Including washington d. C. The reaction is coming in from europe with germanys defense minister down thing much bilateral change if biden wins and the Foreign Policy chief says they look forward to rebuilding a strong transatlantic partnership. Thank you for joining us for our special coverage of the u. S. Election on the key air and bringing you the latest on what is already another extraordinary election day will donald trump be reelected for a 2nd so i wont joe biden become the 46th president of the United States stay with us as america decides. Well it is 5 am on the east coast and americans are waking up with still no clear winner in the 2020 race for the white house let me bring you up to speed on how both candidates are doing it so far the race is tight as you can see with biden already securing 238 electors and trump having the backing of 23270 and needed to win the white house and it all comes down to the socalled Electoral College each state has a fixed number of electors based on the number of People Living there whichever candidate secures a simple majority of votes in each state wins the only exceptions are maine and nebraska which allocate electives based on local district votes and heres what it looks like so far on a state by state basis in several key states ballot counting is still under way claiming the results indicate a tight race and both Democrat Joe Biden and his rival donald trump have addressed their supporters saying they are sure they will come out on top. Are nurtured in already we believe are on track to win the structure were going to. Try to drag you back you know. We were getting ready to win this election frankly we did win this. We will win this stranger and we already. Traditionally some states are seen as Republican Party stronghold swallow others are strongly tied to the Democratic Party but in swing states both parties are thought to have a chance of winning and some areas are seen as bellwethers indicative of which candidate will win the National Race im joined in the studio now by arties ecostar thanks for coming in again igor we know that a number of states still in play its still too early to predict whos going to win the election this time around this. So much we dont know we dont know which way its going to go we dont know whether a candidate is going to contest the results when they come in what we do know is that we have this very distinct division across america tell me more about that absolutely its too early to call the results of this this particular election but this is what everyone keeps saying but it seems that both candidates remain deaf to these to these schools just to bring the horses a little bit to not to not to make the situation even more heated as it already has been youve just heard both the trumpet and outright claiming hes won the election biden saying that the they are on track to claiming the victory in this in this vote and this is hardly a surprise because its because these candidates theyre just projecting what their supporters think during these past 4 years the supporters of donald trump and his opponents they have been drifting further and further apart with every action with every executive order with every speech given by the incumbent us president these are 2 camps of people have been drifting apart weve seen the violence spill onto the streets weve seen people divided on every major issue from covert 19 to economy to Foreign Policy and the list goes on there have been people in the streets there have been mass riots as well all because. It all boiled down to the figure of donald trump and as to whos in the white house so basically donald trump. Bound hes adamant to keep his seat joe biden is equally as adamant to get into the white house but donald trump has already threatened legal action if things dont go his way. North carolina big victory with north carolina. And. So we won there we lead by. 76000 votes with almost nothing. And all of us and everything just. This is a fraud on the American Public this is an embarrassment to our country so well be going to the u. S. Supreme court. What was most extraordinary about that press conference was that it started out on a very positive tone trent was going through all the states where they did where he had done very well any even seem quite surprised at the results so far and then it turned very dark didnt it it did and especially proceeded to say what he can we continued with saying we dont want to find any ballots at 4 oclock in the morning meaning that he didnt want to see some of the states where he had the lead to swap and to switch to have biden as their favorite this is already happening in Wisconsin Trump throughout the night trump was enjoying a comfortable not a large one but a lead of several points in there when the absentee ballots arrived and now biden is in the lead by a by a few 1000001000 people excuse me over there but there is that and this is exactly what trump threatened to take legal action against if Something Like that happens the camp of joe biden has already fired back saying that while they are ready to use their law as donald trump takes to court the president s statement trying to shut down counting of julie caused by this was outrageous unprecedented and incorrect and naked effort to take away democratic rights and the before has a president sought to strip americans of their voice it will not happen counting will continue until every julie cause vote is counted. So this is a statement joe bidens camp but the thing is these are some of the milder words directed at donald trump after his speech because many people did interpret his words about the about the ballots found at 4 oclock in the morning as a cool to stop the counting hes already gone from has already been called a fascist an authoritarian leader and autocratic Leader People have been saying that this is the least democratic thing a president can say so a lot of people are already getting the claws into donald trump but thing is trump is ready to fight in court so is joe biden but their supporters theyre ready to go to the barricades the Election Night already has seen some clashes in chicago and in washington d. C. So people have already been taken on to the streets and that that was happening while everyone has been saying look this thing is not over were still counting the votes the are still counting the votes so imagine what would happen and what is likely to happen when one of these candidates is announced as victorious it is extremely concerning that we have already this fight before we even have a result and i remember back in 2016 and voters were supporters were very passionate whether they were for Hillary Clinton or for donald trump but i feel that over the past 4 years people have become almost fanatical about whichever camp they support and as we can see taking to the streets before we even have a result and why its from the president like this it is just unprecedented it seemed indeed it seemed like the emotional tension in the United States had maxed out in 2016 world how wrong were we in the past 4 years the country america and the society didnt come together they didnt unite the united by their own groups. Donald Trump Supporters in the information bubble they grew closer so happen to the democrats or rather those who share a d. Paid to deepen the model t. To lose donald trump also bonded together over this over there again over their hatred and their world and acceptance of trump as their leader so within their information bubbles they grew closer together and at the same time the drifted apart from each other and now all of this is becoming very clear very visible it moves from from twitter you know from twitter around and from from all the nasty things that are going on on the internet this is pulling out into the real world and what were seeing here right now on the Election Night is just a tease of what we might see in the days to come. Oh sorry i thought you had to grant that yeah i absolutely agree with you that and i think. I think that what whichever way this wings whether its biden whos elected the next president or whether trunk wins another term i dont think either candidate is going to be able to bridge this divide that we see across america but i mean when you say has a mistake has a mistake and who knows whats going to happen and who knows which way this election is going to swing as well but you know thank you for now well as there have already been pro and anti truck demonstrations outside the white house ahead of the final Election Results arties donald quarter looks at the growing divisions within american society. It was all high hopes and big promises back in 2016 when donald trump took his place in the white house the nation was already divided by race gender class you name it and the country needed a hero now its time for america to get behind a division have to get together. Republicans and democrats and independents across this nation i say it is time for us to come together as one United People turned out trump never came to be that knight in shining armor. For. 20 twentieths president ial election seasons looks more like an all out war on the streets more than anything mishandling of the Pandemic Response and the economic crisis but most significant was the brutal killing of george floyd that sparked outrage across the nation and even calls to defund the police altogether. And instead of trying to unite people americas dividing lines became part of both parties political strategies on the one hand bite and then the democrats sold themselves as allies of the socalled peaceful protests which lets be honest were not so peaceful problem. Peacefully protest. Not a bad way to dip your toes into the more radical left and black voter pools but on the other hand. F. Trump who decided to play the tough guy calling anti racism protesters vandals and anarchists trump sent federal troops to put down uprisings in cities a move that won support from a number of Police Unions and people who didnt want to see their white picket fence neighborhoods ruined now the law and order doctrine also embolden some of trumps more radical supporters so that seeing armed right wing militias and anti for freely Walking Around the streets of American Cities became a new reality and one of both candidates done to fix all this point the finger is also what it is using raese whats going on and he doesnt want to see a lone order because he cant because you lose his radical live supporters proud about who is stand back and stand by but ill tell you what tell you what somebody has got to do something about the left because this is not a right as we know it is a direct this is a. Guy this is the radical left would you she wasnt raised on both sides of the political spectrum weve got armed groups white nationalists proud boys right wing militias and tea for the whole bunch so what exactly will happen when the election is over well everyone just sit down and decide to accept the results professor Mohammad Marandi of the university of toronto divisions in america. Many people in iran are the news about the situation in the United States and how divided the country is and the fact that the United States always presents itself as exceptional and above the rest of the world yet the country is so deeply divided the intellectuals and many of the high the educated despised immensely and supporters on the other hand despise them and it shows that this notion of the United States being a melting pot is absolute nonsense i think it remains to be seen what happens and many in iran actually do prefer ordinary people obviously despise trump because he is trying to starve the country preventing medicine from getting into the country is trying to kill as many people as possible but many others do recall that these sanctions were initiated by obama and biden. Lets bring you up to speed on how both candidates are doing so far in the race is tight as you can see with biden already securing 238 electors having the backing of 213217 thats the notching number thats how many you needed to win at the white house and it dont come down to this socalled Electoral College age state has a fixed number of electors based on the number of People Living there for example one of the key swing states pennsylvania is worth 28 votes so that could be a real big win for which i have a constant wins that states on the only exceptions on maine and nebraska which allocated electors based on local and district votes lets take a look now at what it looks like on mom for the state by state basis in several key states counting is still under way. And more International Reaction to the election is coming in from german ministers to the Foreign Policy chief relations with europe have it and i dont know. If i ought to pay for all of it and so what reaction are we getting from the german capital. Hello. Well its starting to come out now as we move through whedons david start to get a little bit more reaction from the from german politicians but when you look at the relationship over the last 4 years between berlijn and washington its not hard to see who some of those politicians want to see in the white house who they want to see out of the white house theres not been much support or clearly not many key german air political figures wanting to see 4 more years of donald trump the reasons of being that. Prior to donald trump germany and the United States they were key strategic economic and political allies thats been spun around and theyve been placed it opposite poles on a number of issues when it comes to nato donald trump has said germany must pay up they must pay more money is not the 1st president to do that but hes the 1st to do it in such a forceful manner when it comes to north stream to the gas pipeline from russia into germany germany needs that gas for its industry for its economy the United States is putting sanctions on that and stopping not pipeline from being built i mentioned those sanctions some of those are fall in directly on german entity something that was unprecedented to think about and other white house administrations and then theres the relationship between Angela Merkel and donald trump they clearly dont seem to get on this isnt the 1st time the angle of merkels how to deal with a political leader who she clearly has a strained relationship with she did spend a number of years talking to Silvio Berlusconi while he was a tally in Prime Minister however its a bit of a different part of a different kettle of fish to between the italian Prime Minister no disrespect to them in the United StatesPresident Trump certainly seems to see germany as a competitor as opposed to that close ally that was the post world war 2 normality but what we have been here. Airing from senior cabinet figures in the German Government is that a biden election isnt going to reset things to how they were to have been serious changes in how germany and the United States will have you want to know that. If you like the German Government and defense ministries we have to deal with any reality on the ground in the us regardless of who gets to appoint the administrations point about germany and European Defense was banned in north stream to the relations with russia out of monster been brought up by the democrats time is different but im Pretty Simple the demands are just as you told from that party. Well over a brussels josefa barel the e. U. High representative for Foreign Affairs has tweeted out a message saying that the United States citizens have voted and whoever is in the white house today you will continue to work with them very diplomatic there from the e. U. Chief diplomat back in germany though the newspapers obviously came out overnight they havent really got a firm grasp on what the results are that are coming in live as we just heard the latest tallies the Berliner Zeitung here in the german capital saying. How voted and that 200000000 people could decide the future the tabloid Newspaper Guild goes for good look mr president whoever gets the job they will have the most important position in World Politics boxing clever from the the tabloid newspaper built their. What we have though is a situation that a lot of the political figures here in germany would rather deal with a Biden White House as opposed to 4 more years of a Trump White House that you may well get the same issues the same problems they arent going away so we just heard from the defense minister and the foreign minister however in a Biden White House they might not be a well that dirty laundry may not be aired as publicly as it may well in a Trump White House donald trump on the campaign trail said that they want to get rid of him in china they want to get rid of him in iran and they want to get rid of him in germany and i was in pennsylvania reset that he might not be too far wrong but where there is. Certainly a lot of eyes looking towards the white vote for who gets into the white house next because theres still a lot of issues where germany and the United States dont see eye to eye on that going to have to still be issues for the next 4 years its who deals with those problems that germans are wondering well looking at this vote and wondering who will be pay for all of our thank you that they dont transfer thieved on president to scrutiny from the u. S. And and mouth media with them even calling him the most dangerous president ever went down c. F. Reports. However it ends the election trump will go down in history his vows to drain the swamp build the wall and make America Great again theyll remember him what theyll write about him will depend on the book the author the perspective if they loved him or hated him each the greatest failure in the history of the United States and the worst with resumes america has ever had. The worst and most dangerous president where are you in 2070 when we had the worst president i would even argue that he is the worst worst president in American History hes the worst president the countrys ever had 4 years of trump was 4 years of bitter conflict at every level he and his opponents fought it was a time when grown ups behaved like children in the white house and congress in the streets todd when democrats and republicans seem to put aside everything that they agreed on and focused entirely on everything that they despised about one another. The 252. 00 congressional votes under trumps presidency 104. 00 resulted in disputes and clashes some of the initiatives that congress voted on would to block trumps initiatives they voted to prevent votes on things that trump wanted and were not talking here about things like the wall or deporting Illegal Migrants were talking about politicians who supported trumps ideas like pulling out of the Iran Nuclear Deal when he was a businessman suddenly reversing their positions when he became president seemingly out of spite i believe iran will not change and under this agreement it will be able to achieve its dual goals of eliminating sanctions well ultimately retaining its nuclear and nonnuclear power at this time and this place for so many reasons pulling out precipitously without our allies involved does not achieve any of the goals we need to achieve and hurts americans in different ways but politics is politics right they fought under obama too if a little less nothing new about the media then specifically them losing their mobs and throwing away any semblance of balance out the window. Digging up tax records or leaking calls to even investigating trumps foreign ties its journalism thats what journalists do its normal know what they outdid themselves on is out right and somewhat petty smear campaigns about how awful trump is for drinking too much diet coke about how much of a cheat trump is that golf about how bad he is at it about how his own wife doesnt want to hold his hand all cheap all dirty and for trump easy to dismiss you are shake do is we are fighting the fake to use people in your profession that great fake news you do. And the president and your fake is the net result has been a collapse of trust in the media the news it isnt news when the publication has an evident interest in maligning someone. Never in living memory has the establishment tried to sink a president elected by the American People from before he took office with sabotage with leaks with set ups they did everything to make people believe in the trump russia collusion sham the kumi investigation the steel dossier about prostitutes and youre a nation the mule a report all to make impeachment possible the impeachment of the president of the United States impeachable conduct impeachment nonetheless we should begin proceedings to impeach the president move forward with impeachment and as president this partners on impeachment this impeachment process cost a reported 11000000. 00 trying to impeach trump 32000000. 00 for the Mueller Report countless man hours wasted and they couldnt pull it off at the end of the day trump will be remembered if differently he was. A tyrannical megalomaniac a man who drank too much cook who sucks at golf and whose hands even his own wife didnt want to hold he was also a man of the people the underdogs to drain the swamp that is washington and cost down the corrupt elites whatever version they read in the future the agree on one thing was a long and savage fight. Lets bring you up to speed now on how both candidates are doing it so far the race is tight as you can see with biden already securing 238. 00 electors and trump having the backing of 213270 needed to win the white house and it all comes down to the socalled Electoral College age state has a fixed number of electors based on the number of People Living there which have a candidate secure as a simple majority of votes in each state with the only exceptions are maine and nebraska which allocate electors based on local district votes and heres what it looks like so far on a state by state basis in several key states ballot counting is still underway. But just to recap the latest for you and while shaking up to be another extraordinary u. S. Election speaking to supporters earlier donald trump says he will take the vote count to the supremum koch claiming victory and painting a proud democrat fraud on his opponent joe biden has also claimed hes on track to win it all this comes as ballot counting is still underway in some states stay with r. T. For the very latest there out the day. When i was told some seemed wrong. But old roles just dont hold. The world yet to shape out this day you can stick up to it and engagement because betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Hello and welcome the crosstown for all things are considered on Peter Lavelle as expected ballots are still being counted but what we do know about this election that its close and the country is deeply divided what are some of the lessons to be learned was it enough to frame this election as a referendum on donald trump. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Christopher Metzler in washington he is a legal scholar in monterrey we have Spencer Critchley he is the author of patriots of 2 nations and is the former Communications Advisor for obama for america and in los angeles we have rahm elwood he has a pretty big guest on the show me your show and the podcast the political vigilante and you tube dust up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to spencer in monterey whats whats happening in the selection because for days and weeks before i kept hearing all of these polls and this is going to trump is going to be. This is going to be essentially a blowout and now its not its much much closer than we thought and a lot of ballots still need to be counted and it can go either way here did you expect it to be this close go ahead yes i think its. More or less in the middle of the range that i expected that that i think was the man line range of expectations there was a whole hopeful version for democrats where for i would go for biden and it would basically be over and everybody. Stop worrying after 4 years of intense anxiety thats obviously not happening it does look like there is some polling or i dont think we can claim there is none even if you account for the fact that there is always a margin of error it looks skewed in trumps favor so far although even there we need to remember that weve all been told this is early days when it comes to vote and vote counting for many of these states which are barely Getting Started on counting their votes and there was what