Celebrations break out in US citIes with dancing, honking horns and cheers filling the streets as Joe Biden is named the next president of the Unites States
- Joe Biden was called the next president of the United States at 11.25 a.m. Saturday morning by TV networks
- Votes in Philadelphia pushed his margin in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania over the edge
- This takes him to 273 electoral votes setting him on the path to the White House
- Kamala Harris becomes the first female vice president and the first black and Asian-American vice president
- Celebrations broke out across American cities as news broke of Biden’s victory
- In New York City, cheers of celebration, clapping and car horns filled the air across New York City
- Outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center people danced in the streets
- Tears of relief poured down people’s faces in Washington as others punched the air in excitement
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Celebrations have broken out across American cities with pedestrians dancing in the streets, motorists honking their horns and cheers filling the air as Joe Biden is named the next president of the United States.
Biden was called the next president at 11.25 a.m. Saturday morning by television networks and the Associated Press, while Donald Trump played golf.
CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, the AP and USA Today all made the call and Fox News followed suit 10 minutes later as votes in Philadelphia pushed his margin in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania over the edge.
This took him to 273 electoral votes – over the 270 needed to win the White House race.
Kamala Harris, his running mate, becomes the first female vice president and the first black and Asian-American vice president in history.
NEW YORK CITY: New Yorkers held banners reading ‘Hallelujah’ as they gathered in Times Square to celebrate the news that Joe Biden is the new president of the United States
WASHINGTON: Celebrations have broken out across America with pedestrians dancing in the streets, motorists honking their horns and cheers filling the air as Joe Biden is named the next president of the United States
PHILADELPHIA: People celebrate Saturday in Philadelphia, after Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become 46th president of the United StateS
PHILADELPHIA: Celebrations erupted across the city as news broke of the result
WASHINGTON: People react as media announce that Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden has won
NEW YORK CITY: People gathered on their fire escapes in Alphabet City to celebrate Biden winning the 2020 presidential election
The nation erupted in celebration as the news broke, ending an agonizing four-day wait since election day for the new president to be announced.
In New York City, cheers of celebration, clapping and car horns filled the air seconds after Biden’s victory was called.
Cheers could be heard all across Manhattan as walkers in Central Park stopped and threw their arms in the air in celebration.
Many people flocked to their balconies to join in the celebrations in the streets below.
Footage on social media revealed the moment many New Yorkers learned Biden would become the 46th president of the United States.
In the Alphabet City neighborhood, Biden supporters could be heard roaring with excitement from their apartment blocks and revelers gathered on their fire escapes with bottles of bubbly.
People flocked onto the sidewalks in Upper East Side to clap and cheer while cars drove past honking their horns.
Over in Philadelphia – where the latest votes to be counted pushed Biden to victory – people cried and embraced in the streets outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Some Biden supporters danced in the streets as they couldn’t contain their emotion over the victory for the Democrat.
People in Washington choked back tears of relief and hugged each other.
PHILADELPHIA: Someone wearing a ‘Black Voters Matter’ t-shirt celebrates Saturday
NEW YORK CITY: Someone holds up a sign telling Trump he is fired as news broke
NEW YORK CITY: People at Central Park in Manhattan react to the news and celebrate Biden’s win
NEW YORK CITY: Votes in Philadelphia pushed his margin in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania over the edge taking him to 273 electoral votes
NEW YORK CITY: People come out onto their balconies and fire escapes in Alphabet City in Manhattan to celebrate
PHILADELPHIA: People celebrate outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes had been counted
PHILADELPHIA: A person dances outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center to celebrate after Biden’s win
PHILADELPHIA: People hug in the street outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center as the agonizing wait for an election outcome is finally over
NEW YORK CITY: A New Yorker punches the air in celebration as the street erupts in cheers at the news
