U. S. Almost 100000. 00 new infections in a single day as some states theyre running out of intensive care beds. Hello im terry martin welcome to the program there is still no winner in the u. S. Election but there are some encouraging signs for democratic challenger joe biden the former Vice President has picked up wins in some closely fought states president meanwhile is facing an increasingly difficult to win reelection hes launched legal challenges aimed to stop vote counting in several tight races a call echoed by his supporters in arizona a group of supporters have been gathering to protest the ongoing vote counting there that race is neck and neck. News outlets have reported joe biden has flipped the battleground state trump has made unfounded allegations of voter fraud and on wednesday accused democrats of trying to steal the election. So heres a look at the results so far with some closer attention given to states that have yet to declare a winter winner are a figure showed biden currently on 264 and President Trump on 214 that puts joe biden just 60 Electoral College votes away from the 270 needed to win the presidency wisconsin has become the latest state to fall d into the biden call him its 10 electoral votes which trump won in the last election now go to his democratic challenger that brings us to nevada which has exactly the 6 votes that are on all 4 of the biden needs for the white house he currently has a slim edge in that state in georgia meanwhile 16 electoral votes are on the table the trouble leading the way but his margin has narrowed in the state the trunk campaign has filed a lawsuit alleging that ineligible late absentee ballots may have been added to the celt pennsylvania is the biggest prize still up for grabs with 20 electoral votes the president currently holds a narrow lead there but again remaining male ballots are expected to favor the democrats well the wire service a. P. Which is our main source for election data shows biden has taken arizona but some other major News Agencies have not yet called that state so theres still a bit of a question mark there. Now the bottom line at this point but counting is still underway but the path to victory appears to have narrowed for President Trump. Get a live update from washington our chief Political Editor make it the cook is standing by there became votes are still being counted or things any clearer now than they were 24 hours ago but were clearly seeing a tendency that biden is actually at least narrowing the mobs in where donald trump is ahead in several contested states although it still does remain a nail biter and with Many Networks not having called arizona yet the focus is on georgia and arizona as the potential ticket to reach 270 for joe biden that also explains why do biden came out earlier today and said he was confident that he would win on the other hand were seeing at trumps count basically file several lawsuits which a republican legal expert on National Television here has referred to as hail mary lawsuits meaning that when a candidate realizes that its getting very tight this could be a tactic not just to win a suit over individual ballots the but to potentially delay. Results being declared which could then change the whole process unless that north suit can be resolved by the time the Electoral College gathers on the 14th of december so theres still a couple of the eagle potentially up Donald Trumps leave but behind closed doors you can already hear from republicans that theyre theyre not for it this is clearly something that donald trump wants to push ahead with and hes clearly on the defensive here. Yesterday mckayla discussion was very much about midwestern states today the focus is more diffuse were looking at states like georgia whats the situation there. Yes because all of a sudden joe biden looks like he is the 1st one in many years to get a chance to turn jewellers as the democratic way and throughout even this night weve seen that initial margin which was the ting melts away from some 33000 votes ahead to some 23000 and were expecting fresh data to come out of georgia throughout this night at some stage and that could very well seal the presidency for joe biden or it would signal that yes donald trump still has a mathematical pathway to remain president what are we to make of the Trump Campaign claiming voter fraud trawled in the counting process that server is the Voting System in the u. S. Not considered very reliable. Well he certainly has himself stated several times that he doesnt believe in it he said on pennsylvania which has 20 Electoral College votes that he thinks very bad things are happening that i had the chance to actually ask the head of the Election Observer Mission the international Observer Mission here in the United States of her assessment teams assessment of the elections here. In his statements he has undermined the go to scott in the electoral process that is a fact we have that on record on the challenges that face 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 see in some measure to reassure people that how this election actually was conducted and that we did not find systemic in some problem doing. It was. She was stating that donald trump is at least partly to blame for many people having their trust in the system undermined here and that also is quite clear from the written statement that came out the same time the International Observers gave the electoral system and how it was ron throughout these elections including the very high level of transparency top marks so donald trump really wore have to put in some effort to push forward with that narrative to undermine confidence here. Thank you very much that was. In washington. So how are americans coping with this uncertainty our reporters went out on the streets of washington d. C. To gauge the mood. Today is a very tense day for mary Many Americans i believe personally as a republican that struck one in a landslide but because of called it on the ballot that 300000 ballots overnight were found in every city in the swing states for a bite and i think. Just another reminder about how divided the country is right now its remarkable that you know almost half of americans think that donald trump is the single worst person to be president. Think that hes the single best person to be president im just overwhelmed im so stressed out yesterday it was like you know but this morning i broke down and cried because of the possibility that trump might be in office again my mama saying earlier she feels really misled by the polls. Im not really up to feeling angry at anyone im just feeling sad feel us voters there commenting on the unclear of tuesdays ballots. Has been following the selection from the beginning peter many people were concerned going into this election that there could be on rests if the vote count wasnt clear or if its contested well its the vote count is not really clear this seems seems to be contested are we seeing any on rest well we definitely saw you know a lot of preparations for the a lot of cities boarding up more or less as a patient of you know by land clashes we didnt really see a lot of that yesterday in the immediate wake of the Election Results coming in but the race has gotten tighter we are seeing seem to see pockets of if not unrest at least you know. Increasing tension protest outside several less. Centers in michigan we saw approach from supporters crowd and Election Center there right here in arizona were sitting here in Maricopa County where were expecting new results any minute now weve seen from supporters. Essentially gathered there for 4 hours that is a race that has been tightened dramatically in there is so now you know by this current leading but its also a state that from what i just 90000 votes half of which came from that county so you know were waiting about 15 percent of the ballots there are still left to be counted so anything can really happen so a lot of tension a lot of uncertainty right now anything could happen while Donald Trumps lawyers are there saying theyre going to file legal challenges in a number of key states particularly ones for donald trump is not doing so well this could really still get messy couldnt they absolutely could i mean the Trump Campaign is this curtain considering legal action or has already filed lawsuits in arizona michigan nevada pennsylvania where there was a decision head of the election to extent the amount of time that they could count votes especially these mail in ballots that have been so contested in wisconsin whereby theres a by less than one percent which allows trump to demand a recount if it stays that way. Essentially this means that even if biden backs nevada georgia pennsylvania which would take him to 306 electoral votes which is exactly the same amount of votes that trump got in 2016 you know he also by currently has a popular vote lead of more than 3 to have 1000000 i mean by any measure that would be a very decisive victory but it does not count it is not how but even if he wins all of these gets a 306 electoral votes or more we could still see it could still take weeks before we see official results peter thank you very much that was the w. s thank you for. Oh were into the 2nd day with a conclusive result in the 2020 u. S. Election while theres little to back up claims that dealt the integrity of this election this wouldnt be the 1st time u. S. Vote counting process has come under scrutiny scrutiny and taken more than a few days to name a winner. November 2000 republican president ial candidate george w. Bush seems to win florida but the results are so close that the rules demand a recount the whole election hangs in the balance democratic candidate al gore request a manual recount in certain counties. Recounting by hand took a long time a legal battle slowed vote counting down and the state overshot the safe harbor date december 8th this allowed the Bush Campaign to ask the Supreme Court to stop a new statewide recount which it did bush was declared the winner by a margin of just a few 100 votes. Fast forward to this november another election without an immediate result the established law in some states is that counting early and mail in ballots can only start on election day and this year the corona pandemic meant millions of people voted that way counting all these ballots takes guess what a long time. We dont know how long yet but that december 8th safe harbor deadline is starting to become visible on the horizon. President trump has already said he intends to use lawsuits to slow down or stop state counts which could push them past the safe harbor date and make them vulnerable to challenges his 1st comments after polls close pointed towards vegas he falsely said counting votes after election day was illegal. We were getting ready to win this election frankly we. Did when this alleged. Is a major fraud in our nation we want. It to be used in a proper manner so well be going to the u. S. Supreme court his democratic opponent joe biden had been expecting this and tried to take the wind out of trumps sails renuart because of the odd pressure down 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. If on declared states miss the safe harbor date while theres still no overall result the u. S. Congress and Supreme Court could get involved bringing back memories of the bitterly divided 2000 contest. Lets get some reaction from europe now brussels spirit chief alexander phenomena is monitoring the force she joins us from brussels on xander what to europeans make of this u. S. Election limbo well brussels the whole europe waiting watching holding its breath and when we to when we look at the hats off to you institutions and nato and most of the e. U. Leaders we have to say there are silence they know whats at stake right now but those politicians who did come and theyve reacted mostly with this made to president premature declaration of victory to his allegations of fraud most of them saying that they are afraid that there could be a constitutional crisis in the United States that could have International ImplicationsGerman Foreign minister heikal mouse for example also pointed to the deep pool i was ation in the u. S. And. The chairman of the European Peoples Party in the European Parliament said that this polarization is a warning for europe to take this issue seriously. Transatlantic relations alexander have been strained during trumps presidency you yourself covered the white house for quite a good chunk of that do you see any chance of those relations employ moving if trial gets a 2nd term if trams gets a 2nd time that we have to say that many people here fear that that would be a disaster of further damage to to the Transatlantic Relations because of what trump did he pulled out of the climate agreement paris climate agreement he pulled out of the run nuclear deal but also because he is someone who disrespect disrespects european institutions International Organizations so its really difficult to imagine how the European Union could work with him together to tackle those issues that matter to them how much of a difference would a biden presidency then make for ties between europe and the u. S. What do you think well i think there would be a huge difference they were peons are really hoping that if joe biden gets elected there will would be a change of the atmosphere a more a friendlier tone between the europe and the United States they want to see someone in the white house who they can rely on who is predictable who they can sit together and talk about those issues that i mentioned that are important to europe and the United States xander thank you very much the. Xander phenomena Brussels Bureau chief. Well the u. S. Has registered almost 100000 coronavirus cases in a 24 hour period thats a new record in the pandemic their infections have been surging across the country but as a percentage of the population the midwest is currently hardest hit and in addition to rising cases hospitalizations oral so soaring north Dakota North Dakota says it has only 6 free intensive care beds left in the entire state or than 230000 people have now died in the us after catching the virus. Well for more lets bring in Peter Chin Hong from the university of San Francisco hes a medical educator who specializes in treating Infectious Diseases thanks for being with us could going to the ballot boxes in other words voting in person do you think that could have accelerated infections in the u. S. It certainly could have terry. Wouldnt mind they did in voting facilities in the United States during the season in fact even if your state has a mosque mandate the federal law didnt form it or didnt mind they enforce massacring at the sites im also concerned that the activities around election time the buses of supporters particularly from President Trump theyre not Wearing Masks theyre in an enclosed space theyre riding up and down these all promote potential super spreading events were talking about events economists from Stanford University of calculated that tens of thousands of people may have in fact been infected with the coronavirus during Donald Trumps big election rally hes so we just saw some footage in there is that plausible. Its sydney plausible the exact numbers a little bit hard to state in the Stanford University projections they didnt look at actual contact traces numbers but use projections like states with similar have to be all genes and very similar communities where these rallies didnt occur compare those sites and then thats how you get tens of thousands of excess cases its definitely plausible people are not writing mass in these rallies theyre huddled close together as shouting they screaming theres a lot of emotions and these are the states where theres a lot of coronavirus happening right now c o pretest probability of getting an infection in these communities is actually higher. No winner has been declared yet in this election but if biden does become president what if anything do you think will change in how the federal government in the u. S. Deals with the penned up like well i think im afraid terry that the cat is already out of the bag in tombs of the rapid rise and acceleration infections right now in the wintertime if biden wins he wouldnt be in office until january and again by then who knows how many more hundreds of thousands of infections wed have in the United States i think the 1st thing that biden would probably do however is hes talked about having a National Mosque mandate and definitely well wait for a National Strategy those 2 very simple things for a country have really been what weve seen in the last few months the United States every state was fending for itself except that states wouldnt be able to close themselves off the borders with porous and you know virus can go from one area to yeah the depending on you know regardless of what was in force in one state. Home thank you very much for talking with us i was pitchin home medical educator from the university sent for cisco thank you. And heres some of the other latest developments in the pandemic germany has likewise set a new record for new infections in the country almost 20000 positive cases were registered in the last 24 hours. In england a 2nd nationwide lockdown has come into effect tougher restrictions on social contacts are in place and all nonessential businesses will be closed for the next 4 weeks denmark meanwhile is set to call all the countries formed minks after a mutation of the corona virus was found in the animals. 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