buildings facing an uncertain future. he'll find a latin american occupying brazil on al-jazeera. there is no channel that cover world news like we do we revisit places. under serious really invests in and that's a privilege as a journalist. donald trump and joe biden wrap up campaigning just hours before polls open in the u.s. presidential election. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up 4 people were killed as gunmen opened fire in the austrian capital of vienna the government is calling it a terrorist attack. female put rescue operations are underway in the philippines

after super typhoon gone he killed 20 people and caused widespread destruction. and the green shoots of recovery in the slums that could help feed some of brazil's curse people. so it is election day in the united states and after months of campaigning and divisive political rhetoric donald trump and joe biden have brought their campaigns to a close hollywood is open in just a few hours but the candidates have against jested they may not accept the results and that's led to business owners boarding up their stores in anticipation of unrest white house crossed one can be helped that begins our coverage. u.s. president donald trump wrapped up his reelection campaign still behind in the national polls but convinced he'll pull off a victory and i think we're going to have a tremendous victory truck rally in 4 different battleground states but made his

last rally in michigan as he did 2016 with an 11th hour pitch to voters but if biden and harrison the radical left gain power they will collapse our economy and send our nation into a very steep depression trumps rival former vice president joe biden focused on the northeastern state of pennsylvania calling in celebrity artists like lady gaga to wrap up the final night in. pennsylvania is the same state where biden's campaign started and also where he was born stabs tearing up a dirt track. where your dough that's where you're preventing the well we burn. if you're being. asked. and it states of america as the candidates presented their closing arguments the number of americans who have voted prior to

election day has set new records nearly 100000000 people have cast their ballots in early voting. most polls show early mail in voting favors biden but trump believes his supporters are waiting until tuesday to cast in person votes but in the final hours of the campaign both candidates signaled they may not accept the results on election day sheeting can happen like you've never seen this is their dream and they are they are known for trouble even called a recent supreme court decision allowing an extension to count votes in pennsylvania as dangerous twitter flagged the tweet as potentially misleading with an immediate result on election day in doubt both candidates are preparing potential legal challenges to the results under no scenario while donald trump be

declared a victory a victor on election night casting widespread uncertainty over poll results now appears to be a tactic employed by both campaigns you know we've already seen challenges to extended deadlines for allowing a mail in ballots that have been postmarked by election day but that arrive a few days later there have been challenges to adjustments in the law as american voters are anxious hoarding food. and boarding up businesses from new york to los angeles joe biden will be in pennsylvania on election day donald trump will be watching the returns come in from the white house were to add additional fences have been erected around the perimeter in anticipation of. civil and rast can really help get al-jazeera the white house. to small new hampshire towns with the 1st 2 open devote says in

a 60 year old tradition at the stroke of midnight local voters headed to their polling stations near the canadian border and the results are already in joe biden has won 5 votes in dixville notch while in the mills filled 20 kilometers in south president trump won 16 votes to biden's 5 a way to go yet and now 2 candidates 2 contrasting visions for the future of america let's start with a coronavirus pandemic and donald trump promised to develop a vaccine by the end of this year but he's refused to collaborate on the global efforts biden has promised access to free testing and investment of $25000000000.00 in vaccines to make it free for all and a nationwide mosque mandate trump says he will create $10000000.00 new jobs in 10 months cut taxes for workers and increase manufacturing at home by even wants to spend $700000000000.00 on american products and research his proposals including raising taxes for wealthy americans and increasing the national minimum wage trump

has responded to nationwide anti racism protests more aggressively calling for the use of troops and military style equipment he is against defunding the police biden also does not want to defund the police but wants to spend more money on community policing trump has promised to continue to be tough on immigration by barring health care free choice chin and welfare for undocumented migrants while biden says he will reverse trump's travel ban on 6 muslim majority nations including reuniting children separated from their families at the mexico border and increasing refugee admissions all right let's speak now to scott lucas who's a professor of american studies at the university of birmingham in the u.k. joins us now from there as a scholar because they have the respective visions and as we stand in the polls biden is ahead significantly so can donald trump carve out a route to a 2nd term do you think. oh it's never over until it's over but if this is

a straight up election here's the key donald trump must win the state of pennsylvania that's because he's far behind in the other 2 key states he won 4 years ago michigan and wisconsin if you loses pennsylvania it's all over for him joe biden can't afford to lose pennsylvania if he wins a state like florida or in north carolina or in arizona which had been republican but it's now shifting to being a mixtape so biden has several past a victory trump has only one but here's the kicker this may not be a straight up a lot action this is not a both sides issue there's only one candidate who says he may not accept the result of the election only one candidate who says he made it clear himself the victor on election night and then declare mail in ballots were fraudulent don't count them only one candidate who says he may take this to the supreme court that's donald trump and because pennsylvania doesn't completely count it's ballots until friday if he's ahead in the other states that gives him a window to try to cut the selection short so what you say is especially with

pennsylvania it could well be that we do not know the results on election day in fact that may not know for several days and indeed it could go on for weeks. well most states count the ballots after a lot on including pennsylvania including a state like michigan which biden should win if biden is ahead in the initial counts in a florida georgia arizona he's likely to increase that lead so we could have a good idea within 24 hours after the polls close of a biden victory and even to go by the landslide if you want a state like texas but if those states i just mentioned are close no this could go on for several days and that's where the uncertainty which is being whipped up by trump and his camp starts to kick in we were saying in a report little bit earlier shops and offices and building premises being boarded up with concerns about violence on the streets are you worried that they could be difficult is as a result of how donald trump is proceeding with this election i have faith

in americans i have faith in my friends and relatives and that the large majority of americans whichever candidate wins do not want that violence but yes i'm worried because donald trump only a few hours ago tweeted about by once in the streets if the supreme court decision if the state court decisions don't go his ways on the island balloting twitter flagged up that tweet as being irresponsible but there will be more from donald trump because let's be clear here this is a man who does not work within the system he tends to work outside it if you think that's the way he's going to succeed so yes i am concerned i'm wondering what happens to both parties if they lose fessed up but you know what's next for trump should he lose and how would the democrats react to losing to trump a 2nd time around. well and the democrats i think will have a very serious inspection if they lose to trump and if they do not gain control of the senate where i think they're slight favorites and i think that question will

balance between what you might call centrist and progressive policies on climate change the economy health care you'll see that more intensely the big question is not about trump on the other side but the republican party if they lose control of the senate if they lose the white house will they finally distance themselves from donald trump having effectively enabled him for 3 and a half years or will you see a trump ism in the republican party because it's not just donald trump who wants to remain as president he wants his son donald jr to run for president eventually one day and he wants his ideas as ill conceived as they are and as divisive as they are to take over the republican party will the g.o.p. finally stand up to the. you have a drum then as they say pennsylvania has numbers start coming in where do you think where else do you that we should look for clues as to how things are going is with what your results so the initial states that close their polls relatively early that we watch is the state of florida and your viewers will know hope that florida

is legendary and your selection histories are close races and even disputed races think 2000 bush versus gore look at north carolina on the east coast and look especially in georgia that state has not voted for a democrat for president since the 1990 s. but it's in play there not only for the presidency but for 2 key senate races those are the 1st 3 states that we watch we keep an eye on pennsylvania but later on in the night be watching carefully at texas and arizona if biden starts to when there we're not just talking about a democratic victory but a possible democratic landslide it's going to be a fascinating few impulsively days ahead as well scott lukas pretty that thanks very much thank you. in vienna at least the 4 civilians have been killed and 15 others injured in what's being called a terrorist attack austria's interior minister described at least one of the attackers as an icicle sympathizer. this is. gunshots in central vienna. several gunman opening fire at 6

locations in the austrian capital. one assailant armed with a rifle filmed walking down an alleyway and shooting a bystander. thing this year so suddenly the shooting started 1st we did not know what it was but suddenly people who were sitting in other scarce gardens started to run 1st we kept standing there because we didn't know what was going on then there was a shooting again but closer so we started to run away because we didn't know if we were running in the right direction we ran into a hotel and he. police killed one suspect the austrian interior minister says the man was an isis sympathizer. the truck down attacker was equipped with an explosive belt which turned out to be a fake and with an assault rifle the terrorist was a sympathizer of the terror group islamic state. the attacks happened while many

were enjoying their last night out before new coronavirus restrictions start on choose day the shootings took place near vienna is made synagogue which was closed the austrian chancellor described it as a repulsive terror attack. it is of course a very tense security situation while we pursued the perpetrators we noticed they are very well equipped with automatic weapons very professionally prepared it is definitely a terrorist attack police are still looking for at least one suspect who got away several injured people remain in hospital some in critical condition the public has the moon to stay home and avoid public transport european leaders condemned the shootings including french president emanuel macron who said europe must not give up in the face of attacks germany and hungry have offered help which the austrians say they will use if needed victoria gayton be there. plenty more still to come here on our during clued in the w.h.o.

warning of a critical moment in sea pandemic a 2nd wave gathers. however off the record warm nights over the weekend are about to see a drop in temperatures throughout western and northern europe yes still coming from the atlantic but there's more of a northerly tuck to it and this is a cult front so you might think the air behind it is colder it is is fairly slow moving it is a little ways that it means it's not moving very quickly so it could feed well disappointing weather a good part of spain southern france and that lingering rain will turn to snow on the outs and also the pyrenees and probably the high ground of spain if not on tuesday then almost certainly on when's it becomes quite concentrated temperature by this time of really quite drop quite a lot both by the 11 in london but by stays sunny at night we're dropping down to

near frost levels but look at madrid that's a bit disappointing the forecast specifically dropped 10 degrees by a day with a cold wind the average is 17 but look at friday you're back up to the warm sunshine and 20 and at the other end of the most right in similar sort of story you're going to lose a chill breeze not harass cold but it's generating a pretty big thunderstorms both today and tomorrow of a cyprus and the southern coast of turkey and the coastal event with a concentration of particularly heavy rain for places like lebanon and israel for 2 days. jump into this train and join our global community by diversity is biosecurity is that essential for our species to survive be part of the debate i know the her mind is a leaky can be part of this conversation. when no topic is off the table the police

are not neutral and all of these case goal here is to terrorize it gives the other part of this there's no consequence this dream on out is the. we're going to watch out during her mind of our top stories this hour and after months of campaigning donald trump and joe biden approach their campaign through a close pony buddhists open in just a few hours but the kind of it's have against us that they may not accept the results. at least 3 people have been killed and 15 others injured in the austrian capital of vienna the interior ministry is calling it a terrorist attack several men armed with rifles opened fire starting near the

city's main synagogue. ivory coast president alison what's been declared winner of the presidential election electoral commission said he secured 94 percent of the votes the opposition says it is ignoring the results and creating its own transitional government they've been boycotting sunday's elections say that president ouattara shouldn't have been allowed to stand for a 3rd term status on this big 2 across when the top and addresses live for us in the future and i went clearly a lot of division about this what's the mood was the sense that. well for us and what our supporters they ike's tactic for the opposition it's more like this is this is not what they wanted and they are going to resist it and for the rest of ivory coast tension they've been in this mood for a very long time since the referendum in 2016 on the constitutional amendment that gave president alassane ouattara the chance to contest alongside it already biddy

who by the way under the previous constitution was not allowed to contest because of its age and so the situation is a bit come this morning but with the call by the opposition for members or supporters to be out on the streets to celebrate what they call the formation of a transitional council as well as celebrate or put pressure on president alassane ouattara who they say his time of office expired on the day the election was conducted then there is concern that these things could be to arrange in the next few days or hours to come see the opposition parties talk about for me the national transitional council how's that going to be received. well it's going to be difficult for the government to sit down and watch it or for it to be challenged but that is what the opposition outlined and that is what the

tend to pursue for the time being they appointed a presidential candidate former president hosni current b.d.'s chairman of the transitional council and the council is charged with the responsibility of organizing fresh in the actions remember they rejected the elections held on saturday calling it a sham saying that less than 10 percent of the population participated in the election and that 90 percent of the in the trade rejected what it called sham election and therefore they will continue to push president ouattara to quit the state but what kind of busking in the glory of new victory of a 3rd will stand for them until probably when their recent invention in such an quarters like the international community for rico solution requires the nation could be a government of national unity 0 pressure on what to do to quit or to a seat to the demands of the opposition so basically it's good it's still

a dicey reach situation in ivory coast the opposition use istead that what illegitimate whatever system it was given a mandate by more than half the voting population of ivory coast but the situation in i've been on the rest of ivory coast today howard thanks that's how it is reported that thank you. at least 20 people have been killed by the most powerful storm to hit the philippines this year a large cleanup operation is underway after super typhoon going to be with one region reporting 90 percent of its roads and buildings damaged and. helen piniella was inside her home with their 2 children when flash floods swept them all away they held onto each other and climbed onto a floating matches nearby they all survived but ended up hundreds of meters away from their home helen went back the next day were home to it this is all that's left of it now. it took me years to be able to build this house but i am grateful

because i feel that god has given me another chance this is the town of give the baton out by one of the areas in the philippines worst hit by typhoon gone be the most powerful storm this year of farmland community now mostly reduced to rubble at least $300.00 homes have been destroyed here across the region of luzon the damage is staggering to. the beagle region was once hailed as a model when it comes to an emergency response not this time thankfully connie was just too powerful rescue 103 of all operations are almost entirely dependent on machines like this one those in search for missing loved ones say they know that the situation is desperate but they remain hopeful they will still find family members alive beneath the rubble. but so far the woman is world has collapsed he

fears his wife and daughter have been buried in the mud his son's body was found lifeless several kilometers away. they are holding on to each other but the other short to powerful it was pushed back when i got out i didn't see them anymore. that somehow their bodies can still be found and be given a proper burial survivors here tell us they were able to leave with just the clothes on their backs but they have lost everything else their homes their livelihoods there is so much grief and sadness here and here's an update now from from a province which is seen some of the worst damage the biko region has always been a model for emergency response but this has proven to be extremely difficult not just for recall but all the other areas that was called by this wide i warm up by. the country has been reeling from the impact of the economic crisis brought about

by the growing up by respond and of course we're seeing a lot of surveillance lost currently in evacuation centers really finding it very hard to practice social distancing or even adhere to the very basic sanitary requirements by the fund them not to mention that they have lost their farms their livelihood these schools that have been empty for months because of the coronavirus pandemic may be their home for a while and so it's clearly a hand to mouth existence the government admits resources are stretched they've been giving a lot of aid over the last few months but they assure residents there will still be enough and it will be given to those who need it most president that there was here yesterday vice president still here yesterday trying to assure civilians basically that they're not alone but this is a very difficult situation because there seems to be no end in sight since another is also on the way again. the head of the world health organization says the global leaders are facing

a critical moment with the 2nd wave of covert 1000 infections. says it's time to step up against the pandemic w.h.o. leader has gone into self isolation himself after coming into contact with someone who tested positive the organization says he will not be tested for the virus unless he developed symptoms over the weekend we saw that many countries abroad could be 9900. cases in countries in europe and north america continue to survive this is another critical moment for action another critical moment for leaders to step up and i know that a critical moment for people to come together what a common purpose. would you be it's not truly. in the united kingdom prime minister johnson has defended his decision to impose a national lockdown in england starting on thursday all non-essential businesses

will close for a month and everybody must remain. brennan is in central london explains why boris johnson is facing criticism. he's been spending at least a month criticising the labor leader. for advocating a national lockdown while boris johnson has been adamant that his preference was for regional markdowns this system that the government had proposed and executed and now of course the data on the situation in britain's hospitals has meant that the prime minister has had to go back on that and it's left him open to criticism from the opposition parties from within his own party as well who very angry about the impact on the economy the reason why is illustrated here where i am in the center of oxford street this is a major shopping street in the center of london there are flagship stores of furnishings sportswear fashion on thursday all of these will have to close cafes

and restaurants will shut this place will become a ghost town the impact is enormous the 8 weeks leading up to christmas last year 42000000 people came down here to do their shopping on the revenue generators is about 3200000000 dollars this year the prediction is it will be around $9000000.00 people if that and that generates a generated revenue would be about $647000000.00 you can see the impact in the 10s of thousands of temporary christmas jobs as well that are impacted by that too so the prime minister is in a very very awkward position in the debates he was described himself on his attitude to cake as being pro having it eating it and the reality when it comes to coronavirus is you can't have the economy and the same time protect the n.h.s. . there are mentalists of brazil have found their unlikely ally in their quest to slow deforestation the rather rude shamir of the coronavirus pandemic has provided an unexpected help to sustainable agriculture. expects.

rio de janeiro a city surrounded by mountains of lush vegetation which is rapidly disappearing sprawling slums have been devouring the forest for decades there's still growing invading protected areas like this one. but now environmentalists like donna some dos have founded the coronavirus and unlikely ally to fight deforestation and. when the pin demick began and the started knocking on her neighbor's doors to distribute organic vegetables along with seeds sprouts and instructions on how to grow them. the idea was to convince people to build less and turned to mother nature at a time when the economy had shut down and $10000000.00 brazilians were going hungry . the hooked up to the. idea. of the nature of the

pandemic helped anup prove her point when she moved cheerily u.g. had dreams of a bigger house but coated 19 left her husband unemployed with the family discovered that nature could feed them if only they'd let it lie given you have buying food for everyone costs us at least 1000 ryall but by planting our own organic food we're not only ageing healthier but saving at least 300 reale a 3rd of what we spent in the supermarket. this lot of was in the heart of it isn't it or not one of the pretty violent strong. family of 12. corn avocado and also. herb. the family lives in what is called the promised land and extension of the pinup complex slum home to 50000 people it's controlled by the red command one of brazil's largest drug cartels

they're responsible for occupying new territory and distributing it and it was selling it took a lot of negotiation with the drug traffickers and the neighbor has to convince them that destroying the forest is not the best way out paper made roofs over their heads and as families grow they build marmol but with a pandemic they realized that cement in bricks can't feed them. and that is now building a cistern to store rainwater in the promised land. while nato made the who spent 6 years in jail for drug trafficking is helping very clear the land. season i was in prison when the pandemic began and able to help my wife and 3 children i was lucky to be given this new opportunity it's not only a job but a new way of looking at life that my that ad she used to be a street vendor until the pandemic with no job and time on her hands she started

raising chickens. she plans to transform this whole area into a fruit and vegetable garden an urban slum still surrounded by poverty and violence but where mango trees are now allowed to flourish and children and animals roam free as if they lived on a farm monica and not give all just sirrah rio de janeiro. so this is out there these are the top stories and after months of campaigning donald trump and joe biden have brought great campaigns to a close polling booths stay open in just a few hours but the content itself again suggests that they may not accept the results but white house correspondent can we help it says precautions are being taken to cover all eventualities there is a fence a wrecked it around the white house anticipating on rast as well there are

businesses that are being boarded up in washington d.c. in new york even.