Pennsylvania and georgia is he maintained his lead in arizona and nevada bidens a razor thin margin grew is millions of mail in ballots were tallied securing him more than enough Electoral College votes to become the 46th president of the United States well the announcement has sparked celebrations across the country large crowds have gathered in washington d. C. As well as new york city and philadelphia well lets go live now to alan fischer in washington d. C. Allan you obviously have been following every twist and turn of this election it took a couple of days but joe biden is now the president elect. Exactly i came to trump in 4 years ago and it looks as if a year when were counting him but the Republican Party are seeing quite yet we are just above the white house you can see Lafayette Park behind me which has been sealed off since around the time of the george lloyd protest. In the summer behind that is the white house the oval office is just over to the right and in front of Lafa
Went forward in jordan. Pennsylvania, the lawsuit has been, it was about observing Elections Come in a transparent the of the ballot counting process. They have been brought in several states including pennsylvania and michigan and other states. And as an michigan and nevada, the court throughout the lawsuit as well, saying that you were procedures in place that provided for observers to observe the election about, so. So he did rule, allowing observers in the Convention Center . They were being allowed, and that they had to do, though, was abide by protocols. So it wasnt anything new. It is about how close they could be to the ballot counting process. And on your second question, the strategy of the Trump Administration, well, it suggests is, its adjusted to me that right now, the Trump Administration or tromp campaign does not really have come you know, strong legal cases yet to stop the ballot counting, or to dispute the ballots that come with accounts that have been made already. A
Electoral College Votes shy of an outright victory. This is. In the america this is an embarrassment to our country. Donald trump has falsely claimed election victory and this is the speech and the results even as votes are still being counted. In other news a military escalation in northern ethiopia as tensions between the government and local groups threaten to spill across the border. Its 20 g. M. T. Thats 33. 00 pm in the eastern United States and the race for the white house is still too close to call with 5 states still outstanding within the last hour joe biden has won the key battleground state of wisconsin the Term Campaign announced it will request a recount there its also filed the suit to hold the vote counting in the state of michigan and we are expecting to hear from the Trump Campaign and joe biden very soon hes urging his supporters to be patient insisting that he is on track for victory. Well lets take a look now at how the u. S. Election picture looks right now joe bi
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