After defeating President Donald Trump in a nail-biting election, Democrat Joe Biden Saturday addressed the nation for the first time as President-elect. (AP)
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The President-elect declared it was "time to heal" America and positioned himself as a leader of both Democrats and Republicans who "seeks not to divide, but to unify" the country. (AP)
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“I sought this office to restore the soul of America,” said Biden in a prime-time victory speech not far from his Delaware home, “and to make America respected around the world again and to unite us here at home.”(AP)
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Biden vowed for a new beginning and urged all those who voted for President Trump to give him a chance. “Let’s give each other a chance. It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again,” he added. (AP)
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After over three days of uncertainty, with a record surge in mail-in ballots, Biden propelled past the finish line with a projected win in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. (AP)
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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the victory speech, for the first time in history, was delivered in a parking lot where supporters gathered to cheer for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. (AP)
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Biden was introduced by his running mate Kamala Harris who has written history by becoming the first women, first black women and first South Asian American women to become the Vice President-Elect of the United States. (AP)
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Harris is set to become the highest ranking woman to ever serve in government, four years after Trump defeated Hillary Clinton.(AP)
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Harris introduced Biden “as a president for all Americans” who would look to bridge a nation riven with partisanship and nodded to the historic nature of her ascension to the vice presidency. (AP)
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In her victory speech as the Vice President-elect, Harris said, “While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last. “When our very democracy was on the ballot in this election and the very soul of America was at stake and the world was watching, you ushered in a new day for America,” she added. (AP)
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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and their families, watch fireworks on stage in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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A supporter wipes away tears listening to Biden's address.
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A supporter waves a "Biden for President 2020" flag in front of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg after the results were announced. (AP)
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The event ended with a fireworks dislay. (AP)
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People react to a victory speech by President-elect Joe Biden, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Trump is the first incumbent president to lose reelection since Republican George H.W. Bush in 1992. However, the president has refused to concede, saying the “election is far from over” and that he will not “rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and what Democracy demands”. (AP)
Trump supporters clash with counter protestors over election results
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Several thousand supporters of President Donald Trump in Washington protested election results and then hailed Trump's passing motorcade before nighttime clashes with counterdemonstrators sparked fistfights, at least one stabbing and at least 20 arrests. (Reuters)
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Several other cities on Saturday also saw gatherings of Trump supporters unwilling to accept Democrat Joe Biden's Electoral College and popular vote victory as legitimate. In pic: A supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump faces a counter protester in Washington. (Reuters)
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After night fell, the relatively peaceful demonstrations in Washington turned from tense to violent. Videos posted on social media showed fistfights, projectiles and clubs as Trump supporters clashed with those demanding they take their MAGA hats and banners and leave. (Reuters)
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The tensions extended to Sunday morning. A variety of charges, including assault and weapons possession, were filed against those arrested, officials said. In pic: Protesters burn a poster of US President Donald Trump at the front door of the Capital Hilton hotel in downtown Washington. (Reuters)
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump are escorted out of a crowd of counter protesters near BLM plaza after a day of pro-Trump rallies, after the 2020 US presidential election was called for Democratic candidate Joe Biden in Washington. (Reuters)
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Trump himself had given an approving nod to the gathering Saturday morning by dispatching his motorcade through streets lined with supporters before rolling on to his Virginia golf club
show the horror of Trump supporters storming Capitol Hill
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A violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the nation's democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House. In picture, supporters of President Donald Trump rally at the US Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the West wall of the the US Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Trump supporters occupy the US Capitol Building in Washington, (Reuters)
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Map shows the location of the White House Ellipse, site of a rally that spark Trump loyalists to march to the US Capitol and breach the building
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People protesting the presidential election results inside the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.(Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
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An American flag is seen reflected in a door window smashed by demonstrators in the US Capitol in Washington D.C (Photographer: Erin Scott/Bloomberg)
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District of Columbia National Guard stand outside the Capitol, Wednesday night, Jan. 6, 2021, after a day of rioting protesters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Glass is broken as members of a pro-Trump mob storm the Capitol building to disrupt the recording of Electoral College votes (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
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Christian Angelo Hill, 19, of Los Angeles, is helped after being hit with pepper spray as he approached a rally of President Donald Trump supporters at LA City Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP)
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Supporters of President Donald Trump, who were protesting election results, and counter-protesters brawl outside Los Angeles police department headquarters in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP)
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A D.C. Metropolitan Police officer is wheeled to an ambulance after supporters of US President Donald Trump occupied the Capitol Building in Washington (Reuters)
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Debris litters a hallways after supporters of US President Donald Trump occupied the . Capitol Building in Washington (Reuters)
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Demonstrators left a pile of broken TV equipment outside the the US Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Pro-Trump protesters clash with Capitol police during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results (Reuters)
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A supporter of US President Donald Trump gets detained by law enforcement officers at the Capitol during the protest (Reuters)
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Members of law enforcement rest in the US Capitol in Washington D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photographer: Erin Scott/Bloomberg)
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A protester waves a "Trump" flag while demonstrators breach the US Capital building grounds in Washington, DC (Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)
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A television in the empty Capitol subway system shows the riots outside as the U.S. Capitol is under lockdown in Washington D.C., US (Photographer: Erin Scott/Bloomberg)
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A "Trump 2020" banner is carried as demonstrators swarm the U.S. Capitol building during a protest in Washington, D.C (Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)
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People shelter in the House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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A protester climbs scaffolding as demonstrators swarm the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C., (Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)
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Members of law enforcement rest in the US Capitol in Washington D.C (Photographer: Erin Scott/Bloomberg)
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Demonstrators destroy broadcast video equipment outside the US Capital building after they earlier stormed the building in Washington, DC (Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)
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A flashbang grenade explodes as law enforcement push back demonstrators at the US Capitol building during a protest in Washington (Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg)
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Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., helps ATF police officers clean up debris and personal belongings strewn across the floor of the Rotunda in the early morning hours of Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, after protesters stormed the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)