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hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. we start in washington and high stakes because the us supreme court is about to start hearing a case which could potentially stop donald trump running in the 2024 presidential election. it is a legal first those bringing the case are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, arguing he is disqualified from standing because he commited insurrection onjanuary 6th, trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election. that was successfully argued in the state of colorado in december where he s been removed from the ballot. donald trump and his attorneys will argue that any effort to stop him running is anti democratic. the us supreme court will hear 80 minutes of oral argument today. we have our correspondent inside the court listening to proceedings. thejustices have given little indication over the last few weeks where they stand on this, so it will be fascinating in the coming hours to hear the sort of q ....
to elect a new president. my colleague steve lai is in taipei and joins me now. thank you very much. we have heard from william lai is acceptance speech saying those words about keeping china at arms lead. we have heard in the last few moments were from china and their response to the elections we ve seen play out in taiwan. china has said reunification is still inevitable, taiwan is part of china in these elections can t change the basic framework and the direction of cross strait relations. it is a lengthy message but you get the idea of what they are saying was up the idea of what they are saying was up we have a more and our website on china s reaction. in the meantime, let s focus on the dpp who have won for the third successive year. an unprecedented term in office for the president from one party. just around of the results coming through today, citing local media, the dpp is projected to win 51 seats, 52, and the tpp have eight, the last few seats going to indep ....
unofficial results in the next few hours. around 19 million voters were called to elect a new president and parliament, the elections are seen as a core test of taiwan s relationship with china. the economy and education are key issue for voters but globally, one issue looms large, that is how taiwan should address the threat from china. my colleague steve lai is in taipei and hejoins me now. hello to you, steve. the polls closed just about an hour ago but it looks like an incredibly efficient system, and we might not have long to wait to find out the results, or at least guidance as to what the end result might be? guidance as to what the end result miaht be? , ., , guidance as to what the end result miuhtbe? , . , , might be? yes, that is right, it is an incredibly might be? yes, that is right, it is an incredibly quick might be? yes, that is right, it is an incredibly quick process, - might be? yes, that is right, it is an incredibly quick process, the l an incred ....
which has labelled him a troublemaker and a dangerous separatist . in his victory speech, he pledged to use dialogue instead of confrontation in exchanges with china and said he hoped beijing understood that peace will benefit both sides. china says reunification with taiwan is still inevitable despite the vote, and it opposes separatist activities. rupert wingfield hayes reports from taipei. onto stage comes the man who will now be taiwan s next president. in the end, william lai won the election by a larger margin than expected. china s campaign to intimidate voters here not to choose him failed. his supporters say, if anything, it had the opposite effect. china warned the people of taiwan not to vote for this man. they said he is a troublemaker who will take the island closer to war. well, tonight they have given their answer by electing him their new president. speaking to the international media following his victory, president elect lai was quick to offer beiji ....
could emerge in the next few hours. we re already seeing supporters converging on the main party headquarters for the announcement this is the scene now at the headquarters of the kmt taiwan s main opposition party. my colleague steve lai is in taipei and joins me now. this is in taipei and joins me now. is all progressing rer quickly. this is all progressing remarkably quickly. it this is all progressing remarkably cuickl . . , , , this is all progressing remarkably cuickl. . , , quickly. it really is, it is a demonstration quickly. it really is, it is a demonstration of - quickly. it really is, it is a demonstration of what i quickly. it really is, it is a | demonstration of what can quickly. it really is, it is a - demonstration of what can be done when it comes to electoral processes, perhaps, counting by hand, but those numbers continue to roll in. i have someone from the local news network with me, and in a transparent way, you can see the numbers getting re ....