You're listening to the Briefing, first broadcast on 6th November 2024 on Monocle Radio.
Hello and welcome to a special edition of the Briefing, broadcasting live from Washington D.C.
i'm Chris Chermack.
And I'm Carlotta Rabello.
Coming up on today's program, many people.
Have told me that God spared my life for a reason.
And that reason was to save our country and to restore America to greatness.
Donald Trump is projected to win the US Presidential election by a surprisingly wide margin over Kamala Harris.
We'll look back on the night that was here in Washington D.C.
get the Republican reaction and then I personally believe.
That authoritarian regime are building the capacity to fight against different democracy all over the world.
And if us will have some issues with elections, then bad guys will use that against us, all of us.
We'll also have a look at how the world has digested the news of a second Trump term.
From Ukraine to Japan, Bangkok and Paris and then back to London too.
All that and more coming up right here on the Briefing live from Washington D.C.
this is a special edition of the Briefing live from Washington.
In the early hours of this morning, Republican Donald Trump was projected the winner of the US Presidential race, defeating Democrat Kamala Harris and becoming just the second US President ever to be elected for a second non consecutive term in office.
We're joined first of all by Megan Vasquez, who's a breaking news political reporter for the Washington Post.
Meghan, great having you join us today.
Now we know that election nights are never straightforward, but take us through what this night was like for a breaking news reporter.