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Results will be determined by key battleground states where votes are still being counted. Tanzanias president john mcafee is sworn in for a 2nd time amid tight security as the opposition calls for new elections. In the u. K. Gets a new multibillion dollar rescue package to boost its economy as a glint enters a new kind of a block down mission. Time far as small have all the days sports including pressure mounts on Manchester United boss only going to stall sure as his side loses again this time in istanbul in the Champions League. We begin this news hour as americans are waking up to another day of uncertainty over who will be the next president right now it is 5 am on the east coast and in the u. S. State of georgia these are live pictures from there where vote counting as you can see has been going through the night its an extremely close race and a traditionally republican states and Donald Trumps initial lead has been steadily falling georgia is one of the one of several states wh
But that has not stopped president from from coming out to address his supporters at the white house this has been one of the most divisive and unpredictable u. S. Elections in memory and even though trump initially trailed biden he quickly picked up Electoral College votes theres no clear winner yet we have just learned that arizona is going to joe biden lets cross over to rob reynolds in los angeles in california hes following the returns on the west coast and rob we were speaking 56 minutes ago about the importance of arizona and then moments later the flip happened tell us more. Yes and the important part is one of the important aspects is that this is a flip this is joe biden taking away a state that was won by President Trump in 2016 and its all the more remarkable because arizona has always been one of the most rock ribbed republican states in the union it is the home state of Barry Goldwater who considered the founder of the modern conservative movement although some of the dev
The east coast so its actually no longer election day there isnt its moved on to november the 4th but in other parts of the country and in fact way out in the Pacific Ocean is the state of hawaii with 4 Electoral College votes going to joe biden of course the home state of his old boss barack obama. So were just adding that to the total mostly the total later on right now though i want to talk about North Carolina 15 Electoral College votes still too close to call but when we break down the numbers we start to get a little bit more of the picture. 100 percent reporting i believe its just short of that actually at the moment and donald trump has a 75000. 00 vote difference but once again North Carolina its the story of the night in so many states that rural urban split there is maybe still a little bit of a runway left for joe biden in the urban areas but it would only be a very small amount and remember in this sort of part of the United States when it goes North Carolina you could pos
Convention is continuing right now of course virtually streaming online because of coronavirus restriction speakers have been joining from across the country and to that live stream and we will have a look at that a little bit later on but right now he is the team for this hour Kimberly Halkett is our White House Correspondent bed because there is a good chance the president will be watching and reacting to this speech in real time as he did yesterday but were standing with alan fischer in wilmington delaware where the speech will be given by joe biden and well a moment 22 years in the making alan. Longer than that 32 he ran in 1808 had to step down because of allegations of plagiarism seems your math is as good as mine. So its certainly the biggest speech i think many people felt that when joe biden was Vice President he was awarded in the the final days of the Obama Administration the president ial medal of freedom that was the capstone and what had been to that point a long and fair