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 biden has d moved closer in the past hour to that magic total of 270. 00 electoral votes for the white house adding the 10 Electoral College seats from the state of wisconsin but the man from his campaign is already demanding a recount in that state has filed a lawsuit to try and stop the counting of votes in another key swing state michigan the results are also unclear in georgia and pennsylvania both could be key to the white house. Now all of this the fact that the results arent actually finalized yet has a stop donald trump for falsely declaring himself the winner of the spite the votes not being counted still hes threatening to go to the Supreme Court something that bidens team has said they are ready to challenge this is a fraud on the American Public this isnt an irishman to our country. We were getting ready to win this election frankly we did win the solar. Was our goal now is to ensure the integrity. For the good of this nations is a very big moment this is a major fraud or a nation we want the lord to be used in a proper manner. So well be going to the u. S. Supreme court we want to or voting just. We dont want them to find any ballot said 4 oclock in the morning for the. Lets go live to alan fischer in washington d. C. Allan since we last spoke 10 more electoral votes for joe biden coming from wisconsin so his path to victory seems to be getting shorter but President Trump not really letting up whats the picture like right now do you think. Joe biden needed to win wisconsin with that hed say his efforts for the white house really would have just fizzled away getting those 10 electoral College Votes is important not only because its 10 electoral College Votes but they also believe that if they win wisconsin theres a good chance that they will also win michigan and certainly according to the polls that weve seen theyre ahead there as well as far as getting the other votes well the campaign believes that theyre going to win pennsylvania the Campaign Manager says they should win it by about 40000 according to their calculations and theyre also seeing the arizona which is being called by a number of news organizations for joe biden is actually in dispute and they believe that they will wind up by about 30000. 00 now add to that youve got nevada to date to clear and also pennsylvania which is very tight indeed you can see that both sides really want one of those big states now joe biden can do it with pennsylvania but really donald trump needs it and hes got to do it but we might not get a result from there until at least friday so that complicates everything as well what is interesting is with the wisconsin declaration the Trump Campaign immediately logged a call for a recount which they were entitled to do it was in one percent margin of error so there will be a recount the 3 days to large that request of the state now has 13 days to carry out that recount but those in the biden camp see thats not going to change the result or wait and see because thats what recounts are all about ok so the trunk campaign can ask for recounts within a one percent margin but what about trumps threats to go to the Supreme Court if they were to go down that route how would they go about it. Well wisconsin is the only place where the Term Campaign has launched legal action in the last couple of hours that actually launched it in michigan as well. Because they say that the campaign was not given access to a number of places where the counting votes were the opening ballots and theyve gone to the court to see all counting should stop until they are given this access and not only that theyre allowed to review some of the ballots that have already been checked donald trump has said yeah he could go to the Supreme Court he can immediately go to the Supreme Court even if youre the president you dont get to immediately go to the Supreme Court this is going to be raised any issues hes got is going to be raised in a lower court theyve got to decide if the Trump Campaign doesnt like it and if they dont then you can guarantee that the Biden Campaign will this could end up in a tit for tat all the way up to the Supreme Court its then up to the Supreme Court to decide if they want to hear the case or pass it off to the lower court and just say remember what they said yeah thats the ruling as far as were concerned donald trump has been very vocal about using the courts to win the election he said that if he didnt went through the normal means then that mean it been stolen from him and he would go as far as the Supreme Court that is why just over a week ago yes it was just over a week ago that he confirmed. As the next justice of the Supreme Court you remember he said he wanted all 9 justices on the court because he believed that with a 63 conservative majority it was more likely to rule in his favor if any any cases from the election ended up at the Supreme Court well guess what it looks as if that might actually come to pass here which is supposed to be a fitting end a continuation to a presidency thats been tumultuous from day one and because of that a lot of people or some commentators were expecting a landslide from joe biden it doesnt look like were getting that has there been any soul searching between political commentators in the us as to why there hasnt been that landslide. Well at the moment there could holding off with criticism because they want to see how the president ial race pans out but youre right theres going to be a lot of questions asked about the Democratic Campaign why it didnt cash in and what it sees as the wash president in modern times someone who has oversaw the death of 230000 americans because of covert who was responsible for the collapse in the economy who theyve described as racist to describe this sexist he said that his father does own business interests while hes been in the the white house and yet with all of those criticisms we can see that there were still people who looked at donald trump and decided yeah i want another 4 years of that so there will be questions about how the democrats run the campaign and whether or not they have to move away from establishment candidates youve got to look at Hillary Clinton you got a look at joe biden now both of them have won the popular vote or certainly at the moment joe biden is winning the popular vote and in fact has gained more votes no than any other candidate in american political history but it still hasnt been enough to win where the democrats need to win at the moment so thats all up in the air so i think the democrats are going to take a deep breath were going to wait to see how this result pans out and then they might start asking the questions that they need to ask what is interesting of course is that here we have donald trump someone who said that voting by mail was dangerous that it could lead to to fraud that there was a big problem with it and now hes going to the courts to get them to stop counting the votes that are coming in by mail every attorney general in every state that has spoken so far and the states are still to the clear have said that every single legally cast a vote will be counted and so its going to be difficult for the Supreme Court to rule against that donald trump is going to have to come up with some sort of complaint that outside the law and at the moment with all hes tweeted about and all the said in the last 3 weeks hes given no real examples of any fraudulent activity. With the latest on all of that from washington d. C. Alan thank you. Well we mentioned wisconsin flipping from time to by that in the past hour lets go to another crucial swing state to battle lets join john hendren who is live in lansing for us in michigan so michigan very much part of that rust belt one of those states that whoever wins needs to win and also a state where the Tram Campaign is trying to stop ballot counting tell us more. Thats right this is one of those blue wall states the 2 went for obama flipped for donald trump and then now apparently is leaning toward joe biden the trump of the Trump Campaign has said that they want to stop the counting because they havent been able to observe it they want to go in there and watch the counting as it happens we just saw a statement from the attorney general here who said that the counting was done appropriately and they say they have not seen this suit from the campaign but that everything has been done properly here in michigan meanwhile were told by the secretary of state that there are about 100000 votes left to be counted many of those are from wayne county thats where detroit is largely black heavily democratic kamel areas went there on election day to try to drum up more votes and they expect that turnout was between 50 and 55 percent now if you hear music behind me thats because i am aptly in front of every vote counts rally here people are still campaigning here in wisconsin nearby the president has asked for a recount i want to point out that in 2016 there was a recount when Hillary Clinton lost there and the total change was 131. 00 votes in favor of donald trump here in michigan Hillary Clinton lost 510000 votes 0. 2 percent and she did not challenge that outcome but the Green Party Candidate in the court decided that because she had such a poor showing that she they would not be intitled to a recount so these recounts can be pretty standard they can make very minor changes but then weve all seen the bush gore 22000 situation where very many votes were challenging ultimately the Supreme Court did stop the counting in that case so we dont know whether this is going to be a minor case with just a few votes change in the end or whether itll be another situation like that could go that could go on for weeks or months but we. Oh the challenges on for the trumpet ministration in both of these States States that are likely to put joe biden at or over the 270 electoral votes he needs and well have to see that john hendren with the latest there from lansing john thank you now we are expecting joe biden to speak shortly from his home state of delaware by then Campaign Adviser bob allen meanwhile has the fan that the voting process and says americans should have faith that all votes will be counted at some point here rise before the Supreme Court with a novel proposition that ballots that were lawfully cast by eligible voters but not get counted by the time donald trump wanted them counted that somehow they dont count anymore he will be in for one of the most embarrassing defeats a president ever suffered for the highest court of the land well jim joins us live now from wilmington in delaware again as i mentioned thats joe bidens home state we are expecting to hear from joe biden very soon what what what can we expect him to say. Well barbara there is a motorcade thats pulled up just out of shot but just outside the hotel where the company has set up were not quite sure where the motorcade is coming to pick him up and take him to the stage or whether its going to take him to his home for him to give that statement but was expected is maybe more of what we have been hearing since biden took to the stage late on tuesday night early wednesday morning where essentially struck a confident tone that he believed he was on course however he underlined the need for everybody to be patient and to wait for every vote to be counted his supporters would say well that confidence is a reflection of the fact that he believes they believe that he will win those calling for votes to stop being counted would exemplify less confidence in their ability to get the votes needed what is for sure however is that there is a stark contrast between the messaging that is coming out from team biden versus that this coming out from the president the president has been costing doubt not just on the results that are coming in the projections but also just on the entire process talking about these random ballots that are either disappearing or appearing talking about voter fraud and thats something which a lot of people are essentially just you know taking with a lot of shock because ultimately what is being discussed here isnt just the president ial race but the very essence of the system the rules of the United States of america and the fact that the u. S. Claims to be the worlds most powerful democracy wife that democracy is having holes poked into its by the president s and him demanding that people who cost that their votes early are the buying camp says is something that they will not stand for in fact they called it a naked attack. Oh we seem to have lost. He was speaking to us from wilmington in delaware ne was telling us about how the Biden Campaign is replying or responding to the thinly veiled threats and then exactly realize then that sort of by donald trump to go to the courts to double check or get recounts for the results as they are coming in were also expecting to hear from joe biden assuming will of course take him live when he starts speaking in the meantime lets speak to and gallagher who joins us live now from miami in the southern in florida the south of the United States now another Southern State georgia is very key and surprisingly could actually flip to biden whats the latest on the counter there. Well the count is still ongoing but heres the Bigger Picture its neck and neck between biden and trump just a few tens of thousands of votes separating them but theres an important factor here and that is that its about 200000 absentee ballots yet to be counted 2 things we need to bear in mind absentee ballots tend to go for biden and its where these ballots are maybe really crucial they are in the area the biggest city in the state of georgia lots of africanamerican voters in there who tend to use those absentee ballots so it may tip in bidens favor lets put things into perspective the last democratic president ial nominee to win that state was bill clinton back in 1992 ive been going to that state for about 15 years covering politics and its been solidly red for decades so this is playing a pivotal role especially for the Biden Campaign we had 7 states in play biden needs to it may now be 6 states of biden indeed did get wisconsin so with 16 electoral College Votes this could really be vital for joe biden the former Vice President so trump would love to hold on to georgia its been red for decades it may flip blue officials in the county say they are urgently counting those final 200000 absentee ballots and expect to have the results in the next few hours so whether it flips or not i guess the fact that its really close to significant in itself as you mentioned in a state like georgia so what would be behind this a change of heart from a lot of the people there. Well i think the same issues that are affecting people across the nation the president s handling of the covert 19 pandemic and in georgia in particular i think racial relations because what weve seen happening in georgia over the past few months is the death of a mob. A young black man that was jogging through a neighborhood and was allegedly tracked down and killed by 2 white men incidentally the District Attorney who oversaw and really messed up that case in the 1st place lost in this election so thats pretty significant too i remember we saw all those black lives matter marches and atlanta we saw those pictures of those 2 young black teenagers being ripped out of their car by the police so its those kinds of incidents and remember donald trump says i backed the police we dont need Police Reform i am the president of law and order there are a lot of africanamericans in georgia who just dont like that kind of talk and when they see a young man getting gunned down in the street for simply jogging for being black that plays a role so changing demographics changing attitudes towards how this country should tackle Race Relations and of course joe biden come to saying look racial inequality systemic racism is something that we will tackle thats not something the president will talk of he doesnt think its even an issue so those may all be facts is playing out not just in georgia but across the entire country where those 16 electoral College Votes