Al this is al jazeera live from doha youre watching our continuing u. S. Election coverage including. Supposed to celebrate bidens win across the country including the wattles. By donald trump and his supporters a defiant president showing no signs of conceding as he prepares to challenge ballot counts in several states. That hasnt stopped leaders from around the world applauding joe biden including many who have had a rocky relations with trump. Joe biden has declared victory in the u. S. Elections earlier he and his running mate carla harris. Addressed the nation from his home state of delaware he spoke of uniting a country that has seen deep divisions with a pandemic and racial unrest from dominating headlines a White House Correspondent Kelly Holcomb reports. Addressing the nation for the 1st time as president elect joe biden spoke to a divided america and appealed for unity. People of this nation have spoken. They delivered us a clear victory we won with the most roads ever crash
Have seen it coming. In theory i would like to start with what was my personal favorite moment in the book which is the first meeting between donald trump and steve bannon who would become a very influential political strategist in his world where he explains to trump that if hes thinking about running for president , he cannot do as a traditional republican. Can you describe the scene. Sure, thanks for having me, i was fascinated buy the book, it made no sense by this, one of the reasons you have to remember donald trump did not, as a bolt out of the blue, he had been speaking for years for running for president but he was not quite sure how he would really have an identity, sometimes he was a democrat, sometimes he was a republican, he flirted with the idea of running in ross perots at one point but in 2012 he was getting serious about it and david bossi, a conservative activist a hardline conservative activist was a friend of Donald Trumps and he decided to talk to him about running
Announcer tonight on late night with seth meyers, ethan hawke, comedian lewis black an all new closer look, featuring the 8g band with carter mclean. And now seth meyers. Seth good evening, im seth meyers and this is late night. How is everybody doing tonight thats fantastic lets get to the news. When asked about President Trumps refusal to concede the president ial election, president elect joe biden yesterday said, quote, i think it will not help the president s legacy. Oh, yeah it would be a shame to tarnish that what was it going to be . The man who finally stood up to the sun . President trump tweeted today that he was, quote, now preparing to win wisconsin. And next week they will beat hillary according to estimates, President Trump has been offered book and Television Deals that could be worth 100 Million Dollars but he still wont come out. President trump visited Arlington National cemetery today in observance of veterans day and while he was there, he helped put out a fire. Yo
Works your vote will be counted i dont care how hard people try to stop it i will not let it happen. A lot of supporters have been celebrating in philadelphia anticipating a victory winning the state of pennsylvania with 20 Electoral College votes would push biden well beyond the 270 required to take the white house. Election Officials Say there has yet to be any evidence of voting irregularities but donald trump the Republican Party says legal teams have been said to force states to investigate we have seen some discrepancies in michigan and some irregularities that deserve investigation democrats and the media spent for years and millions of taxpayer dollars talking about a russian hoax on the grounds of Election Integrity now with just over 48 hours after polls have closed in an actual election for president they want to ignore clear irregularities russia call states as one and this election we will not stand for that. Well the president is continuing to make unsubstantiated claims
Pennsylvania and georgia is he maintained his lead in arizona and nevada bidens a razor thin margin grew is millions of mail in ballots were tallied securing him more than enough Electoral College votes to become the 46th president of the United States well the announcement has sparked celebrations across the country large crowds have gathered in washington d. C. As well as new york city and philadelphia well lets go live now to alan fischer in washington d. C. Allan you obviously have been following every twist and turn of this election it took a couple of days but joe biden is now the president elect. Exactly i came to trump in 4 years ago and it looks as if a year when were counting him but the Republican Party are seeing quite yet we are just above the white house you can see Lafayette Park behind me which has been sealed off since around the time of the george lloyd protest. In the summer behind that is the white house the oval office is just over to the right and in front of Lafa