The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributio to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Washington. This is bbc world news america. Sstatete, vote by vote, officials have been updating the world on the state counts of the u. S. Election. In georgia, we already know that there will be a recount. The final tally in georgia at this point has huge implications for the entire country. Katty joe ben is expected to address the nation tonight. His supporters hope for victory speech. As the count stance, he might just have to rally the troops. It could be pennsylvania that tips the balance. The democratic mayor of the states biggest city t sayst President Trump should not admit defeat. I p think that tsident needs to put his big boy pants on and acknowledge the fact that he has lost and congratulate the winner. I am a black livesr mat plaza, people have gathered inside of the white house, as the president claims that the election is being stolen from them. Katty welcome to bbc world for our viewers in the u. S. And in the u. K. And all around the world, fivotal states have yet to be called. The two main candidates refused to back down. This leaves the world with one question, when . When will enough votes be counted. When will we knoif joe biden when will this election be over . We will be tried s tmed to answse questions ahead. We will be trying to answer those questions ahead. Joe biden takes the lead in pennsylvania. Joe biden h just taken the ad. Reporter the whole ballgame. The seengly overwhelmingal lead that d trump had a pennsylvania the day after the election, this morning finally evaporated and has become a biden lead. If the democratic challenger wins here, it is game over for the president. From Vice President to president elect joe biden. It is a happy dy. For our coun reporter the mat has been played out in small government buildisdo and wess offices of pennsylvania, nevada, and i thousa votes here, a few hundred there. All thehiime,ing away at Donald Trumps grip on the white house. There will be a recount in nsgeorgia, where the margire so tight. In pennsylvania state, the proguide the probiden supporters have already started the party. There will be dancing in the streets. Its over for you. Reporter for the trump e pporters, increasing anxiety and a lot of cha usa porter in las vegas nevada, the trumpuprters resorted to prayer. This is not the first time that iis prayer has been offer sin city. Last night, a president made a long, unhappy statement without evidence that he was being robbed of a victory that was not his. Pres. Trp if you count the legal votes, i easily win. If you count the legal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. We think that we will win the we think that there will be a wlot of litigation becaus have so much evidence and so much proof that is going to end up perhaps at the highest court in duets. Reporter astonishingly, all of the main u. S. Networks pulled away before he finhed. Here we are again in the unusual position of the only entertaining the president of the United States but correcting the president of the United States. Reporter this morning, the president issued the statement. We leave in American People need ansparency. This is no longer about any singular election. It is about thentegrity of the entire process. Ive will for ill never give up fighting for you and our nation. Holed up in the white house, the present is notchnjoying that support from the legal battle ohis party. The president s speech last night was very disturbing to me because he made very serious allegations without any evidence to support it. Imtot aware of any signific fraud, any significant apwrongdoing, if it hasned. The evidence needs to come out. We need to go to corporate reporter the democrat mayor of philadelphia has also weighed in colorfully. I think the president needs to put his big boy pants on and acknowledge the fact that he is lost, and congratulate the winner. Just as jimmy carter d and george h dya bush d ed George Hw Bush did, and evenl gore. Reporter a declaration that joe biden has won and that he is now the president elect. He is marching to the drumbeat of the lon establishments, determined to be unaffected by the noise coming from the ite katty as john suggested, all eyes are on pennsylvania this eving. Lets go straight therewi wheree get the latest. It was lookingon apoint like pennsylvania might give us a result fairly quickly. This seems to be aelay. What is going on . Reporter at the beginning of the day, donald trump was ahead by about 18,000 votes. That was the number that was separating the two men. Buy less time, there was a significant shifen we saw joe bake the lead it is about 14,5000 that separate the two men. They told us to be patient and thatem dracy is winning and is at play here. There are still about 115,000 votes that need to be counted. 40,000 are coming i m byl from military personneand other overseas votes. T they aing their time. They say that this could take a few days. Let me give you some numbers to put this in perspective. Over 6. 5 Million People voted here in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. 2. 6r million were absentee mail in. 3 million returned their ballots. This is a huge volume of mailin votes. Etis is sng that pennsylvania is not used to. This is the first year thatpe le are able to mail in their votes without an excuse. That was a result of the pandemic. We are seeing such a huge vote of mailin votes. They saidhat they are going to take their time, no matter how many days it takes. They did not begin counting until november 3 at 7 00 in the morng. Some counties did not even begin counting until wednesday. That is oneha of the reasons it is so slow. They know that there is a lot at stake here. Katty briefly, what is the scene behind you . What is going on . Reporter just behind me, you can probably see some demonstrators here, protrump and antitrump demi schuurs. The antitrump demonstrators are having more of party. They have become increasingly confident throughout the day that this has been going their way. This has been quite tense and angry for pro trump supporters, being separated by t police. Katty iove the post boxes, all about main voting. Erwe hrd ear that the mood in the white house has been quiet. The president hasot yet appeared before cameras. He says out the occasional tweets. We have a reporter joining us from the white house at black lives matter valley. Laura, i heard that the mood is still despondent. That t victory. B a path to what are you hearing about the mood in the white house today . Laura you can see people behind you. They are not supporters of the president. They are supporters of it joe biden, hing to be here at the moment that the presidency is declared for mr. Biden. In the white house, it is all about pennsylvania. The legal strategy is all about that. The Trump Campaign is encouraged because they had one vic try there out blizzard of losses. The president s entire adult life has gone to court to try to changean outcometry to change perceptions. That is what he is doing n, in the hop he is still furious that fox news, once his favorite network, called arizona for his rival. There is relief at the white house that no one has that no one has yet caught pennsylvania for joe biden. They are confident that the longer this goes on, the more doubts that they can so about the outcome. Ethey have hope that they can hang on to ant here. Katty do we know who is talki the present . Surrounded by . The president is laura formerly his deputy mpaign manager is the person leading this charge. He is surrounded by his family and by jared kushner. And his daughter ivanktrump. People who think that the president is on a downward sle, that he should b thinking about hisuture and the future of his business, they are hoping that maybeamily can point the president the way forward. The president himself in fighting mood. He feels that the election has been stolen. This is what he is claiming, and he wants to see more republicans out there defending him. Is disappointed that they are not. Katty what is the legal strategy . Do you think that it is because they think that they can erturn a state . It is not like florida in 2000 when there is only one state that they focus on. Here youe hur or five. Do think it is because they think they can overturn states and really earn and retire . And earn aou r . Or do think it is more about delaying the resul llaura ra it is only when you get the result that seems to make this morning pretty much everne thought that it was just a matter of time before pennsylvania was called. Now there talk of being there is some date about theots. Postmark on some of them. T margin in pennsylvania is small enough when all of the votes are counted, the trump that they have a strategy. At the moment, it has that lead, over 14,000. It is all about the Trump Campaign hoping thatalhe military blots are for then. Katty thank you, laura treveln,de outhe white house. The trump admission isearing up to file multiple lawsuits. Last night, there were remarks from the president neveralls. Jwe aned now by ron. We know that this moment it is a ry precarious moment for the president and for joe biden. It is ari pres moment for the country. Partly it is about controlling the country do you think what is going on here be between the two camps is a battle of controlling the narrative with the hop of influencing the final outcome . Ron absolutely. Th k that the president was to be the master the narrative and have the last word. Has right now is for his legalnt team to provide actual evidence of voter fraud. Across the country, many conservatives believe that the systems raids and has been raised against President Trump all along. The most recent example is e large disparity of polling. The polling before the election and the actual result. The challenge is that if there is a voter fraud, have to show. That is why republicans are largely quite ocapitol hill and elsewhere, because they cannot just say that it is a fraudulent electn. They need evidence, and that evidence has not really been provided. Republicans that you have been speaking to you today of the president saying that if you count legal votes that have won . Already did on election night, ying that he rightly had already won . What a republicans making ofof that kining which . That kind of language . Ron Mitch Mcconnell has set the tone. He believes that every valid vote should be counted. And every vote that is invalid should be discarded. We should be following the rule of law here. I think that is what you will see republicans largely follow, those broad set of points. We have to see what vntes are fraudu which vote are fake to really stand behind the president and say that this is a rigged election. It is impossible to do. You lose your credibilityd if u sthind him at this point. Katty it is votes are proven to not be fraudulent, which there is very little historical t evidencet there is fraud on that kind of scale. Would you expect senior republican voices to call upon the president to concede the lection if it turns out that joe biden has won fairly . Ron i think theyll give the president legal team a deaf time to find these fraudulent votes. Katty how long do you thinkld they wet this . Ron and bush v gore, it was until december 12 that the Supreme Court had given until the decion. If there are recount occurri or proprietary there are found, this is the kind of environment where anything could happen. T i know the white house is hoping to find 10,000n ballots a philadelphia train track somewhere so that they can claim the esis that has been rigged. But i would give ct aple of weeks before i would say that it is time to move on until they say that it is time to move on. Joining us. K you so much for you are watching bbc world news america. Still to come on this program, via drawnout election is coming to a divisive en we look at the impact of the election on america as a country. Katty because it cannot carry out street elections because of cort rejections. Here is sarah campbell. Reporter the stone was unveiled by king george the fifth. They sunday, and his descendents will lay on the steps. Instead, they will be asked to remember at home, online, or wherever, socially distanced, remembrance events are taking there is a plea this year it the Royal British legion. To raise funds for poppy sales has been hampered. This is still the focal point for the nations remembers, Sundays Service will be scaledback, but no less gnificant. Sarah campbell, bbc news, westminster. Katty the state that are set decide this race are battleground states because thaa is where eacy fights out for the vote. Our cve looks at how the election has affected the very fabric of america f. M pennsylvan clive it is morning again in america. Pastorresidential elections here have heralded the sense of hope and a peaceful dog. Am this is noerica. [shouting] a land of ambient ugliness. Divided, angry, frustrated. [shouting] primed for trouble. There are many whose opinions with counted in this last few week board we voters. Upset voters. I look to track my ballots,he and it was not. Clive can this nation take this moment to heal . Bridget this chasm between red and blue. You cannot just find thousands of votes. Clive we spoke with these who were supporting trump before polling day. Th enjoy the heat and very public disapproval. I feel sorry for you. [honking] if we lose the election,ll we ose our way of life. We will not be free. Clive came across chris smith and they trump rally in tucson last month. After touching down in philadelphia on election need leltion eve, we spoke to a democrat who voted for donald trump voted for joe biden. Our people need to get back to work, we need to heal this country. At the end of e day, we need to recover from the coronavirus. People have lost sight of what has happened. Clive for some the coronavirus is not the main issue. You think that it is fraud . Night with a lead in all of the key swing states and wake up at 00 in the morning, and suddenly they have found hundreds of thousands of votes, and they all happen to be for joe biden. Iv good to see you again. The last word goes to catherine. Do you think that the two halves of america can unite now . Perhaps and the future we could start to work on that. Right now, no. The wound is too open. Clive sobering words. If it is winter in america, spring is far behind. In philadelphia, bbc news. Katty we hope that spring is just around the corner. This has been a to much was and to a wild week. Beforee go. With speak with anthony. Joining us at the end of a very long week. Congratulations on being awake. We jusheard ron saying that he thinks republicans williv President Trump a couple of weeks to find evidence of fraud. If the networks words are called this election before then, ifoe they getiden over that 270 threshold, what happens then . Hehow do parallel tracks play out . Anthony there is a very good chance that they will. It turns an uphill battle for donald trump into an even more steep one. With some of the networks called george w. Bush as a winner in 2000 even just for a few hours, we cld see joe biden claim victory and tapas balloon drop and start planning transition process. The story focused on him, and that makes it much more difficult for donald trump and the republicans to take the spotlight back. All across the country and all these different states. It makes it tha much more difficult, and it allows joe biden to have the political higu ground, ifill. Katty to be clear, the networks could call the election while the legal challenges are anthony absolutely. Ey ould say pending some sort of legal challenge, the presumptive president elect, if they want. Re looking at the number and basing it off of what has en counted, as opposed to what could be changed because of a legal filing that has maybe been made or may be considered. They do not work in those hyy theticals. Ka we knew that we could be in this position. I am finding itua ay being in the position than thinking about it. Anthony absoluty. This is uncharted ground for us play out across all of these different states. That is how this is dferent than 2000 with florida. Everyone is not just focusing on one state with a few hundred votes. We are jack ma pennsylvania, where it is ove we are talking about pennsylvania where each of the states has a lead for joe biden. Donald trump and the republicans right now are justrying to knocked down one state afterhe other to keep any sort of pathway for the president and his tes. Katty thank you very much for joining us at the end at this long week. I have one for you and the word is patient. That is it for me, katty kay. Narrator funding for this presentation of this program is provided by. Language specialists teaching spanish, french and more. Raymond james. The freeman foundation. 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