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Joe Biden assures him: "We are going to win this election".
While he has yet to claim victory, the Democratic candidate took it one step further during an address at his home town of Wilmington, Delaware, calling for the unification of a fractured America.
As for Donald Trump, he is still resisting.
“Joe Biden should not wrongly claim the presidency, he was annoyed before the speech of his opponent.
Legal proceedings are only just beginning!
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More than 4 million votes separate the two candidates.
At 7 a.m. KST, the gap in favor of Joe Biden stood at 29,861 ballots in Arizona, 4,430 in Georgia and 28,833 in Pennsylvania.
The state of Georgia, where the Democrat and the President are in a pocket handkerchief, will recount the votes.
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7:20 a.m.
An interminable count.
Why does the count take so long?
The American electoral system is being overwhelmed by the deluge of early votes.
Our explanations to read here.
7:10.
More than 4 million voices of difference.
According to the New York Times tally, Joe Biden accumulates more than 4 million more votes than the US president.
It is currently at 74,387,118 ballots, against 70,205,202 for Donald Trump.
7 hours.
Update on key states.
According to CNN, in Nevada, Joe Biden has 22,657 votes ahead.
The gap in his favor currently stands at 29,861 votes in Arizona, 4,430 ballots in Georgia and 28,833 in Pennsylvania.
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6:45 am.
Fox News is letting go of Trump?
The conservative channel, controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has distanced itself from Donald Trump in recent hours, a first since 2016 ... and perhaps a turning point.
In question, the announcement by the chain of the victory of Democratic candidate Joe Biden in Arizona on Tuesday evening.
The Trump team called on the channel to retract, to no avail, as other media refrained from declaring a winner, pending the end of the ballot count in this key state.
Fox News has since also treated allegations of massive electoral fraud by the Trump camp and the president himself with great caution.
6:40 am.
Donald Trump is annoyed on Twitter.
Amidst many retweets in his favor, the US president felt that “Joe Biden should not falsely claim the presidency.
Legal proceedings are only just beginning!
», Shortly before his opponent's speech in Delaware.
Except that he, unlike Trump, did not declare himself the winner.
Joe Biden should not wrongfully claim the office of the President.
I could make that claim also.
Legal proceedings are just now beginning!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2020
6.30am.
A new record of contaminations.
A total of 127,021 new positive cases for Covid-19 in 24 hours were also identified on Friday.
This is the third daily record in a row, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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6:25 am.
The positive White House chief of staff.
In addition, on the Covid-19 front, Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has tested positive.
According to CNN, Meadows, 61, told those around him after the presidential election that he contracted the coronavirus, but it is not known when exactly he tested positive.
Several senior Trump administration officials have contracted the disease in recent weeks, including the head of state himself and his wife Melania.
6:20 am.
Joe Biden promises to fight the coronavirus.
During his speech, he promised to implement, from the “first day” of his presidency, his action plan against Covid-19.
“It won't be able to save the lives that have been lost, but it will save lives in the coming months,” he said.
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6:10 am.
A call to unite a fractured America.
“It's time to come together,” Joe Biden said from the podium.
"We have to overcome the anger".
6:05 am.
Biden assures him: "We are going to win this election."
While he has yet to claim victory, the Democratic candidate took it one step further during a speech at his home town of Wilmington, Delaware.
"My dear Americans, we still do not have a final declaration of a victory, but the figures offer a clear and convincing picture: we are going to win this election," he said, his running mate Kamala Harris by his side.
6 hours.
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