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US Congress Meets to Certify Biden Electoral Victory

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are meeting
   Wednesday in a joint session to certify the Electoral College vote to
   make Democrat Joe Biden the country's next president, even as President
   Donald Trump continuesto implore his vice president, Mike Pence, to
   thwart the public confirmation that they lost their bid for
   re-election.

   What normally has been an hour-long formality once every four years --
   certifying whois tobe inaugurated Jan.20 as president for a new
   four-year term in the White House -- is likely to be a lengthy,
   drama-filled spectacle this time.
   WATCH LIVE: Joint Session of Congress

   Trump for weeks has made baseless claims that he was defrauded out of a
   second term even as he lost 60 court challenges to the vote. More than
   100 House members and 13 senators say they will object to certifying
   Biden's narrow victories in several political battleground states,
   setting off hours of contentious debate. And several thousand Trump
   supporters gathered in the streets of Washington to hear Trump speak
   and protest the eventual congressionalvoteaffirmingthat Biden won and
   will become the country's 46thpresident.

   "We will never concede," Trump told the crowd.

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