who would know this is going on what farm animals to humans so in terms of intellect if you can try to raise a baby on this and you can also and then thats what science and politics are trying to look at is trying to find out what wireless is. In the bush we need and so i dont what why or is this could be a stretch to ask like water and so path this is also one Health Principle we have the hells animals humans and the environment is sort of looked at elliptic and i think thats the way to go in your future to see what what is the hells and how day interact with each other and i think there is what im told we need. Some solutions there from coal as well to louis deputy head of the institute of it give me all a g. And germanys people nothing institute thank you. Now its your turn to ask the questions is there. Will other countries do their own challenge trials now that the u. K. Has announced its doing so. Challenge trials involve intentionally infecting organisms with a pathogen to find out how well vaccines or medications work at stopping that application there are thousands track method for determining safety and efficacy and we conduct them all the time usually on animals especially primates but in ethical terms schuman challenge studies like the one proposed in britain can be pretty charged if the plans are approved starting this january researchers there will be going to liberate li infecting Young Healthy volunteers with sars cove to initially to find out how much of the pathogen it takes to make them sick once the scientists have determined that they can begin giving other volunteers that scenes then subsequently challenging their immune system with that preset those of corona virus to see how effective the vaccines are doing things this way can provide precise data quickly so it can really speed up the Development Process thats because instead of just giving a late stage vaccine candidate to thousands of volunteers and a placebo to thousands of others and then basically waiting to see what happens researchers have a lot more control over the entire process but they dont have control in one key area because we still dont have surefire therapies to treat someone if an induced covert 19 infection turned severe the possibility that a human challenge trial could cause a volunteer long term damage or even kill them that cant be ruled out despite those risks britain is apparently not the only cunts. 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