Ongoing trump threatens to go to the Supremes Court to try to stop the counting biden has threatened to counter legal action. And with both candidates aged over 70 we take a look at how their running mates are now more important than ever. While the race to the white house has become incredibly tight hours after the polls closed no candidate has secured enough Electoral College votes to win but that hasnt stopped both candidates being confident of victory despite millions of votes still uncounted donald trump has threatened to go to the Supremes Court something that bidens team have said they are ready to challenge the total vote count could take days while we have a team of reporters for you on the ground at this hour rob reynolds is monitoring developments from Los Angeles Mike hanna is in bidens home state delaware and our white house. Correspondent candy how it is in washington d. C. That fast. Takes a look at just how these last few hours have unfold. Shortly after 2 am on wednesday President Donald Trump told his supporters and the nation that democrats were trying to steal his election day victory and trump said he was suing to hold on to the oval office so well be going to the u. S. Supreme court we want all voting to stand but with the vote count still unfinished in at least 10 states trumps claim a victory was dubious earlier in the night trumps democratic rival joe biden urged his supporters to as he put it keep the faith i heard tell your night we believe were on track to win a selection. We merely because of the odd pressure down early voting a mail in vote is going to take a while were going to have to be patient until way on the hard work of tally of votes is finished its long been Standard Practice in u. S. Elections to count all the ballots no matter how many days it takes this year the delay is considerable given the more than 100000000 ballots being cast weeks ahead of time as well as the millions of votes cast on election day swing states such as michigan and georgia announced late on tuesday that they would resume counting on wednesday morning and at least one swing state pennsylvania said it might not be done until friday that states governor pushed back against President Donald Trumps accusations that counting ballots after election day is illegal we may not know the results today as a result but i encourage all of us to take a deep breath and as ive been saying just be patient whats most important that we is that we have accurate results. And that every vote is counted even if it takes a little longer for news organizations had biden ahead with more than 200. 00 Electoral College votes but the winning candidate needs 270. 00 to be declared the winner that likely wont happen before wednesday at the earliest roselyn jordan aljazeera well lets get a reminder of the numbers for kemal has been up all night for us will give us a round up well as of 1100 hours g. M. T. Which is 5 am in washington d. C. This is the state of the race 238. 00 to joe biden 213. 00 to donald trump its very tight its very close and even though clearly joe biden has a lead and is closer to 70 than his rival there are parts for both candidates at this point because there are 5 states left and were going to run you through them all too close to call at this stage 10 Electoral College votes in wisconsin part of the socalled blue belts of course which donald trump picked up 4 years ago that includes pennsylvania 20 Electoral College votes which would be vital for either candidate to pick up the presidency at the end of well whichever date ends up being were also looking at michigan in that part of the country with its 16 Electoral College votes completing the blue belt there important probably more for joe biden at this stage than it is for donald trump there are 2 other states to think about and that is North Carolina with 15 Electoral College votes and also the state of georgia. With that 16 votes Southern States donald trump would be eyeing those ones up to try to get him over the line with some extra pick ups along the way that might include nevada with 6 Electoral College votes which we would expect to go blue but then you can always expect the unexpected county so a final look at the state of the race 2382213 those states in yellow the ones that lifts the swing states the battleground states the states which will ultimately decide this 2020 election thanks so much well lets now go to washington d. C. And a White House Correspondent candy how it can be a much tighter race than the democrats wanted or hoped for especially looking at these latest wisconsin under. Yeah ill get to those wisconsin numbers in a moment what we are really focusing on is the fact that we dont have a winner yet and as the mail has highlighted there are a number of states that are still in play theres going to be a lot of soul searching for democrats with regard to that why this is happening but theres no question that the u. S. President is already mapping out a strategy as he spoke to his supporters in the east room of the white house sensually saying that he believes hes won that he has claimed victory now whats astonishing about this is that the u. S. President to be evil for all the ballots have been counted is saying that this is an attempt by his opponent to try and steal the election the u. S. President believing that he is in the lead in battleground states like miss michigan pennsylvania and also wisconsin as you mentioned in fact that was true dont trump was ahead in wisconsin but all of that started to change as of about 30 or minutes ago maybe a little bit more what we saw is one heavily democratic district within that state putting gets results forward and what it has shown now is that by about 9000 votes now joe biden is in the lead in wisconsin this is significant this is encouraging for democrats they are feeling very positive about it now we should point out of there still vote counting that is being done but at the same time this is one of those key battleground states that were going to have to watch but again the u. S. President already claiming victory saying he feels confident about some of these other battleground states including michigan and pennsylvania where we know that the counting will continue potentially for days and they can. Complete how come theyre our White House Correspondent in washington d. C. With all the latest thanks company well lets now get the view from the biden camp with mike hanna hes in wellington delaware bidens home state mike biden tonight really calling for patience when he came out earlier despite sounding fairly confident he must be very happy about these wisconsin numbers. Well thats very important indeed a full of 4 to the democrats to the buying campaign in the early hours of the morning wisconsin one of those of blue wall states along with pennsylvania and michigan absolutely critical for joe biden to win given the results that have we see in the course of the count but that along with arizona certainly a big blow for the democrats a major fillip for them and that is something that joe biden when he spoke to his supporters here at the Convention Center just after midnight he was already saying then and he felt good that he was optimistic particularly about those states now these states are interesting because why we have not got the results yet his cause of the massive amount of mail in votes and absentee voter forms that were being counted in terms of the law of each of those states only off to the polls had closed in other states like florida for example the mail in votes were counted from when they were received but in these 3 states the counting started when the polls close now why this is significant is that the trend that has been apparent in this election as well as in previous ones is that mail in votes tend to heavily favor democrats just as in this election and in past ones the on the day vote has favored republicans weve seen that throughout the strain of results that weve been hearing throughout the night and into the Early Morning so the fact that what is being counted now are largely mailed in votes very very significant for the Biden Campaign knowing that they need to win. Michigan wisconsin pennsylvania to have their way clear to securing the white house but this may take time to sylvania is probably going to. Counting votes over the next 2448 hours they have according to the Supreme Court ruling we could go up until 5 pm on friday to come to all of these votes as long as they were postmarked no later than november the 3rd a very very tense race and now the legal aspect of it beginning to take shape the Biting Campaign responding furiously to President Trumps demand that the counting now stop system that he is going to go to the Supreme Court to ensure that it will do so the campaign releasing the statement saying this was unprecedented because never before in our history has a president of the United States sought to strip americans of their voice in a National Election the statement continues that donald trump doesnt decide elections neither the biden decide elections its voters who decide elections and its important for every vote to be counted now mike despite the confidence that we are hearing from the biden cant there hasnt been that blue wave that they were really hoping for is there a sense of disappointment there tonight at all. Well certainly its not what the democrats have hoped for they had hoped to see basically a virtual landslide that the results would have become apparent with the 1st mass of group of results coming in that would have pushed away any sort of legal action off donald trump contesting the result but that simply did not happen florida in particular a major disappointment for democrats they really thought that they had a very big chance in that massive state in terms of electoral votes they failed there and not narrowly in the end to either texas another state that the democrats had been eyeing now one of the states where we are still awaiting results torture trump or showing a substantial lead there but still the democrats have a sniff they had been really looking towards george another used to support months offset by their win in arizona a major win for the democrats a 1st one in decades for a democratic candidate but still the democrats not performing as they would have liked both in the president ial race and still no sign that they are going to the senate which theyve been hoping to do the other only bright point is that it is clear that they will retain control of the house mike hanna there on the ground for us in delaware thanks so much well lets now speak to rob reynolds he is and Los Angeles California thats a state with the biggest number of electoral votes hes also outside the Staples Center a stadium that was turned into a voting phantom rob i want to start with the latest big coffer biden arizona it really changes the state of the race very substantially. Yes it does. A major pick up for the democrats and it gives joe biden more paths to victory depending on how things shake out in wisconsin pennsylvania michigan perhaps georgia and how those ongoing vote tallies measure up the democrats also picked up a senate seat in arizona with mark kelly a former astronaut and husband of Gabby Giffords a u. S. Congress person who was almost fatally shot in an incident several years ago in 2012. Beating the republican incumbent Martha Mc Sally that probably will not affect the overall republican control of the senate but the biden camp worked really hard in arizona they tried extremely hard to organize the latino population the large native American Population in the state and in the suburban areas of Maricopa County around phoenix to work on getting the voters there to who had perhaps been solidly republican before to switch sides and it may be that the traditional Barry Goldwater style john mccain style republicans of arizona in those suburban areas around phoenix decided that. President trump was not a fit standard bearer for their type of republicanism. Rather i do want to ask you because we are wasting full results to and i imagine people around the country are running out of nasty by many of going to bed we are still waiting for some of those key because of all states and we could potentially be waiting for quite a while. You know in a sense its not really not even a matter of tension or election fatigue its also a lot of bitterness and rancor in the country that this election has and campaign have boiled up to the surface youve seen a lot of. Very bitter contests a lot of bitterness being directed from one side to the other. Armed supporters of the President Trump going to polling places and things like that now having said all that there was no notable disturbances or on rest at polling places throughout the country on election day but wait till tomorrow will the people who most fervently support President Trump many of whom are are armed will they see his comments about the. Alleged stealing of the election for which theres theres no basis by the president as some sort of signal will there be any kind of unrest we dont know we certainly hope not but again theres been so much bitterness stirred up by this election that its really changed the country in ways that will probably not fully appreciate for years long after all of these votes of 2020 are counted indeed unprecedented polarization in the u. S. Rob reynolds there for us and Los Angeles California thanks so much. Donald trump and joe biden are the 2 oldest president ial nominees in American History and that means their running mates have become more important than ever that mike pence and come of the harris couldnt be more different from their politics to be a pessimist hes not jumping has been. Senator harrison Vice President pence thank you for being here when Vice President mike pence and senator coming to harris took to the debate stage in october viewers around the world witnessed a study in contrasts but when you see what the American People have done over these last 8 months hasnt worked its a great disservice the sacrifices the American People of made so lets talk about caring about the American People the American People have had to sacrifice far too much because of the incompetence of this administration on the republican side 61 year old Vice President mike pence who over the past 4 years has proven himself President Donald Trumps most loyal ally. Known for his opposition to abortion the former governor of indiana is an evangelical christian and champion of the religious right. Critics say pence has been a driving force in the trumpet ministrations efforts to roll back protections for lesbian gay bisexual and transgender people before being chosen as trumps running mate in 2016 pins had openly questioned some of trumps policies after joining the ticket though pins transformed into an adept 2nd in command who always defer to his boss because thanks to your leadership from early on not only are we bringing a whole of government approach to confronting the coronavirus were bringing in all of america approach even as head of the White House Coronavirus task force pince wouldnt let the news that members of his team had tested positive for covert 19 keep him off the campaign trail. Continuing to campaign for trump even as Public Health officials criticized the decision greetings and america on the democratic side 56 year old senator kamel harris the daughter of immigrants from jamaica and india harris in 2016 became the 1st south Asian American and 2nd africanamerican woman elected to the u. S. Senate where she represents the state of california in 2020 as the democratic Vice President ial nominee she became the 1st woman of color to be included on a major partys president ial ticket that im here tonight is a testament to the dedication of generations before me women and men who believe so fiercely in the promise of equality liberty and justice for all known as one of the toughest interrogators in Congress Harris has repeatedly used skills honed during her tenure as a prosecutor and a former attorney general of california while questioning trumpet Administration Officials during harriss short lived president ial Campaign Critics questioned her shifting positions on policy issues and her record as a prosecutor but as a barrier breaking running mate to Joe Biden Harris an advocate for racial and social justice has proven popular. With supporters applauding harriss pledge to offer a path to citizenship to millions of undocumented immigrants living in the u. S. In the final weeks of the Campaign Members of harriss team also tested positive for colbert one team after learning the new