to the. state senate. voting is underway in the us presidential election after a long and divisive campaign between president donald trump and his rival chaired by. but like you've never seen this is the dream and the final hours of campaigning trump questioned the legitimacy of crystal versioning biden promise the beginning of a new day if he wins. again i'm starting a tape this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up 4 people are killed as a gunman opens fire in

a shooting in the austrian capital of vienna the government is calling it a terrorist attack and. ugandan politician bobby wine is arrested again shortly after he was nominated for next year's presidential elections that. now across the united states verses are going to the polls to decide if donald trump will get a 2nd term or if joe biden will become president this hour polls are opening in a number of states including colorado new mexico and utah they're already been lines seen at polling stations and other states as forces try to stay safe amid the coronavirus pandemic already nearly 100000000 people had cost their ballots an early voting that's a record high. well let's introduce our team on the ground for this hour john hendren as monitoring developments from chicago jamal alice also at a polling station wilmington delaware that's biden's home stays and from washington

d.c. we've got alan fischer we'll get all the latest from them in a moment but fast let's take a look at just how the last hours of campaigning on folded how white house correspondent can be how it begins our coverage. us president donald trump wrapped up his reelection campaign still behind in the national polls but convince still 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 in 2016 with an 11th hour pitch to voters but if the errors in 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 and in. pennsylvania is the same state where

biden's campaign started and also where he was born chad just tearing up a dirt track. where your dough this where you're preventing the well we burn. we could be on our best year demanded 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. both 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 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 mail in ballots that have been postmarked by election day but that arrive a few days later they 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 unrest can really help al jazeera the white house. on fresh air joins us now live from the capital washington d.c. alan an incredibly high stakes election which president trump seems rather optimistic about despite the poll numbers what's the weird in the trunk campaigning . if you want to go back 4 years to the day after the presidential inaugurations january 21st 192017 there were thousands and thousands and thousands of people on the streets of washington d.c. saying they were determined to make donald trump a one to one term president and no they get the chance to do exactly that if you're opposed to the president he's been on television this morning from by the phone

from the white house he's also going to call a number of radio talk show hosts over the next few hours on the t.v. he said that he was confident when i asked what his prediction was for the number of electoral college seats he would gain remember he needs 271306 the last time he said in excess of that number they're going to do better so that gives you an idea of the confidence in the trump camp but is that reflected in some of the polls well not really i mean ohio which is elected every single republican president since in modern political history well it suggests that joe biden is slightly ahead there in michigan they say the donald trump won by a few 1000 votes in 2016 again joe biden up i'd lanter it's going to be one of those sports in georgia that could well decide whether on the not that state stays in the trump camp or becomes a democratic stronghold so there's

a lot of things to concern donald trump over the next few hours but he's going to go through the motions as you do on the election day because at this stage there's not a lot more that the candidates can do the race is essentially run so don't trouble make his phone calls he'll go. over the bridge to arlington virginia to meet republican party workers and thank them for their efforts over the last few months he will then come back to the white house make a few more calls speak to some advisors and then will make preparations for an event at the white house where he's expecting about $400.00 guests to celebrate what he hopes will be his 2nd term and the white house well the polls are telling is that that seems unlikely but then they did tell is that just before 2016 and donald trump believes that for him it's a very very good omen. that with all the latest for us from washington d.c. thanks so much allen well let's now get the view from delaware that's joe biden's

home state was at a polling station in wellington jamal as we were saying the national polls we do have 5 well ahead nothing. i see that biden's also been asked about in pennsylvania what's his plan today. well that's a testament to the fact that he isn't taking anything for granted going to pennsylvania where he was born to try and garner those last minute voters to come out and support him it is the central message of the democratic candidate that people have to come out and vote as if their life depended on it as his running mate. the idea that biden has been pushing out to his supporters is that it's not just a simple question of who they want to true is it's not a question between trump and biden so much as it is a push to try and save american democracy is the democrats have been describing it and that's why we've had such huge turnouts historic numbers of early voters almost

100000000 so far so they aren't taking anything for granted he was earlier before he was in pennsylvania he went to visit the grave of his son who passed away and that was one of the reasons why you actually chose to run for president because it was. the dying wishes of his son as he mentioned that pushed him to essentially take on donald trump and to try and bring back a democrat into the white house jamal i do want to ask you about polling you're at a polling station right now pay for the casting ballots safra couple of dollars how is it looking. well i'll tell you let's take a little look around here the queue is very long indeed and this is also testament to with the division in the polarization that we've seen in the u.s. that is actually what may be some positive impact in that it's led to a lot of political participation so this line here which is actually at a school where joe biden's wife used to teach is testament to the fact that people

feel very strongly wherever they sit on the principle divide but there is definitely a sense of urgency and desire to have their voices heard then this is something that people will be looking out for my positive perspective obviously on the flip side we've seen the boarded up shops across the country we've seen the tension that's risen but the hope is that news that it will remain peaceful and the fact that people are coming out to have their voices heard shows just how much is at stake we're not just talking about obviously the different policies that are being pushed but when you're looking at the alstom also the or i'm still not it we're still in it the pandemic and the economic impact that coverts has had this one is obviously the key voter issue is that's driven millions of people to come out and cost their ballots and carry a very long lines and can fetch a mile high al on the ground for us and i thank so much general well let's now

speak to john hendren he joins us from chicago in illinois junk plenty of critical swing states over there and the midwest where you are how is it looking to both sides of that. well that's right donald trump started his campaign in 2016 saying he was going to build a wall a wall along the mexican border but the democrats had a walled tube was called the blue wall of democratic states and it stretches from pennsylvania in the east to minnesota in the west and in between are 3 key states ohio michigan and wisconsin and each of them has significance donald trump was playing off off ensign flipping each of those states they had all voted for barack obama before that but he managed to flip them he was playing off ends on that occasion and now he's playing defense in michigan that was a place with a lot of working class white voters he won by the narrowest of margins he wanted the entire country 0.2 percent 10000 votes is what separated him from

a victory for hillary clinton now you move over to wisconsin that was the state that put him over the top with 270 electoral votes that's much how much either candidate is going to need today to win and then there is ohio the bellwether state this is a state that has correctly voted for the eventual president in every election since 1064 and in the history of the u.s. since the republican party was founded in the 18th fifty's no republican president has ever won without 1st winning ohio so the eyes of the world will be on the midwest is those polls close but we're already seeing some problems in indianapolis there are some voting delays due to wife by outages and in ohio around the city of columbus in franklin county we are told that there were problems with the ballots so they've had to move to paper ballots that is going to delay some of the results michigan has already told us it probably won't have the results by morning

wisconsin on the other hand says by 6 am on wednesday they do expect to have complete results so it will really depend on how overwhelming the turnout is how big the margins are in. right now joe biden is in a dead heat with donald trump in ohio he's about $4.00 percentage points ahead in a summary of polls in wisconsin and in michigan he's looking to be about 6 to 7 points ahead in a summary of polls there this is going to be a tightly fought election and it could come down to these states. all of those election results very very closely for you here on al jazeera and day john hendren there for us on the ground in chicago thank you joe. also ahead here head on al-jazeera where to question the battleground state in the u.s. where the changing demographics can swing the outcome of this election. in the philippines begins to clean up after being struck by typing any more storms are now on their way.

out of the east asian monsoon is still visible it's this broken line of cloud down here at the bottom end of it is that sunny now this is a potential big tare food but it's staying over the water for the next few days so we can just about ignore it and as for shipping of course behind it is the air is cooler with at about 90 in turkey but not far off the average the same is true in beijing quiet weather at the moment some cloud creeping through western china and might spread eastwards enough to take away the judgment of the sunshine otherwise it's fine with this time of year and that's sure to hong kong with low humidity as well we still got goni was the super typhoon that it no longer is this tropical storm now it's heading towards the coast of vietnam so once again vietnam is going to get in dated with and hit 400 millimeters of rain i think in the next 2 days

otherwise it showers this big shower as they watch this place don't far away from singapore just the tip of peninsula malaysia and that is something that 120 min to be to so that's the scale of these shows which begin maybe just not far away from jakarta have a job from southern sumatra looks fairly west in the moment this is the wettest time the if it had all places but it carries on that way for a few days if not a couple of weeks yet. jump into the stream and julian on global community bio diversity is bio security it is that essential for our species to survive be part of the debate i know you have my d.s. and you too can be part of this conversation when no topic is off the table the police are not neutral and all of these cases here is to terrorize and gives the other part of this. consequence this stream on out is the.

the you're the one. and again i'm just on the attainder let's remind you about top stories here this hour polls are opening across the united states as people decide if donald trump will get a 2nd time or if joe biden will become president cause i'm already i've been in a number of crucial swing states including florida and pennsylvania long lines already forming. trump and biden both made their case to voters in key battleground states and the last night of campaigning this election will be decided by about a dozen states that could swing either candidate. or for almost 50 years the

state of minnesota's electoral college votes have gone to democratic presidential candidates in 2016 president trump lost the state by less than 45000 fights now minnesota is one of the swing states that could determine the outcome of this election reports. a patchwork of soybean and corn field stretches across the plain of blue earth county minnesota the campus of minnesota state university isn't manned kaito the seat of the county it's attracted a small community of immigrants in 2012 the county voted for president barack obama in 2016 it pivoted to president donald trump. is a somali immigrant he's the 1st person of color elected to the man cato school board the democrat says the evolving demographics of the county are at the root of its political whiplash in 2016 that really gives

a lot of my. or white brothers and sisters a lot of anxiety that change of 4 generations the live in you know they feel a sense of belonging but of a ledge in the system so that being threatened. was something that from the exploited. a 20 minute drive away on the duncans and family farm there harvesting the last acres of corn sold to make ethanol and pro-business anti regulation mindset of the trumpet ministration i appreciate we don't like people telling us how what. we there is a sense of freedom over here agriculture and hog production are the economic drivers of blue earth county the population is about 90 percent white according to u.s. census data the counties biggest city bank cato is the site of the largest mass execution

in american history in 86238 members of the dakota tribe or hung after the u.s. dakota war trials one westerman is dakota and the director of the humanities department at the university we have to acknowledge. the injustices of the past. according to native news online the native american vote could be a factor in swing states such as minnesota there has been a robust national get out the vote push that's one way that our voice can be heard is to vote and participate in the process and get in there and help make those changes the locals say you won't see many campaign lawn signs or hear arguments about the election though they may disagree about politics what people value more is what binds them together as neighbors natasha going to name. blue earth county

minnesota. well let's now take you to some live pictures in philadelphia as you can see the democratic presidential nominee joe biden is there he is headed towards a get out the vote event in pennsylvania he is also then expected to deliver remarks. on election night in his home town of delaware but obviously pennsylvania a very very key swing state for this election indeed we'll be bringing you all the latest from there throughout the day but for now let's now speak to jamie fly he's a senior fellow at the german marshall fund of the united states he was also formerly an advisor to u.s. senator marco rubio he joins us now from berlin jamie last hour you and i spoke about how the demographics of the electorate changing in specially in places like pennsylvania are we seeing a lot more volatility do you think in terms of voting patterns potentially even a growth in the number of swing states. you know i think this is going to be one of

the reasons that this election is so interesting for american politics because it has the potential to start to reshape the map for future presidential elections pennsylvania may actually be a lie lying state in that sense because some of the post 2016 analysis has shown that they're actually significant segments of the pennsylvania electorate that are still a kind of a trump constituency non-college educated whites certainly the democrats are trying to turn out their traditional constituencies in the cities and places like philadelphia where joe biden just is right now in pittsburgh but these are fascinating state including across the rust belt that are going through a transformation like many states in the country and if some of these states start to trend in a different directions a night that may change where are the 'd election this contest that in future presidential presidential cycles jamie i do want to talk again about 2 of the

states that we'll be watching very closely tonight both pennsylvania as well as florida now if trump is those both of those he is really going to struggle to try to find a path to victory how successful do you think have his attendance being to question the vote counting in pennsylvania. i think he's fortunately laid the predicate for that questioning and i think it's incredibly dangerous when american political figures are kind of discouraging people from putting their faith in the voting system so we'll see in the coming days if he then builds upon that doubt that he's tried to put into voters' minds if the republican party then does try to contest. some ballots and pennsylvania but honestly i think the the the better case for the trump campaign you know they do have a path to victory would be an upset just like it was 4 years ago but it really

would stem from the passion that is out there among strong supporters and you've seen that in the final days of the campaign in the sizes of the rallies that he has been holding despite the pandemic there clearly are many trump supporters who are very passionate about the president and a lot of his campaign's energy i think should be focused on getting them out to vote today if they haven't already voted in early voting or mail in voting i think ultimately this effort to call into question the results is not going to be good for the country and honestly i don't think it's the likeliest path for him to be successful in election given the amount of can travel around this election jamie even if he misses i do want to ask you is there a route for trump to try to secure a victory in the electoral college potentially by explaining since they got anguage in the constitution perhaps as some have suggested and it does seem that some members of his campaign and administration have been looking into that. you know

we've had in a number of presidential cycles this discussion about rogue elect stores who might not feel bound in according to different state laws some are formally bound others could change their vote and not rep necessarily represent the votes from their state we had a version of this play out in 2008 contested bush v gore debate about florida where you had some democrats question the florida election wars so you could have someone one of the parties push this what if scenario i tend to think of it as we saw in 2000 that that sort of challenge is unlikely to be successful on last this there were issues litigated in the courts and the supreme court ultimately had called into question. you know the voting results in 2000 the effort was

to contest the electors when the supreme court had already decided them how they must stop which is ultimately why it was not a successful challenge under the system when congress came together to review the electoral votes and so i think it's highly unlikely scenario and if the republican party wants to pursue that i think it's likely to be a successful strategy well there is still potentially a rocky road ahead and deemed there jamie 5 from the german national front of the united states thanks for joining us again on al jazeera. and don't forget we will have a live uninterrupted special coverage of the u.s. elections from $2200.00 g.m.t. correspondents will be reporting from crucial states all across the country and also have ex-pat analysis and of course the live reports as own of those results come in you want all of that here on out of there from 22 g.m.t. . on moving on to some other news now and at least 14 people have been arrested in

austria following monday's shooting in vienna a memorial was held for the 4 people who die and another 22 were injured when a gunman opened fire in the city astronaut parities are describing it as a terror attack paul reus our correspondents us now from vienna paul i believe the interior minister has just been giving us some more information about all of this. yes indeed a star in the press conference there as you mentioned 14 people detained in 18 raids as people in vienna were urged to to stay home today especially with what was thought earlier as there being potentially other attackers still at large but what the interior minister has now said is that the evidence points to only being one attacker in this instance a 20 year old of north macedonian origin who roved around the the night life area behind these buildings here. as people enjoyed a last night before

a lockdown and curfew came into came into effect today. we're hearing that he was released early from a 22 month prison sentence just in december having tried to join islamic states in syria and the interior minister saying that he had fooled and radicalization program in order to be released. last night he went on to kill at least 4 people we're hearing now that 7 others among the wounded are in a life threatening situation in hospitals in vienna or continue watching that situation for you here paul reece there with all the latest from here thank you paul. well now the philippines is bracing for the arrival of another storm and that's as people are already continuing to deal with the aftermath of super typhoon go any at least 20 people have been killed after the world's strongest typhoon this year just wait homes and triggered floods across the country president ford rieger

detached a says the near storm named at sunny will cause severe damage in its path as it makes landfall later this week now ugandan opposition leader musician bobby wian has been arrested again have a look this video was posted on one social media showing police forcing their way into his car on his part he says police broke into their vehicle and then forced him out it all happened shortly after he handed in his nomination papers for next year's presidential election he's been calling for a long time president yoweri museveni to step down our correspondent malcolm webb is monitoring developments from neighboring kenya. he submitted his nomination papers and was successfully qualified to be a presidential candidate he wants to challenge president seventies been in power for 34 year as say bobby wine is a pop star turned off position politician is now expected to be on the ballot paper and he just left that venue when somebody as we saw in our video filming on

a facebook live on his own facebook page you can see police breaking into the car bobby wind and the other people inside were dragged out and then bundled into a police van and taken off now this kind of violence is normal and ugandan politics and especially in election years but what's this different this time the fact that somebody with such a broad following and such a young following bobby wine is going to be on the ballot paper i mean he's been making music for almost 20 years but 3 years ago i got involved in politics he has a much bigger following than any opposition politician who's challenging the 70 before opposition of always complain that none of the elections that the 70s electoral commission has held have been free and fair they always complain of regaling of voter intimidation and other kinds of irregularities no one's expecting that to change this time but what it certainly looks like is that the police who

haven't yet given a reason for probably one's arrest today but they certainly didn't seem to want to allow the kind of crowds to gather on the streets of the capitol where bobby wine is indeed very popular. plan and this is al jazeera and these are the headlines polls have been opening across the united states as people decide if donald trump will get a 2nd term or if joe biden will become president as of opens now in a number of crucial swing states including florida and pennsylvania long lines are already forming. both trump and biden have made their case to voters in key battleground states over the last night of campaigning this election will be decided by about a dozen states that could swing to either candidate alan fischer is in washington d.c. and tells us more about trump's movements today he's been on television this morning from.