A record turnout we hear from commentators on the key issues. Sort of so they want to stop the killing over so if you want to continue tell me its a joke every night after night after that except when i watch the big board our system is the worst we also see that in the United States constitution voting is never mentioned at all welcome to the international on to our coverage of the u. S. Election counting in key battleground states continues. The contest for the white house could be over in the coming hour was with a Democrat Joe Biden looking more and more likely to be declared the went on increasing his vote margins in key states however a recount has been announced in the state of georgia leaving america on tenterhooks attention is focused on a handful of states and well still waiting for crucial results and nevada on. To have the democrats hold a slot and. Well as it stands this is how it. Has 264. 00 alexis if you include arizona which some say is too early to cool but if we assume he does take it he is 6 electoral votes short of the 270. 00 required for victory donald trump on the other hand carney stands up 214 but that said it remains a really tight race gaps have closed in different battleground states today the former Vice President is leading in nevada and has less than one percent ahead to pennsylvania in georgia and has taken the lead by just 1000 votes as mentioned though the margins are so tight that a recount is already set to happen incidentally a democrat hasnt one state in decades meanwhile the race in North Carolina is too close to cool to. What its going live now to our correspondent capable pin in new york. Looks like we might be just hours away from finally having a resolution whats the latest from those pivotal states. Well in 4 states where ballots are still being counted joe biden does have a narrow lead in arizona in pennsylvania in georgia and nevada joe biden seems to have a narrow lead however at this point the results are not yet certified were expecting the state of georgia to conduct a recount there are other concerns being raised were hearing a lot of optimism though from the democratic side this was nancy pelosi. I wish we werent Wearing Masks so we could see how exciting it is to come before you today with joe biden having the tremendous mandate that he has and that. Pretty soon the hyphen will be gone from Vice President to president elect joe biden now in georgia a recount has already been set and we now have donald trump speaking up on social media and raising concerns about military ballots those are ballots that are sent absentee by members of the u. S. Military apparently there are 9000 votes from members of the u. S. Military that donald trump is concerned may not have been counted and the military it is seem to lean more in trumps favor so concerns are being raised about that in georgia that issue is certainly going to be looked into no doubt about it now we understand the trump camp is filing lawsuits in many parts of the country regarding mail in ballots the manner in which they were counted they argue there was not proper transparency and how the votes have been counted donald trump has spoken up and said he intends a legal challenge and he believes that if only legal votes are counted he is the clear winner however joe biden on the biden camp seems to disregard these concerns this is what we heard from the Republican National committee this was their statement we intend to ensure that every little fool votes and has their vote counted in accordance with the law that observe is a grounds that the access they achieve on the state law and that any irregularities that have occurred with the by malicious intent or incompetence fully investigates its to the fullest extent allowed under the law. Now at this point we have the mayor of philadelphia the city in pennsylvania saying that what donald trump alleges about how the votes were being counted in philadelphia is simply groundless it has no basis in fact and we also have the secretary of state of arizona making clear that only legal votes are being counted in arizona and that Donald Trumps concern about a flood or a ballot dumping of illegal votes is simply groundless and does not have any merit now at this point though the biden camp has not yet declared d victory they are using some rather spicy language about Donald Trumps concerns and allegations of misconduct and and foul play this is what they had to say about donald trump and about their perception that they are on the road to a win the American People will decide this election and the United States government is specifically capable of school passes out of the white house. Now at this point biden is expected to address the u. S. Public shortly within the next few hours and results are expected to come soon nevada has indicated results will come on sunday were hearing from officials in georgia that results may come on saturday so results are pending weve got 4 u. S. States where ballots are being counted at this point joe biden has a very narrow lead in all of those states things certainly look good for the biden camp but the trump camp is making clear they will contest the results so even if a winner is declared it looks like this will not be the end of the u. S. President ial election still no clear winner steere still results being contested a lot of tension in the United States right now as its friday and we do not yet have the official results of the tuesday election we dont know who will be president for the next 4 years such a lot of frustrations if the American People who are still waiting to know if hes going to take the reins come january that was caleb maupin reporting from anything. We spoke to republican id like to know a terry campo and he explained what could happen if the vote counts contested. There always is some fraud and they usually happens in the major cities and its usually where theres one Political Party control of your political machine and people have quotas to meet about how many votes theyre supposed to produce to keep their jobs in local government or their contracts and so thats kind of what happens it becomes very difficult once those ballots are in the box to to invalidate them and so whats what poll watchers are for and why we try to have call watchers everywhere to prevent those improper ballots from being counted the problem this year is so many ballots being cast by mail were done in private without any witnesses there is always when these recounts that happen there will be challenges about what Legal Standard was apply to kick out of the count those votes and those issues probably will be taken up by the Supreme Court 2000 president ial election 20 years ago bush versus gore that took 37 days from the date of the election for the Supreme Court to reach the decision and thats very well may be happening again. Well this is the scene in washington d. C. Want to try to demonstrate to thaw taking a stand next to the white house they are calling for the vote counting to be done legally and fadi all the Peaceful Demonstrations in support of both candidates also taking place and a number of cities. The ryle of the results being potentially rigged started even before election day with both parties stressing the vote not to be eco. If you count the illegal votes i easily win if you count the illegal votes they can try to steal. The election from osip in america vote is sacred. Its how people of this nation express their will. And it is there will of the voters no one not anything else but chooses the president of United States of america this tremendous litigation going on and this is a case where theyre trying to steal an election theyre trying to rig an election each ballot must be counted and thats what were going to see going through now and thats how it should be our goal is to defend the integrity of the election will not allow the corruption to steal such an important election or any election for that matter its a corrupt system and it makes people corrupt even if they arent. R. T. C. A correspondent or i got to discuss the tension or what around the country with my colleague nick yeah man. The u. S. Really does pride itself on its democratic system does not now appear to have glitches with everything thats going on i would say its at this point more of a spectacle i mean the elections in the United States the there are always something of a shoe for the entire nation but this year in particular they seem to have outdone themselves democracy sometimes messy sometimes requires a little patience is world but that patience has been rewarded now for more than 240 years in the system of government governance are the envy of the world while the envy of the world perhaps in days long gone if youre in the United States you just a citizen wanting to exercise your constitutional right to vote what you show up at the polling station and theyll turn you right around and tell you to go and register 1st except you have to register 2 to 4 weeks in advance depending on the state you know different procedures everywhere and to register you have a say you have to have a special id card which not everyone has so far ok you will well prepared you did it you you went and registered next youve youve got to get time off work either that because in the United States whereas in europe voting is always inside everyones free everyone who vote in the United States sunday is a jewish holiday and they would make it a National Holiday voting day so you have to go to wednesday for example now theres a pandemic it is dangerous it is literally dangerous to do and stand in huge lines of people with the very little social distancing assume you will your vote as democrats have been urging their supporters to do you mail your vote and its lost 150000 votes have been confirmed sue for are lost in this election and theyre still counting there this potentially tens and tens of thousands more in an election as clues as this. Every vote matters theyve lost so many already Democrat Officials never believe they could win this election honestly i really believe that thats why they did the mail in ballots with this tremendous corruption and fraud going on thats why they mailed out tens of millions of unsolicited ballots they refused to include any requirement to verify signatures i get is or even determine whether theyre eligible or it was a vote of it is a nation divided more now than it has been in living memory the level of polarize ation and division Political Division in the United States is is tearing the country apart and it isnt doing anyone any favors everybody understands what is happening in america but there is very little you know that nobodys willing to go take the extra step to understand the other side everybody wants things down their way and and this is being with repeated across the country protest violence Political Violence to level to get beaten stabbed because of the color of the had that youre wearing the slogan a new t. Shirt and this is this is being seen worldwide this is new but hes envious of these in europe theyre saying look we simply cant afford in content out europe to become as divided and as polarized as the United States the poor ization of america should be a warning for europe we are successful because we preach differences between countries and peoples so we benefit together if we lose the ability to compromise our democracies are in danger. Well sublingual america does not quite correspond to the democratic culture we know from the United States its important the result is the accepted by everyone its easy to be a winner but sometimes it is hope to be a loser at the end of the day the how close this election is how close the vote is where the both candidates a lot of leeway both are claiming that they are on the path to victory that their winning bird will be contested lawsuits of fire being fired off like fire crackers by trump especially the this election will be condensed interim self said that you know this is a lonely and in the Supreme Court despite the warning of legal action several election commissions in america have insisted that every follett photo was counted and accurately reported International Observers have also said the ballot proceeded lawfully they have slammed Donald Trumps allegations of fraud saying it damages the public trust in Democratic Institutions human rights lawyer eric so one can believe the president will fight tooth and nail to stay in office. I think its there are advantages and disadvantages to a extended legal. Battle if you will i think that yes if the matter is not resolved by Inauguration Day that seems to be to create a constitutional crisis in the United States however if the Supreme Court is quite aware of when an operational day they set their briefing schedules they will eventually irrigates that will. And will issue the appropriate orders but donald trump is fighting for his life he knows hes going to be prosecuted criminally when hes released from the presidency and if not he wants to stay on this is very personal to him however the Supreme Court can hear the matter and here in a quick way i wouldnt be surprised if they want to throw that kind of curveball into it and make everyone has to hold their breath and be plugged into the drama into january i suspect that the matter will move much quicker and i believe that it will have the president elect. The count has been particularly complicated in this contest and its story not many contentious issues. Discussed just a few of them. Look at what the prison is doing legally the places theyre trying to intercede and serve and so if they want to stop the county other states want to continue tell me to get a concrete standard for that and as well as after show be read holder in 2014 weve had a diluted Voting Rights we need to minister its records of who the president is be authorized to make things that the 5 Border Guards at the have National Standards only legends we cover republican were fighting against that since the late eightys and the what i was saying that metastasized into this years election now i dont know what about that why dont we have one uniform federal law that says when youre voting for president maybe put it on a separate take it im not sure how this will work but why dont we have one federal law for that the question is what youre asking is a great question theres a better question to which i think transcends that why is it in the year 2020 when we can map of the genome we still have this archaic system which i think speaks to something which is which makes it right and right if for any kind of shenanigans we know so much about how the votes can be stolen we had terrible days of cold actors and literacy tests and our system of voting is the worst but we also say that in the United States constitution voting is never mentioned at all theres hardly anything new selectors and that sort of thing they never got around to it so the question we have to ask is how is that right now that we see that we have something as archaic and as stupid as it. Seems i think is really its gotten him if this is not the donald trump that were used to this is not the same fire and brimstone have bob how did you take it down to what degree. It will say it was embarrassing it was the sad final chapter to a set chapter in American History that something you want here. On an internet war were looking its a choice you want broken to beat him cards that almost everything you said in that speech was a lot old us a little moment you find yourself getting angry a bit of the. Man who relies. For every school call understanding that theres no pay or. Would you want joe biden to drive you home from the airport let me just talk about something right now where you put all this is side this is this says either something about is good or bad when we have a man but im not even sure he knows where he is and he is most probably what we see is correct going to be sworn in as the president and i for the project since since we are predicting he will serve my term shorter than William Henry harrison of 31 days when kamel harris will be removed immediately something will happen in joel will maybe perhaps that aneurism god forbid something will pop up maybe coded maybe 8 maybe senescence but he will be moved because if you think of anybody thinks that joe biden is going to be if he is the he is the intended get it and you think that well my friends happy birthday cause you were born yesterday robert can you respond to that do you think that there is a likely ive heard from a lot of people on both sides who they all seem to believe that biden will not serve his entire 1st term and i hear from democrats who say that the time with me i hear from republicans who say it would be a scandal but ive heard very few people disagree with that idea do you disagree with the. Course or disagree with that idea or still buy tickets or rather this term i think its important that he does because he is a throwback to the era politics when we were not governing in a 51 to 49 country where we were we have bipartisan agreement would be a big thing to big big projects of the major we put people on the moon we won cold war 2 we liberated. Western civilization thats what america used to do when we worked or you are. This is a sham the fix is in the