Called for Democrat John hickenlooper. Republican, former head football coach of auburn flipped alabama. Republican erst won in iowa. Graham won in South Carolina and Mitch Mcconnell won in kentucky. Several seats, though, still need to be decided before the night is out. Meantime, democrats are expected to keep control of the house and possibly add to their advantage but there are still dozens of races left to be decided tonight. Our political reporter greg lee has been watching all of this for us tonight. Greg what is happening in those crucial states. It is clear it will come down to the swing states. Likely to be very close. It will take time to count all of those ballots. Much of the attention like we talked about. President trump flip inside 2016. The socalled blue wall he broke through. Michigan so far, 65 reporting. President trump leading 54 to 5 . They received a historic number of absentee ballots. Election officials have said it could take days to count. In wisconsin we go.
That it inflicted. First, the latest numbers for california. Joe biden and california state senator winning big taking all of the states 55electoral votes as expected. The biggest haul in the Electoral College by a predictable victory. Here is where the poplar vote stands. Biden with a slight edge in the poplar vote. Those votes are still being counted. The key is the Electoral College. Right now biden leads with 237electoral votes and trump has 213. 270 votes are needed to win. You can see neither candidate has reached that threshold with some swing states still too close to call. Our political reporter, greg lee, has been watching it all. What is happening in the critical swing states . Reporter good evening. It is clear this race will come down to the swing states. Likely to be close. Frankly it will take time to count the ballots. Lets look first at the midwest where much of the attention is the three states President Trump flip inside 2016. The blue wall that he broke through in m
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Good afternoon. Welcome to the bbc news at one. The liberal democrats say they want to cancel brexit altogether if they form the next government. Theyre debating a change of policy this lunchtime at the partys annual conference in bournemouth it would see them revoking article 50 without having a referendum first. Party leaderjo swinson says voters must be give the chance to stop what she called the brexit chaos. Our Political Correspondent jonathan blakes report from bournemouth contains flash photography. Pro europe and proud, the liberal democrats are clear they want to stop brexit. The question for members here this weekend is how. So far, its been all about another referendum. But the party leader wants to go further and campaign to pull the plug on leaving the eu if it wins a general election. The policy that we are debating at Conference Today is very clear. If the liberal democrats at the next election win a majority, if people put into government as a majority government the s
Bows. Sir . Reporter youre exactly right. Everyone thought the hong kong protest issue was settled last week. Controversial bill was suspended. People left the streets. Now it is back, bigger than before, this is pushback against china and their influence in hong kong. Nearly two Million People of hong kong took to the streets on sunday demanding a number of issues. First of all release of people who had been arrested last week, punishment for police who ordered the use of force, resignation of hong kong leader lam and that secretary of state mike pompeo will raise the issue with president xi at the g20 next week. We see what is happening, unfolding in hong kong. Were seeing people of hong kong speak about things they value. Reporter the protest revived of a joshua wong, a prominent activist leader rallied the crowd after being released from prison. He was serving a twomonth sentence taking part in 2014 protest. It is time for us to the ability to step down and she will face two millio