Have to be counted some of them are only or a lot of them actually starting to be counted today and thats an awful lot of ballots to be counted so an official result of that is actually quite usual for the United States here we didnt have and other elections also you official results its the t. V. Networks and the pollsters who called the winner early about official results likely not to be happening tomorrow at this time will there be a network or Many Networks and polls this calling a winner by tomorrow this time. I dont know maybe thats the best you can get out of me and maybe a solid maybe its really not clear theres a lot of voting count valid to count the vote count going on and it has to be done to really really firmly call a state or. An overall result for the elections ok and what should we expect from these these old important to swing states that a so important for these counted is. Yeah there as you said they are really important it is those states where actually the math i
Monday in parliament. Hello and welcome to monday in parliament. Coming up in the next half hour, the secretary announces that london is among parts of england to be put into the toughest coronavirus restrictions. This action is absolutely essential, notjust to keep people safe, but because we have seen early action can help prevent more damaging and longer lasting problems later. But one mp wonders. The secretary of state doesnt want to be the grinch, but should he be reconsidering the christmas measures that are in place. Also on the programme, the future energy plans and proposals to cut admissions. And labour dismisses the government announcement of more and quicker compensation for those caught up in the wind rush scandal. Increasing the minimum payments for the impact the life to £10,000, with payment starting this week. But first, the Health Secretary has told parts of london and parts of essex and hertfordshire will move into englands highest tier of covid 19 restrictions on w
From wednesday after a sharp rise in the number of cases. In china, questions about the alleged forced use of people from minority communities in the countrys huge cotton industry. In the past thirty minutes, the us state of californias Electoral College has given its votes tojoe biden. The result means that mr biden now has three hundred and two votes, taking him over the two hundred and seventy needed to confirm him as president of the United States. Before californias announcement, forty eight states had already declared only one, hawaii, is still to do so. This was the moment the formality was confirmed. Thank you secretary lima. I will now announce the tally of the vote for the office of president of the United States. Forjoseph r biden of delaware, a democrat, eyes 55, nos zero. We can now speak to our north america correspondent, david willis, who is in los angeles. That is it officially. That is it officially. Those electoral couege it officially. Those Electoral College votes
This week spluttering safely to a stop. Out of the house and into the gamebox. And what do gaming and protests have in common . Hey, welcome to click hope youre doing 0k. It may be getting cold up here in the Northern Hemisphere but this is the year when were all being encouraged to spend as much time as possible outside ventilation and all and one person who spends a lot of time outside is lara lewington. Yes, ive been running outside more than ever. I think itjust gives you a sense of freedom and at the moment, some sort of sense of normality although i have been getting very annoyed. This week, people have not been indicating properly the cars are just turning around the corner but i do understand that runners arent actually that popular at the moment. Dont run on the road now, listen, talking of which, a lot more people have been doing this as well lately. In the last year or so, ive e scootered around bits of london, copenhagen, wellington and auckland. Seems like a lifetime ago n
Washington and when republican lawmakers will take the extraordinary step of trying to overturn the will of the voters. We begin in georgia where voters are hitting the polls in two runoff races. Democrats jon ossoff and reverend Rafael Warnock they pi gain control of the senate. Vice president elect Kamala Harris would be able to break any tie. If Kelly Loeffler or david perdue win either of the races the republicans keep control by a slim margin. The amount of money has been thrown in, more than half a billion dollars, shows how significant this is. Gary tuchman is in Fulton County. Tell us what its like there at the polls. I can tell you here in this county there are 254 polling places. And 253 of them everything is going smoothly so far. This, the kathcathedral of st. Phillips, this is the 254th, weve been here all day, so i can tell you everything is going smoothly also. When the day started there was a line of about 50 people rushing in vote, its been relatively quiet since then,