Also continue the count in the handful of states with more results to to be announced in the coming hours. Plus a 2nd coronavirus knockdown in line with other European Countries has come into force in england. Welcome to the program its 500. 00 g. M. T. Midnight in the United States and georgia is one of several battleground states where the result of choose days president ial election remains in the balance these are live pictures now from Atlanta Georgia capital city where the vote counting continues its the extremely close race in the traditionally republican state trance initial lead has been steadily falling. Now its about 28000. 00 votes and thousands of absentee ballots are still to be counted now were expecting more data in the coming hours but what might help joe biden most of all is the remaining votes that are from atlanta and its suburbs which normally lean towards the democrats but winning georgia could be crucial for by news extended his lead in the race for the white house lets have a look at the map and hes already flipped michigan and wisconsin which donald trump now really won 4 years ago biden now has a projected total of 264. 00 Electoral College votes while donald trump has 214. 00 remember the magic number to become president is 270. 00 here in yellow youll see the states that are still in play nevada in the west and georgia of course North Carolina as well in the south and up there is pennsylvania donald trump has launched legal action in several states over the votes that are still being counted well were still waiting on pennsylvania the state where joe biden was form Donald Trumps leaders shrinking and the remaining mail in ballots are mostly from the democrat leaning cities of philadelphia and pittsburgh and of course the suburbs giving biden a good chance to catch up trumps filed a lawsuit here too calling for an end to the counting of those mail in ballots well over North Carolina well its one of the states where trumps claimed victory but the results are still too close to call here mail in ballots postmarked by election day are accepted until november 12th and his nevada where biden is narrowly in the lead in other western states has 6 electoral votes more numbers are expected to be released on thursday night joe biden is in his supporters to be patient insisting that hes on track for victory shortly well get the latest from our team of correspondents across the United States but 1st particle haim wraps up developments so far. Former Vice President joe biden projecting confidence he will be the next president and he may have taken a step closer he sociate a press declaring hes won the states of wisconsin and michigan giving him more Electoral College votes and an easier path to the to 70 that will get him to the white house and now after a long night of county its clear that where one knew enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency im not here to clear that weve won but i am here to report when the count is finished we believe we will be the winners but u. S. President donald trump is demanding a recount in wisconsin after falling short by around 20000 votes even his most ardent supporters doubt that will change anything former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker tweeting out a recount and 2016 trumps numbers went up by 131 and the counting continues in the states that will decide the election with state officials asking for patience give the Public Servants the opportunity to do their job and what i will tell you is that tara pennsylvania were going to follow the law and we will respect the will of the people and the crop her victory will be certified based on who got more votes the president is suing to stop the counting in some states his surrogates saying falsely that the election is being stolen to win for a republican to win here how many votes do we have to be at 400000 is not enough with 80 plus percent counted i think theres only 14 percent of the vote to go if you think were stupid you think were fools the president is complaining on twitter theyre finding biden votes all over the place in pennsylvania wisconsin and michigan so bad for country to be clear theyre not finding ballots but counting ones that come in on time according to state laws. And there is a question about whether the Postal Service run by a trump loyalist interfered in getting ballots delivered on time define a federal judges order tuesday to do a sweep for ballots they refused potentially leaving hundreds of thousands not counted the one thing this election has clearly shown america is a nation divided it really does seem like people live in 2 different realities given like the news they consume and with the surround themselves with so i i not bad surprise that a lot of people decided to vote again for a president who has brought us to where we are with several cases winding their way through the courts as the votes are counted and america and the world waits to see who eked out a win in this fractured country patty calling out to 0 well brunells standing by for us to discuss nevada and other while well also be speaking to our White House Correspondent kimberly how get in washington d. C. But 1st lets join mike hanna and joe bidens home state of delaware where of course awaiting for joe biden just speak he said a few things but hes been speaking in the last few minutes as well. Well indeed yes joe biden has been reassuring his supporters once again calling for patience insisting to as well that every single vote must be counted this is absolutely adamant about he hasnt mentioned the ongoing legal disputes being conducted by officials from the Trump Campaign in a number of states in all there are literally hundreds of actions that have been launched by allies of president of the republican committees in various states a large number of these have been thrown out by judges or courts in each of the states or indeed counties where the actions have been brought the actions over a large range of things such as the time in which it is taking to count the votes allegations for example that democratic help has helped up some of the votes so certainly all these allegations out there a large number of them as i said already rejected by judges this is what one of joe bidens senior Legal Advisers had to say in response to this mess of legal action are both baseless and these do advise of imperialism assert that they have no legal basis at all theyre stupid in the sense that one of the states where trump is suing to stop the vote count is michigan where he is behind so if the vote count stops we win so it is a particularly ridiculous legal strategy in the state of michigan look in the state of pennsylvania as steve said at the top of the hour donald trump had a formidable lead this morning 2 forwards of it has gone away over the course of today and we believe we are on track to win that state but 100000 votes or more. Now the tramp Biden Campaign not taking any of this lying down its understood that for weeks now there has been preparation for such a legal action being launched a boiler room message his port of lawyers had been prepared they are being dispatched to various areas where these actions are being brought by the trumpet ministration to contest then but the word from bidens Legal Advisers is that they are there to ensure that the vote of every person is eventually come to my kind of in wilmington delaware thanks for joining us sir lets cross over to washington d. C. Where our correspondent kimberly helka watching things unfold at the white house and of course the trump team not really accepting the results as they stand at the moment one wonders what their next move will be. Well right now the president has released his public schedule and for a 2nd day we expect that on thursday the president will have no Public Events we did not see the president in person in front of the Television Cameras on wednesday however he did tweet even being and expressing concern about the fact of ballots that some ballots had been dumped this was a tweet that was flagged by twitter but the president is continuing to cast doubt on the integrity of the u. S. Election meantime i can tell you that there were many protesters in millers about sort of just scattered around the white house that remains walled off with a number of primitive fences in the last few moments there was one lone protester shouting joe biden tear down this wall so already there is a sense that they are starting to believe that this will be joe biden president elect and not the former Vice President but of course we still await the official and final confirmation of who will ultimately win this race and as long as that confirmation has not come the white house continues to add more specifically President Trump continues to fight we know that on wednesday he was calling various governors around the United States seeing what his Legal Options have been and will be and also as weve been reporting he has launched a number of legal actions in states where he Still Believes he has a chance pacifically well arizona has been called for Joe Biden Donald trump believes that that could be clawed back and so that is what area that they are watching very carefully as well georgia the u. S. State of georgia one that the president believes that he must win in order to keep going and while the president remains optimistic and characteristically combative in terms of his efforts there is also a growing sense of resignation among some members of his staff and even some campaign members. Although publicly they say and vow that they are still going to fight and did for the update can really help it for us there in washington d. C. Thanks kimberly lets go over to the west coast now where rob reynolds is standing by in los angeles and rob 2 issues that were keeping a very close eye on what weve been talking about are these protests in arizona that youve been monitoring obviously is a situation thats developing. Thats right it continues its been going on for several hours now as a crowd of pro Trump Supporters has gathered outside a Municipal Building in phoenix arizona where inside election workers are counting the ballots the crowd has been chanting. Pro trump slogans say chanting we love trump and generally making it known that they want the vote counting to stop which would be not in the president s interest because joe biden is actually ahead in arizona. Some of the images that were seeing coming from the area do indicate that some of the protesters are armed thats perfectly legal in arizona which is a socalled open carry state but nevertheless could be considered somewhat disturbing especially to the poll workers there are sheriffs deputies surrounding the building keeping the entrances secured and they are also a scorching whole election workers the counters if you will. To and from their vehicles as they as they arrive or they depart in the evening and the counting is going on nonetheless so yes it is a developing situation there have been no reports of violence or any arrests as of now on the schools that could all be you might say worthless in pennsylvania children are is so new if nevada has anything to do with it because that could actually hold the keys to the white house. Exactly nevada could be the key over the next say 24 hours the state is still too close to call but at the moment it looks like joe biden has the winning hand in nevada hes got a small lead over donald trump less than 8000. 00 votes about 0. 6 percent of the total votes cast but there are tens of thousands of mail in and absentee ballots that remain to be counted these are mostly coming from the city of las vegas for the most part and that is a democratic leaning area and also as i believe my cantor was was explaining in his report the mail in ballots tend to be the preferred method by democratic voters to cast their vote so it would seem that the bulk of those votes may i emphasize may because no one knows go to joe biden and increase his lead in the state of nevada with its 6 electoral votes and we are told that officials in the county where las vegas is located are going to come out tomorrow morning thursday morning with new numbers so we may get a much clearer picture of the situation in the silver state so the folks who wait to see what happens there for the moment rob reynolds in los angeles thank you. Well lets say 2 staring down a long counting period the battleground state of pennsylvania kristen salumi explains. The vote count continues around the clock at the Philadelphia Convention center behind me even as President Trump attempts to shut it down and protesters take to the street demanding that all votes are counted as more votes are counted his lead is getting narrower and narrower the republicans would like more monitors inside to be watching these ballot counts thats what they are suing for theyve also asked to be heard by the Supreme Court which could weigh in on a state Supreme Court decision that allowed pennsylvania to continue to accept and the amount of mail in ballots up to 3 days after the election as long as they are postmarked by the election here in pennsylvania the governor of the state tom wolfe a democrat has accused the president and team of partisan attacks he says that the count will continue slowly and accurately so that everyone is heard but it could take a couple more days. With me still run a reminder of our top news stories the democratic nominee joe biden is pulling ahead in the race for the white house hes not won the state of michigan giving him 264 electoral votes just 6 shy of the 270 required earlier biden said that he was confident of securing enough states to the presidency. But the Truck Campaign has filed lawsuits to stop vote counting in michigan georgia and pennsylvania while calling for a recount in wisconsin and its also looking to intervene in a Supreme Court case to stop pennsylvania counting votes up to 3 days after the election. The count of absentee ballots continues in battleground states like pennsylvania george arizona is a tight race in nevada as we just heard where joe biden has a very narrow lead. Actually pratt is a board member for republican women for progress she joins me now from washington d. C. Good to have you with us on what is really a bitterly fought president ial election im sure youre watching quite intently i mean has the incumbent president s strategy worked in part to sort of trying trying to psychologically invalidate the postal vote so that he can say to his base hey look we won that in person though to that thats all that matters Everything Else is wrong. Well this is something that i think weve come to expect from this president and hes been building up this campaign about if joe biden were to win the election it would be illegitimate and he was really trying to do legitimize and that basically went by and was leading in the polls and this is becoming a consistent narrative that we knew would play out if it became a very close race and what were seeing right now is donald trump and his campaign very scared because right now joe biden in his campaign have remained steady and focused and theyve been able to break through areas where donald trump was able to win in 2016 the key being those independents and simper of any voters that the im campaigning really focused on chipping away at because that was trying to support that really quick him over the edge in 2016 so i cant imagine we have a happy camper a gret 1600 pennsylvania avenue right now let me just pick a poem about vote because one thing that does seem to be evident in this product is in the truck on pain they have lost vital votes from been females of all walks of life and if i just quote one report from the New York Times the trend has been a long time in coming from the early 19 eighties from the women youve spoken to one of theyve been saying to you about the way that you know managed to attract women in the 2016 election but theyve seen 2 of the 2 way in the 4 years up to the point that were at now. So i think in 2016 there were a lot of women who are willing to give donald trump a chance i was not one of them i was a never trump or in 2016 and i will say the board that im a part of republican women for progress they actually endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016 and then biden in 2020 so that really does show you that women who civically have voted republican are further away from the party more than ever a lot have switched their political affiliations but still you know are trying to make some headway within the party to see if it rebuilds and i think you know we definitely saw a shift there and thats all because the Biden Campaign was able to turn around those independent voters who came out to give trumpet chants and say you know what were not doing this again and these were the very same voters that voted for obama in 2008 in 2012 and then again in the midterms in 2018 they voted democrat so i really do think in the future when you see a Republican Party that strongly needs to rebuild this specially when it comes to female voters and thats an outrage that i dont think theyve been able to successfully meet with donald trump at the helm what specific issues then turned them off you might say a trump styled presidency and the trying to a biden style to potential presidency. I think the message is of unity over division and we have seen multiple instances of trouble over the last 4 years joking the flames of theirs and rather than inspiring unity and bringing us together as americans and i think for many women that type of rhetoric is a comp