If many Americans have already voted by mail or in advance, the majority of voters will go to the polls tomorrow to elect their 47th president. Who, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, will enter the White House on January 20? This is the whole question that will agitate the editorial offices of several French television stations throughout the night.
America has a meeting with its History
The future of America has interested (and worried) the entire world for several months now and the outcome is fast approaching. Who will succeed Joe Biden? Will the world's leading power see Donald Trump take back the reins of the country or will it make history by electing its first black president? Debates, portraits of Republican and Democratic candidates and their running mates, as well as special programs have already been broadcast in recent weeks almost everywhere and no one yet knows who will win in this election, one of the most indecisive of these 50 recent years.
Live results from 6 p.m.
The outcome of this election will undoubtedly influence international geopolitics, the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine and Europe will have its eyes fixed on the United States next night and in the days that follow. In France, TF1 and France 2 will be on the air all night, as will the news channels BFM TV, LCI and France Info.
It is LCI which will open the 6 p.m. ball with a special edition live from Washington presented by Darius Rochebin, Jean-Baptiste Boursier and Margot Haddad. BFM TV will begin at 6:50 p.m. where Benjamin Duhamel and Maxime Switek will receive experts on American politics on their set. Apolline de Malherbe will take over and journalists will comment on the results of these elections all night long. The next day, the morning Première Édition, presented by Adeline François and Christophe Delay, will begin at 5 a.m. to follow the results as the counting progresses. The channel announced that 11 teams will be mobilized across the United States and that it will use augmented reality to illustrate the results. Results which will be delivered drop by drop. The counting of votes takes a very long time in the United States and the name of the winner may not be known for several days.
TF1 and France 2 on alert all night
The major national chains will also be on deck. Anne-Sophie Lapix will open her 8 p.m. news with a special page live from New York. The journalist will then be accompanied by Laurent Delahousse, Julien Arnaud and Élise Lucet to be on air until 9:30 a.m. Wednesday November 6. The latter will also offer a new issue of Special Envoy dedicated to the election, with several reports from American voters. TF1 will resume live coverage of LCI “La Nuit Americaine” from 1:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. Gérard Araud, former French ambassador to the United States, and Jeremy Stine, senator from Louisiana, will be among the guests on set.
Furthermore, Arte and LCP have already offered documentaries and special programs available in replay.
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