President trump still insisting the election is far from over taking his fight to the court. Supporters also protesting the ballot count. What happens next. And the Biden Harris Team laying out their plans for the nation dealing with a pandemic and a struggling economy. I sought this office to restore the soul of america, to rebuild the backbone of this nation. The challenges ahead as joe biden gets ready to lead america. Good morning. President elect biden with a message to the country overnight saying its time to heal. Yeah, with a country deeply and bitterly divided and a pandemic raging, those words especially relevant at this time. His speech overnight focusing on unity, a theme of his campaign and that came as thousands of biden supporters flooded the streets of several major cities as soon as the news broke of bidens projected win, and the celebrations continued well into the night as biden delivered his victory speech. Abc news characterized biden as the apparent winner of his home state of pennsylvania putting him over the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to capture the presidency. And this morning, heres a look at some newspaper headlines from across the nation reporting bidens victory. Abcs rachel scott is with the Biden Campaign in wilmington, delaware. Rachel, good morning to you. Reporter whit, good morning. This is a Seismic Shift in american politics. An unprecedented election defined by a pandemic and racial unrest ending with the promise from joe biden to unite the country. His win marking a new chapter in American History and a milestone for women and people of color. Overnight, joe biden bounding on stage, declaring victory and assuming the title of president elect of the United States. The people of this nation have spoken. Weve won with the most votes ever cast in a president ial ticket in the history of the nation, 74 million. Reporter the hard fought win coming more than three decades after his first bid for the white house. I announce my candidacy for president of the United States of america. I sought this office to restore the soul of america, to rebuild the backbone of this nation, the middle class and to make america respected around the world again. Reporter the 77yearold reveling in the moment, but also saying on monday hell get right to work, announcing his own team of experts to combat the coronavirus. Our work begins with getting covid under control. I will spare no effort, none, or any commitment to turn around this pandemic. Reporter and in reaching out to americans who did not support him, biden striking a tone of reconciliation. For all those of you who voted for President Trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. Its time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again. This is the time to heal in america. Reporter this night also belonged to Kamala Harris who shattered a Glass Ceiling in american politics becoming the first woman and the first woman of color to be elected Vice President. But while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. Reporter the sign of times, the crowd of enthusiastic supporters celebrating outside cheering and honking their horns in a drivein style rally thats become a hallmark of the Biden Campaign. Many wearing masks, but few social distancing, and in cities across the country biden supporters pouring into celebrate after four long days of waiting for a crush of mailin ballots to be counted. Huge crowds gathering steps away from the white house and black lives matter plaza, a symbol of resistance against the trump presidency, but the president s supporters gathering too, falsely claiming the election is being stolen. It was bidens home state of pennsylvania that pushed him over the edge, philadelphia handing him the final electoral votes he needed to win the white house claiming victory 48 years to the day that he was first elected to the senate. We did it. We did it, joe. Youre going to be the next president of the United States. Reporter and that was a big moment for joe biden and his campaign. For much of the democratic primary, he was the underdog and had poor finishes in the first few contests, but the Campaign Staffers that i spoke with last night say the celebration is over, and now the work begins, and that starts tomorrow with the creation of that new Coronavirus Task force. Biden will spend the first few months of his administration trying to reverse some of the policies that President Trump put in place on day one. On hi os day one, he promised to reinstate daca and rejoin the world health organization. Eva. Rachel scott for us, thank you. Now to joe bidens road to the white house. A 50year political journey marked by personal tragedy and two previous runs for the white house. His story started in scranton, pennsylvania, where on election day, biden wrote a note of hope on the wall of his childhood home. It reads, from this house to the white house with the grace of god. Abcs trevor ault is at that house in scranton and joins us this morning. Good morning to you, trevor. Reporter good morning, eva. You know, its a quintessential part of the American Dream that youre told as a child, anyone can grow up to be president , and we have seen more than a few people stopping to reflect on that idea, that the next president of the United States got his start in this unassuming house in scranton, and joe biden says many of the values that he first learned here will be the ones that guide him through his presidency. Joe biden, the selfdescribed scrappy kid from scranton, will be the 46th president of the United States. As my grandpoppy said when i walked out of his home when i was a kid up in scranton, he said, joey, keep the faith, and our grandmother when alive said, no, joey, spread it. Spread the faith. Reporter at 77 years old biden will be the oldest first term president in our nations history, a topic he hasnt shied away from. The only thing i can say to the American People, its a legitimate question to ask anybody, watch me. Reporter america has been watching biden for decades beginning in 1972 when he was sworn in to the u. S. Senate at just 29 years old. His swearing in ceremony taking place in the hospital, a tragic car crash killing his wife and daughter and critically injuring his sons hunter and beau. The pain caused by that unimaginable loss and the resolve that came after would become a defining part of bidens public persona. What happens is that there really is hope. The ache in the back never goes away, but it gets controllable. Reporter a few years later he would marry jill jacobs, now dr. Jill biden, who over their 43year marriage has stood by his side through multiple runs at the presidency. With your help that i seek first as today i announce my candidacy for president of the United States of america. Reporter that first run in 1988, the second in 2008. Im going to be joe biden and im going to try to be the best biden i can be. Reporter after dropping out of that race, he would go on to join the ticket as Vice President for then illinois senator barack obama. I, Joseph Robinette biden jr. , do solemnly swear reporter but then in 2015, tragedy striking the biden family again. His eldest son, beau, dying after a battle with brain cancer. Beau also believing his father could one day win the white house. Now its bidens time, tasked as president elect with leading this country through unprecedented challenges. We stand at an inflection point. We have an opportunity to defeat despair, to build a nation of prosperity and purpose. We can do it, i know we can. Reporter and the loss of his son beau had a profound impact on biden. He has said one of the few reasons that he was running in 2020 was because beau could not. President elect joe biden will carry all of that with him, the many triumphs and tragedies that have shaped his life as he now tries to lead this country forward. Whit. And, of course, beau had that friendship with Kamala Harris as well. Trevor ault for us, thank you so much. We do appreciate it. Joining us now is cindy mccain, widow of republican senator john mccain of arizona. She, youll remember, broke party lines to support and endorse joe biden. Mrs. Mccain, thank you so much for joining us on this historic sunday morning. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. First i just want to get your thoughts on what we heard from president elect biden last night and what we saw as people flooded the streets across the country. Well, obviously it was a very exciting day all day yesterday and into the evening. I thought president elect bidens speech was very good. Its what we need to hear as a country. Its time not just for americans to get together and Work Together, but most importantly its time that we republicans put Country First now, not party. I look forward to being a part in whatever way i can help in helping to fix that divide and hopefully bring people together so that we can work for the good of the country and certainly work for the biden administration. Speaking of putting Country First, i want to go back to Election Night 2008, after barack obama defeated your husband, senator mccain gave a very gracious concession speech, i want to listen to part of that. I deeply admire and commend him for achieving. This is an historic election and i recognize the special significance it has for africanamericans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight. Senator mccain there, and he also mentioned that he called obama to congratulate him. What do you expect and hope President Trump will do in this moment . Well, i certainly hope that President Trump works with grace and dignity and in putting Country First and helping to heal the divide by conceding in a gracious manner. Most importantly we need that not just for the peaceful process for all this, but we need it for our country. We saw the outpouring of love and excitement and hope from hundreds of thousands of people yesterday that took to the streets. Thats not because theyre putting their party first. Thats because they want a new country. They want a new beginning and a new day, and i think thats what president elect biden does. But on the other side here, all week long i was in arizona, reporting from your home state talking to voters there where, frankly, people are still deeply divided. What advice do you think john mccain would have offered his close friend, joe biden, on how to heal this country . Sit down and listen. Its what joe does really well, by the way. But to sit down, talk to people, listen to people and hear their grievances and Work Together most importantly. You know, joes ability to work across the aisle in a bipartisan fashion will help deal with a lot of this mistrust and Everything Else thats going on right now because he has that empathy and that compassion and the character, the integrity, the dignity. Thats what were sorely missing right now, and im just so honored and so happy that this has taken place and we have a new beginning. Senator Kamala Harris becomes the first woman to be elected Vice President , the first woman of color. What does that mean to you, and what does it mean to women and little girls all over america . Well, the first thing i say its about time. Im so happy that we have a woman in that position, and we will have more, as she said, last night. Little girls, especially little girls of color, it says that you too can do this, you too can do this. She sends great hope to young women and of course, little girls across the nation with this. So its all very exciting. Its all brandnew for all of us and something that we will all experience together in such a gracious and loving way. Mrs. Mccain, we truly appreciate your time this morning. Thank you. Thank you. All right, dan, over to you. Thanks, whit. Lets turn now to the current President Donald Trump who is threatening a massive legal battle over the Election Results and want to bring in abc news chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl, author of front row at the trump show, an excellent book. Jon, good morning to you. So what do we know this morning about the state of mind of the president and what his next moves might be here . Reporter well, the president was in the residence without any of his aides just with the first lady and his son barron as joe biden was giving his victory speech last night. Hes done none of the traditional things. Theres been no phone call to joe biden. Obviously nothing even hinting at a concession speech and said hes been defiant, vowing further legal battles, a series of tweets, dan, all caps making wild allegations that have actually been flagged by twitter as unfactual about voter fraud. But people close to the president expect that he will eventually in the coming days come to accept, if not concede, accept his fate. Its more of a concession perhaps that the election was stolen from him than he lost outright. They dont expect him ever to come out and to acknowledge he lost, but he will accept a peaceful transfer of power. Thats the full expectation from everybody ive talked to close to him. Overnight joe biden spoke and im quoting here. He spoke of ending the grim era of demonization. You covered washington for many years. I dont want to out you about your age here, but does that notion strike you as doable, ending the demonization, and if it does strike you as doable, exactly how would it be doable . Reporter well, i do think that we are ready for a course correction, that people are ready for a course correction including partisans on capitol hill. I have to say, though, dan, the initial signs are not all that promising. We havent heard really any republicans outside of mitt romney in Congress Come out and congratulate joe biden. Its quite stark when you see some of the president s closest foreign allies, people like israeli Prime Minister bibi netanyahu, british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson congratulate joe biden but nothing from Kevin Mccarthy who was actually a couple of days ago repeating wild allegations about fraud. But joe biden has deep and meaningful friendships with republicans in congress, and i think it begins that way. I think it begins by what he said. He said in that speech, we have to stop treating our opponents like enemies. They are not enemies. They are americans. I think thats a start. Jon karl, thank you so much. Always great to have your analysis on a sunday morning. Really appreciate it. I want to remind everybody, tune in to this week later this morning. Our chief anchor George Stephanopoulos will go oneonone with president elect bidens close adviser, senator chris coons as well as roy blunt, and plus george interviews the governors of new york and south dakota, coming up right here on abc. Eva, over to you. Lets switch gears now and charge in on our Weather Forecast with rob marciano. He has the latest on Tropical Storm eta. Good morning to you, rob. Good morning, eva. As you can imagine in the midst of this election we have another Tropical Storm. This one bringing devastating impacts to Central America now making landfall in cuba. Heres what it did to the Cayman Islands overnight. There you see the windwhipped rains, over a foot of rain falling in that area. That will be the main hallmark and calling card with this storm as it heads into florida. Right now over cuba well get into the straits of florida in the next few hours. Potentially shy of a category 1 storm. Flood watch already impacting parts of south florida. We have heavy downpours that have been rolling into ft. Lauderdale, miami, already a 46mileanhour wind gust measured in ft. Lauderdale. So this is going to be a pretty rough and tumble morning there but look at the trend it takes once it gets towards the keys out into the gulf of mexico again nearing a category 1 hurricane, but it looks like itll be hanging around in the gulf of mexico for several days. But the keys, south florida, the next 24 hours will be dicey in the form of wind and certainly some rainfall, over a foot of rain in an area already saturated and a storm surge of two to four feet that potentially goes all the way up into south g good sunday morning. Im lisa argen. A lot of sunshine and wind advisory throughout the afternoon. The winds arent going to settle down until tomorrow, a frosty night ahead for the valleys of the north bay, as the winds dial back but rain returns by the end of the work week. Today look for some spotty showers, maybe in the south bay hills, mid50s coast, 61 in concord, the accuweather sevenday forecast will slowly warm it up, a dry weekrg we will talk about the western storm in the next half an hour where whit was just 12 hours ago. Great job out there. It was less than that. Thank you. By the way, i thought when we were going to be in the same studio, it was like actually the same studio. You put him into an isolation pod. We banished him to the other studio. Easing me into it, guys. Eva requires he walks around the building with a plexiglass box. Right, exactly. We did that before the pandemic. All right,