The freeman foun. Ti by judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Washington this is bbc world news america. Statebystate, 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 oeiden 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 says that President Trump should not admit defeat. I think that the president needs to put his b boy pants on and acknowledge the fact that he has lost and congratulate t i aa black lives matter plaza, people have gathered inside of the white house, as the president claims that the election is being st. En from them katty welcome to bbc world news america for our viewers. Sn the and in the u. K. And all around the world, for pivotal states have yet to be called. The two main candidates refused to back down. This leave the world with one question, when . When will enough votes be counted. Wh k wil ww if joe biden has crossed the threshold, and when will this election be over . We wedl be trieemed to answer those questions ahead. We will be trying to answer thosquestions ahead. Joe biden takes the lead in pesylvania. Joe biden has just taken the lead. The smingly overwhelming lead that donald trump had a pennsylvania the dayfter the election, this morning finally evaporated and has become a if the democratic challenger wins here, it is game over for the president. Pretty soon thewill be gone from Vice President to president elect joe biden. Pyit is a hay for our country. Reporter the mat has been played out in small government buils and windowless offices of pennsylvania, nevada, and georgia. I thousand votes here, a few hundred there. All the time, chipping away at Donald Trumps grip on the white house. There will be a recount in georgia, where the margins are so tight. In pennsylvania state, the proguide the probiden supporters have already started the pay. There will be dancing in the streets. Its over for you. Reporter for the trump anxietyrs, increasing and a lot of chance of usa reporter in las vegas nevada, the Trump Supporters resorted to prayer. This is not the first time that is prayer has been offered in sin city. Last night, a president made a long, unhappy statement without evidence tha he was being robbed of a victory that was not his. Pres. Trump if you count the if you count the legal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. We think that we will win the election very sily. Were think that till be a lot of litigation because we have so much evidence and so much proof that is going to end up perhaps at the highest court in uets. Report astonishingly, all of u. S. Networks pulle away before he fhed. Here we are aga 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. Amwe leave iican people need transparency. This is no longer about any singular election. It is about thentegrity of the entire process. I will never for ill never give up fighting for you and our nation. Holed up in the white house, thn present i enjoying that much support from the legal battle ohis party. The president s speech last night was very disturbing toe because he made very serious allegations whout any evidence to support it. Im not aware of any significant fraud, any significant wrongdoing, if it happened. 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 acknowlee the fact that he is lost, and congratulate the winner. Just as jimmy carter d and h orubya bush did ed george hw bushev did, an al gore. Reporter a declaration that joe biden has wonnd that he is now he is ma to the drumbeat of the long establishments, determined to be unaffected by the noise coming from the white house. Katty as john suggested, all eyes are on peevsylvania this ing. Lets go straight there where we will get the latest. It was looking at one point like pennsylvania mighta give u result fairly quickly. This seems to be a delay. What is going o 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 aif significant we saw joe biden take the lead about over 5000 votes. It is about 14,5000 that separate the two men. They told us to be patient and th democracy is winning and is at play here. There are still about 115,000 votes that need to be counted. 40,000 are coming in by mail from military personneand otr overseas votes. They are taking their time. They say that this could take a few days. Let me giveou some numbers to put this in perspective. Over 6. 5 Million People voted here in the commonwealth o pesylvania. 2. 6 million were absentee or mail in. 3 million returned theirot ba this is a huge volume of mailin votes. Is is something that pennsylvania is not used to. This is the first year tha people 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 said that they are going to take their time, no matter how many days it takes. Theyg did not begin count until november 3 at 7 00 in the morning. Some counties did not even begin counting until wednesday. That is on of the reasons that 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 caprobably 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 ha been going their way. This has been quite tense and being separated by the police. , katty i love the post boxes, all about main voting. We hrd earlier that the mood in the white house has been quiet. E president h not yet appeared before cameras. He says out the occasional tweets. We have a rorter joining us from the wte house at a black laura, i heardhat the mood is ill despondent. That there could a path to victory. What are you hearing about the mood in the white house today . Laur you can see people behind you. They are not supporters of the president. They are supporters of it joe biden, hoping to be here at theo nt that the presidency is declared for mr. Biden. In the white house, it is all about pennsylvania. Boe legal strategy is all that. The Trump Campaign is eouraged because they had one victory there out of the blizzard of losses. The president s entire adult life has gone to court to try to change outcomes and try to change perceptions. That is what he is doing now, in the hope news, once his favorite network, called arizona f his rival. There is relief at the white house that o 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. They have the hope that they can hang on to and fight here. Katty do we know who is talking to the present . Do we know who the president is surrounded by . Laura formerly his Deputy Campaign manager is the person leading this charge. He isy surrounded by his fam and by jared kushner. People who think that thet presid on a downward slope, that he should be thinking about hisuture and the ture of his business, they are hoping that maybe family can point the president the way forward. The president himself is 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. He is disappointed that they are not. Katty what is the legal strategy . Do you think that it is because they thinkhat they can erturn a state . It is not like orida in 2000 when there is only one state that they focus on. Here you have four or five do think it is because they think they can overturn statesre anly earn and retire . And earn a recount . Or do think it is more about delaying the result . Laura laura it isy o when you get the relt that seems to ke this morning prettyer much ne thought that it was just a matter of time before e nnsylvania was called. Now th talk of being there is some date about the postmark on some of them. If the margin in pennsylvania is small enough when all of the votes are counted, the Trump Campaign hoping against hope that they have a strategy. At the moment, it has that lead, it is all about the Trump Campaign hoping that the military ballots are for then. Y ka thank you, laura treveln, outside the white house. The trump admission isleearing up to ultiple lawsuits. Last night, there were remarks from the president neveralls. We are joined now by ron. We know that this moment it is a very precarious moment for the presidenand for joe biden. It is a precarious moment for the country. Partly it is about controlling the country do you think what two camps is a battle ofeen the controlling the narrative withop the of influencing the final outcome . Ron absolutely. I think that the president was to be the master of the narrative and have the last word. The challenge that the president has ght now is r his legal 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 the large disparityin of po the polling before the election and the actual rult. The challenge is that if there is a voter fraud, have to show. That is why republicans are o largely quicapitol hill and elsewhere, because they cannot just say that it isct fraudulent en. They need evidence, and that evidence has not really been provid. Katty what is the reaction from republicans that you have been speakingo you today of the president saying that if you count legal votes at have won . Already did on election night, ying that he rightly had already won . What a republicans making of that kind of rg which . That kind of language . Ron Mitch Mcconnell has s the tone. He believes that every valid te suld 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 brd set of points. We have to see v whaes are fraudulent, which vote are fake to really stand behind the president and say that this is rigged election. It is impossible to do. You lose your credibility if you stand behind him at this point. Katty it is a votes proven to not be fraudulent, which there is very little historical evidence that there is fraud on that kind of scale. Would you expect senior republican voices to call upon the president to concede the selection if it turns oute that iden has won fairly . Ron i think theyll give the president s legal team a deaf time toes find fraudulent votes. Katty how long do you think they would get this . Ron and in bush v gore, it was until december 12 that the Supreme Court had given until the decision. Tre are recount occurring or proprietary there are found, this is the kind of environment where anything could happen. I know that the white house is hoping to find 10,000 ballots on a philadelphia train tracke somewh that they can claim the thesis that has been rigged. But i would give it a couple of that before i would say is time to move on uil they say that it is time to ve on. Katty or thank you so much f joining us. You are watching bbc world news america. Still to come on this program, via drawnout election is coming to a divisive end. We look at the impact of the election on america as a country. Katty because it cannot carry out street electcons because of rt 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, th will be asked to remember at home, online, or wherever, socially distanced, remembrance events are taking place. There is a plea this year it the royal brish legion. To raise funds for poppy sales has en hampered. This is still the focal ponnt for the na remembers, Sundays Service will be scalback, but no less significant. Sarah campbell, bbc news, westminster. Katty the state that are set to decide this race arend battlegr states because that is where each party fights out for the vote. Our clive looks at how the fection has affected the very fabric of amerim pennsylvania. Clive it is morning again in america. Here have h the sense oftions hope and a peaceful dog. This is now america. [shouting] a land of ambient ugliness. Divided, angry, frustrated. [shouting] prim 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, and it was not there. Clive can this nation take this moment to hl . Bridget this chasm between red and blue. You cannot just find thsands of votes. Were supporting trump before pollinday. Th enjoy the heat and very public disapproval. I feel sorry for you. [honking] if we lose the election, we will lose our way of life. We will not be free. Clive ce across chris smith and they trump rally in tucson last month. After touching down in philadelphia on election need lelection eve, we spoke to a democrat who voted for donald trump voted for joe biden. To work, we need t thiset back country. At the end of the day, weec need toer from the coronavirus. People have lost sight of what has happened. Clive for some c tonavirus is not the main issue. You think that it is fraud . Guys, we do not go to bed at night with a lead inll of the key swing states and wake up at 7 00 in the morning, d suddenly they have found hundreds of thousands of votes, and the joe biden. To be for clive 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 inri a, spring is far behind. Pinladelphia, bbc news. Katty we hope that spring is just around the corner. This has been a to much was and to a wild week. Before we go. With speak with anthony. Joeing us at end of a very long week. Congratulations on being awake. We just heard ron saying that he thinks republicans will givea president trumuple of weeks to find evidence of fraud. If the networks words are cald this election before then, if they get joe biden over that 270 old, what happens the how do these parallel tracks play out . Anthony there is a very good chance that they will. It tur donald trump into aeven more steep one. With some of thewo ns called george w. Bh as a winner in 2000 even just for a few hours, we could see joe biden claim victory and tapalon 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. These different stntry and all it makes it that much moreff ult, and it allows joe biden to have the political high ground, if you will. Katty be tlear, the networks could ca the election while the legal challenges are ongoing . Anthony absolutely. They could say pending some sort of legal challenge, the presumptiveresident elect, if they want. They are looking at the numbers and basing it off of what has could be changed because of a legal filing that has maybe been made or may be considered. They do not work in those hypotheticals. Tty we knew that we could be i am finding it actually being in the position than thinking about it. Anthony ut absy. This is uncharted ground for us to see this sort ofti sit play out across all of these different states. That is how this is different than 2000 with florida. Everyone is not just focusing on one state with a few hundred votes. We are jack ma pennsylvania, where it isve we are talking about pennsylvania where it is over 10,000 votes lead. Each of the states has a lead for joe biden. Donald trump and the republicans rit now are justrying to knocked down one state after the other to keep any sort of pathway for the president and his sites. 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. Th is it for me, katty kay. Narror funding for this presentation of this program is provided by. Language specialists teaching spanish, french and more. Raymond james. The n foundation. 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