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President-elect Biden & Resident Trump

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Joe Biden has won the race to become the next US president. And Donald Trump is on his way back from the golf course. Maitlis, Sopes and The Zurch discuss an extraordinary 24 hours in Washington.

Studio Director: Nick Jones Producer: Morgan Gisholt Minard Assistant Editor: Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos

Transcript

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I'm in the antiseptic, super insulated, noise dampened studio,

0:10.0

but I've just come back from the White House,

0:13.0

and the streets of Washington are wild.

0:17.0

I'm on 17th Street and Pennsylvania Rappere you.

0:21.0

This is as close as you can get to the White House without going in,

0:25.0

and I just want to show you the atmosphere on the street.

0:31.0

There is a world celebration going on.

0:35.0

After five days of tension, the release from that.

0:40.0

Yeah, I got that there!

0:43.0

But this is a liberal city, and they are celebrating.

0:47.0

The fact that Donald Trump has been defeated.

0:50.0

I'm not just by again, and Pamela Harris, I don't just send you in the back.

0:57.0

Extraordinary scenes and sounds from Washington,

1:01.0

and it's not just there, it's not just in the country's capital.

1:05.0

It's in a lot of democratically leaning cities, it's in Philadelphia,

1:09.0

it's in New York, this was the sound on the bridge,

1:13.0

as Chuck Schumer, New York Senator, held out his phone to Joe Biden

1:18.0

to let him hear the sounds of the crowd outside his car.

1:24.0

Thank you Joe!

1:26.0

You hear that?

1:29.0

Thank you!

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