A president ial candidate of the wind and one neuron colombians commemorate the anniversary of large antigovernment demonstrations. Now the u. S. State of georgia has completed an audit of ballots cast in the president ial election. And confirmed joe bidens victory there. And while President Donald Trump refuses to concede the avenues to contest the results are getting slim. Hand recounts was launched in georgia after biden had a small lead over donald trump by about 14000 votes. Officials have repeatedly denied any irregularities, had taken place, but with georgia now officially called biden, has extended his lead and won the presidency with 306 Electoral College votes. He needed just 270, and donald trump fell short with 232, well, trumps legal team has again promised to produce evidence of what it calls a massive democratic conspiracy to steal the president ial election though it has yet failed to do so. Alan fischer reports from washington. Theres no saying from his legal team that donald trump is preparing to concede, in fact, that digging in for a long legal battle, even though almost all the Court Actions until know, have been dismissed. No claiming, without producing any evidence, theres been a democratic and International Conspiracy to steal the president ial election. This is real. It is not made up. It is not. Theres nobody here that engages in fantasies. Ive tried a 100 cases, a prosecutor, some of the most dangerous criminals in the world. I know crimes. I can smell them. You dont have to smell this one. I can prove it. 18 different ways. Donald trumps own Election Security agency declared the 2020 president ial election. The most secured in American History, the president has both taken credit for that and declared the democrats stall the election. He also fired the head of the agency, one of his lawyers, baselessly claims. Theres been communist interference in the election. What were really dealing with here and uncovering more about the day is the massive influence of communist money through venezuela, cuba and likely china, and the interference with our elections here in the United States. The Term Campaign says it intends to file a number of lawsuits in a number of states in the coming days. Yet in the lawsuits filed so far, it has stopped short of claiming widespread voter fraud and its produced no evidence of the conspiracy claims its making no. While the legal battles go on the trumpet, ministration continues to block transition planning. President elect joe bidens, frustration is growing and said donald trump is sending a terrible message about democracy. It is hard to fathom how this man thinks its hard to fathom. And im confident he knows he has one who is not going to be able to. Were going to be sworn in in january 20th, and i just, you know, but for, for me to question is moot, it was just, its just outrageous. What has to do with new states reporting widespread issues. The top campaigns efforts to prove fraud seem doomed to feel, but it could delay final confirmation of trumps acceptance of what seems inevitable. Alan fischer aljazeera at the white house. Lets speak to robinson woodward burns. Hes an assistant professor of Political Science at Howard University and he joins us now from new york. Robinson does feel a little like, trump is working his way down the list of options to try to change the outcome of this election 1st, the asking for a recount. And then if that doesnt work, then targeting the certification of votes even reaching out to state legislators. Now, none of it seems to be going very well for him. I think thats right. The president s strategy is show increasing levels of desperation and unwillingness to accept that he lost this election. This is the 59th president ial election in American History and throughout these elections, we followed the same procedure. States tally the votes, the ballots cast by individual voters, and that they then certified those votes those ballots, and dispatched a set of electors to congress. And those electors through congress will then pick the president. There should have occasion process is working as it always has georgia, for example, a state which had a hand recount at the president s campaign for qwest, found that there was no irregularity and not a significant change in bidens lead and will certify tomorrow. The secretary of state and the governor who are jointly responsible for certification have signaled that theyre going to certify the president is, again, escalating and see things more and more desperate means to challenge this. He has a number of legal recourses of dubious constitutionality. But i think youre right to say that his back really is up against the wall now that hes lost the election essent, that there are some potential dubious agonies i was going to ask you whats next on his potentially desperate list. And there is speculation that he could ask states to send alternate electors to the Electoral College to vote for him. I know thats a really curious thing about the us system. Can you explain that frat view . Is one that being a subversion of democracy, it would be so 1st. Lets talk a little bit about how the Electoral College works and then talk about the subversion of democracy. The president is currently attempting the United States votes by state and selecting its president. States are given a number of votes in the Electoral College allocated on the basis of population. And if you win a simple majority in the state, you get all of that states electors and now the certification process is pretty proforma. Its pretty simple. The governor of each state throughout American History has always certified slate of electors to the candidate who won a simple majority of votes. Now Donald Trump Campaign is operating on an alternate legal theory that state legislatures could intervene to select alternate groups of electors. And hes really hoping that republican legislators in pennsylvania and georgia 2 contested states would award him their electors. Now it still wouldnt be enough to win the Electoral College. And these republican legislators have declared that they dont have that authority. And in fact, under state law, many legislators have made sure that they are unable to do this. So he is sort of operating on the really fringe legal theory that this is possible. One thing that is important to recognize though is that the president is contesting or attempting to retain power in a way that contravenes the normal rules for elections. Again, this is the 59th president ial election. And one thing to note is that the president is simply not accepting the normal rules. He is trying to undermine those rules or dismantle them in order to retain power. Some political scientists are starting to call this an attempted coup, and while its almost certain to fail, its just starting to know that the Republican Party today in a tweet stood behind the president s claims. Again, this is to some degree, unprecedented been in the history of american democracy robinson what bonds than, assistant professor of Political Science and how if you have s. T. , great to get your insights, an expertise on opposite thanks for being with us from. Thank you. Well, the Biggest Issue confronting joe biden as he takes office is the western coronavirus pandemic. The us registered more than 2200 deaths on thursday. Thats the west figure since may Health Officials are devising americans against travel during the thanksgiving holiday. And california has announced a month long curfew while in new york city, the Financial Impact is becoming clear as thousands jobs kristensen in europe ports. Americans are lining up for food from california to the midwest to new york. With the National Thanksgiving holiday, approaching demand for Food Assistance is increasing along with new filings for Unemployment Benefits. The Labor Department says they increased by 742000 in the last week, reversing recent games. Since i dont think you are living on a little bit, even though they do good things happen, new york has been hit particularly hard. Its one of 15 states placing new restrictions on businesses, an 80 percent increase in new covert infections nationwide. Over the past 2 weeks is keeping tourism down. Broadway closed and restaurants at limited capacity. Experts warn it is likely to be a difficult winter in new york state as a whole, was regaining payroll jobs at a slower rate than any state other than hawaii. Through september on a year to year basis. So the recovery was already slow and not quite steady. And these most recent developments have knocked us for a loop. And any reversal of the reopening is going to cause even greater decline in new york subway and bus service could see drastic cuts along with the layoffs of 9000. 00 transit workers. Ridership unfair income has fallen in the pandemic, exacerbating prior budget shortfalls. The metropolitan Transportation Authority is asking congress for 12000000000. 00. We know that any reduction in service will hurt the city in the region, including customers who need us most. But without the certainty of substantial federal dollars, there was no recourse. And we must plan for the worst while hoping for the best in the wake of a crisis that has done more damage to our finances than even the Great Depression in the thirtys. But republicans have been reluctant to put aid to state and local governments in any federal relief package. Aid to states like new york could come down to which party wins the senate and 2 contested seats in georgia up for a Runoff Election in january. If you know a deal is reached, millions of americans are due to lose their Unemployment Benefits by the end of the year prison salumi al jazeera new york. And i might compare has become the fast u. S. Secretary of state to visit and the illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. Hes also become the fast to set foot in the occupied Golan Heights. Its the latest and most controversial leg of his 10 day tour of the middle east and europe has been getting ready for the 1st visit by u. S. Secretary of state to an illegal israeli settlement. The psagot, the winery had named a blend for my pump, a 0 declared a year ago, a change in american policy no longer viewing israeli settlements as contrary to international law. Its a strong statement against all of those. There we arrived to state department was announcing new policy requiring all settlement made goods to be labeled as israeli when entering the us market. The declaration of sorts that annexed or not, the u. S. See settlements as israeli territory. U. S. Administration is not biased towards the occupation. Its a partner weve seen before, his visit didnt surprises at all. Posted photos of his tour on his twitter feed, saying he hoped not to be the last u. S. Secretary of state to make such a visit. The view from the palestinian side very different. The city of ill be rick, is home to a large number of jewel us palestinian citizens, whom the settlement of sangatte is their stolen land. I couldnt even get close to the settlement would be ill be putting myself and anybody around me and physical harm. Then since the seventys is to visit their own land, for all the controversy attached to this visit by my pompei to the settlement and for all this, talk about a possible 2nd trump administration. This visit to israel has had the atmosphere of something of a goodbye tour and that was detectable in the statement that he and the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu gave in jerusalem. The 2 men went over a litany of trumpet chief ments on behalf of israel was eager to show that the world had not yet dried up the globe, or any israel b. D. S. Campaign is anti sematic. You know, the sensible to mr. Prime minister. It seems like a statement of fact, but i want to know that we will immediately take steps to identify organizations that engage in hateful b. D. S. Kinder can withdraw our Us Government support. The boycott divestment and sanctions movement rebutted the accusation saying it rejected anti jewish racism, ended his tour in the Golan Heights, considered occupied land under international law, but sovereign israeli territory by u. S. Administration. That continues to make radical shifts on mideast policy with just 2 months left in its term for sit in the occupied west bank. Still ahead here on aljazeera. Why hundreds of thousands of wrong not be able to cast their votes. And back enough assholes president ial election on sunday. And Mexicos Senate approves the cannabis legislation, bill. But the pending offices hurdles before doors are fully open for business. However, the story in the u. S. In the last few days have been one of coal really has got coptic in the northeast corner. Now winter is more or less kept in the canadian prairies at the moment. For, by that i mean the amount of snow for half the sky and the temperatures will recover for toronto, new york, and washington from low single, to low teens as quite a big change. It wont necessarily last because this is a pool of cold back here which will edge eastwards. Theres not much was really what we saw before. The junction between the 2 is quite stormy. To wrong turns temperature drops down to 4 degrees on saturday as a result of the cold air. And if you look at this line here, that is the junction which produced some nasty weather the last couple days were cold meats, warm, but the contrast isnt as great this time. So we think things will be as bad the coast of california now turns sunny once more in his British Columbia that gets the rain or inland the snow. We have no more hurricanes talk about otis dissipates, any cogent being, but this area from mexico down to costa rica, panama, and even colombia is still potentially very wet, given the amount of damage and the flooding on the ground. This is only going to top up the flooding once for nicaragua and honduras in particular covert 19 is indiscriminate, but it quickly found the racial divisions in American Society called it planted. It is a builder of the americas in the racially segregated city of chicago. The majority of deaths have been black and latino residents fault lines asks why i think its become entirely clear that here such a thing as structural racism. The great divide with 19 and race in chicago on aljazeera. And again, i missed all the attainder. Lets remind you of our top stories here. Salah u. S. , president elect joe biden, has maintained his lead over donald trump, the hand order of ballots in the state of georgia. It comes as biden once again criticized the current president for denying his victory and called it totally irresponsible and debilitating. Mike compare has become the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to business and illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank and the occupied Golan Heights and salacious and most controversial leg of his 10 day tour of the middle east. In the at least 16 people have been killed in uganda during protests, sparked by the arrest of opposition. Politician bobby wine Security Forces shot at supporters of the pop star turned politician as they demonstrated after one was detained on wednesday, officials have accused him of violating coronavirus restrictions while campaigning for the upcoming president ial election. The un has called for ones immediate release. Well, malcolm webb is following this for us from the kenyan capital nairobi. His Spokesman Says hes in a high Security Police facility, which is in the eastern city of ginger. Thats not that far from where he was arrested when he was campaigning. Police havent confirmed where he is, but the winds lawyers and the spokesman of complaining as im being given access to legal representation or to his medical team. Theyre worried that he might be injured. Theyre waiting to see if or when he might be produced in front of a court. Yesterdays wife shared on social media media want to appear to be a charge sheet saying that hed be charged with offenses relating to spread of causing the spread of disease. That refers to the rallies that have been holding which visibly have much larger crowds than the ministry of health, the limit of 200. 00, which is ostensibly to prevent transmission. All the other thing that might happen is that probably one might be taken back to his home, discretely has been arrested several times before. And often the Security Services with bobby wine and with other prominent opposition, politicians in an attempt to quell the unrest. Try to just take those people home maybe late in the night so that people dont continue protesting on the streets. But they certainly face between a couple of tough options. Now theres nearly 2 months to go before this election. And if they allow these rallies to continue, that says well local cording to the government will be problematic for covert 19, although his supporters believe these restrictions are simply to stop people seeing how popular a years well the fight for ethiopias northern tikrit region is moving ever closer to the areas capital, the countrys Prime Minister says his forces are closing in on the kelly. An official at the citys University Says a number of students there have already been injured