5 Nov 2020

US Election 2020 'still too early to call'

From Checkpoint, 5:08 pm on 5 November 2020

On Thursday evening (NZ time) it remains the undecided States of America. Presidential hopeful Joe Biden appears to have cemented two more bricks in the so called blue wall, with several US media outlets calling the critical states of Michigan and Wisconsin for the Democrat.

But neither Biden or Donald Trump have reached the essential 270 electoral college votes needed to win the White House.

Both sides are predicting victory in Pennslyvania, as the count crawls on. Both sides are lawyering up, with talk of recounts and legal challenges.

CNN's Camila Bernal joins Lisa Owen from Wilmington, Delaware, where Democrat Joe Biden has been waiting on results.