back towns with many of the indigenous inmates come from. an al-jazeera. voting is underway in the us presidential election after a long and divisive campaign between donald trump and joe biden. cheating can happen like you've never seen this is the dream in the final hours of campaigning trump is questioning the legitimacy of postal voting while biden is promising the beginning of a new day. i'm about this and this is all deserve a live from doha also coming up increased security in vienna after 4 people were killed in a shooting the government is calling

a terrorist attack. ugandan politician but we wines arrested and then released after being nominated for next year's presidential elections. voting is underway in the united states in what's expected to be a record turnout in the presidential election it's already the most controversial and highly anticipated poll in recent years donald trump and joe biden have campaigned for months now it's up to the american public polls open in hawaii this hour the last of the 50 states to do so and that hasn't stopped the men battling for every last vote with biden out in pennsylvania and trump expected in virginia let's begin our coverage by speaking to alan fischer in washington d.c. allan it feels like we've been talking about this election for a very long time but now we're just a few hours away. exactly i mean we're going to get

some results in the next few hours but not all of the results and it's important to remember as we go through the next couple of days almost since the day that donald trump was sworn in we've saw seen crowds outside the white house demanding that his terrine be just limited to 4 years where people know have the opportunity to make that happen by casting their votes throat political history you have politicians saying that this is the most important presidential election in our history but this time it actually feels more that way never has america been so polarized but then the upside of that is never has america been so engaged in the political process and we're seeing that with record numbers of early voting almost 100000000 people have already cast their vote and we're hearing long lines in many of the key swing states that you would expect like pennsylvania like ohio north carolina even

texas we're hearing of long lines now does that for donald trump well he needs a big turnout of his supporters he's been talking for weeks about the silent trump minority but having covered donald trump for more than 4 years having been to many of these rallies spoken to many of his supporters i haven't seen many that reticent to say they are donald trump supporters in fact they're very keen to point out that they believe he's the best president the united states has ever had to give donald trump credit since he was released from hospital after suffering from covert he said the campaign trail and he's hit it hard even with all the restrictions that should have been in place he's had 17 events in the last 3 days and that means that he's turned out thousands and thousands of people while those events also become super spreader events like many of the others identified in a recent stanford survey well that's quite possible but he was more determined to get people out and get his message out he said. is that he's been the best

president for the economy that the united states has ever had that he's built up employment for african-americans for asian americans for latinos and that joe biden puts all of that at risk as for the democrats will they insist that donald trump hasn't done enough to earn another 4 years in office there's a couple of questions they ask are you say for no one knew where 4 years ago they point to more than $200000.00 people dead because of covert and they say are you better off than you were 4 years ago within an unemployment rate more than 10 percent simply because of covert during the peak of the crisis well they believe that the voters will turn out in record numbers and that the believe will be good news for democrats and they think it will and donald trump stay in the white house 4 years ago he always criticized barack obama and joe biden he said that barack obama was or should have been a one term president what's that even jimmy carter he said who only said of 110

from 1986 to 1980 donald trump would hate to have that tag attached to her own does next so he's desperately hoping for a victory desperately hoping that the polls are wrong as they were in 2016 and the people of america will give him another 4 years in the building you see behind me. alan thanks very much indeed that's alan fischer in washington d.c. we're just bringing some live pictures of joe biden on yet another campaign stop this one in philadelphia pennsylvania and philadelphia particularly key elements of this campaign very much at the center of the campaigns of both sides if they win philadelphia if they win pennsylvania that definitely puts either of them on the road to the white house but let's go to get the view from delaware that's biden's home state jamal al sheil is joining us from wilmington talk us about the view of the campaign from the biden's point of view there because we just heard from the

view from donald trump's campaign which is very determined that it is going to have another 4 years well as far as the biden campaign is concerned this is not over until they crossed the finish it finishing line right there not going to do what they did in 2016 it's why biden is still converse and he's still out he's still trying to get the votes and if this line is anything to go by it shows just how adamant people are to have their voices heard obviously people on both sides of the political divide coming out in large numbers to participate and we've been speaking to people young and old who have been expressing why it is they are come out votes what are the key issues i want to ask this lady here about what it is that supports her out today to vote what you think is at stake in these elections everything. the economy colvin.

the racial tension. everything is at stake is it simply a race between biden and trump or is it as what some politicians have been saying the core of american democracy essentially here is what people are voting on absolutely it is absolutely it's the core. you know we seen a big change a very hasty change in the. it's a supreme court justice who was just sworn in what a week ago so yeah it's american democracy and what's the big thing that's going new concern a lot of people is if the democrats take over not only the. senate but also the also congress and how that's going to affect everything every day very quickly are you worried about what's there being some post election turmoil yes yes definitely yes maybe not so much around here but you go into

southern portions of delaware. where delaware is often referred to as the party above the canal and below the canal above the canal are democrats below the canal are republicans so yes. thank you very much so there is a sense of tension because of the different types of language that have been used by some of the candidates leading up to these elections rob but more importantly because these elections have been hyped up so much to be something a lot more meaningful than just political trying to treason which political party they view best around the country but essentially as we've heard for example with coming out here is coming out saying that voters should be voting as if their lives depended on it with others saying that essentially democracy is at stake here that set the stakes so high and that's why we've had already almost 100000000 people

voting early that's why we have these long queues that stretch around the polling stations that's why people argument to have their voices heard so mild cell reporting to us from the joe biden's home state of wilmington delaware. ok let's go to minneapolis minnesota now who are not on name as minnesota has reliably delivered electoral college votes to democrats in the past what's different this time. so much really it's been only 4 years but what a huge difference rob when you look at demographics and the passions that are motivating voters minnesota historically has a the highest voter turnout rate in the country in 2016 more than 74 percent of eligible voters turned out and we're seeing that same kind of engagement in the state of minnesota they began early voting in september 18th in that early voting

process 1900000 people cast votes now george floyd's death and the largest protest movement in american history that followed is expected to be a real motivating factor but suit too is the fact that many voters in the state are concerned about the violence the looting and they say that trumps message of law and order resonated with them the republican strategy has been this in 2016 they know that they lost the state of minnesota by less than 45000 votes and in fact at that time truck viewed minnesota as a missed opportunity so he has campaigned heavily here he has advertised heavily and he hopes to get this state to swing to the republican column for the 1st time in about 50 years that be the 1st time since 1972 so the strategy of the republican party is to minimize its losses in progressive places like the twin cities that tend to vote democratic and as well as the suburbs and increase voter turnout in

the more conservative rural areas what you're seeing in minnesota is that traditionally the base of the democratic party which was farmers and working class people is gradually shifting to the rim. publican party you're seeing white working class unionized voters being especially in that northern portion of the state where there is mining there gradually moving to the republican party the breakdown in terms of the urban and rural population in minnesota is 30 percent of the population lives in rural areas and unlike the rest of the country the demographics here are much different about 80 percent of the population is white in 2016 there were 1000 counties in minnesota that did a pivot so in 20082012 they voted obama but in 2016 they voted trop to try to understand why this kind of political whiplash happened we visited one of those counties in southern minnesota. a patchwork of soybean and corn field

stretches across the plain of blue earth county minnesota the campus of minnesota state university is in manned cato 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 the change of for generations the live in you know they feel a sense of belonging but overloads 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 or what. we there's a sense of freedom out 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 county's biggest city bank kato is the site of the largest mass execution in american history in 86238 members of the dakota tribe were hung after the us dakota war trials when westerman is dakota and the director of

the humanities department at the university we have to acknowledge. the injustices. path 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. and that's not our 2nd i'm reporting from blue earth county in minnesota so to come on al-jazeera a country divided why some opposition politicians in the ivory coast are ignoring the results of sunday's presidential election and a day of mourning in afghanistan after 22 people were killed in joining an attack

on a university. how the arabian peninsula and iran and the good part of the middle east. obviously is carried up here the activity in the eastern med suggest some pretty big thunderstorms over cyprus the coastal event and turkey is cold enough air for the high ground turkey to see snow this is going to continue through wednesday and thursday spreading east into jordan and eventually iraq and folks who may be on syria with cooler weather behind but still you got 21 degrees in buried in about 17 in jerusalem so we're done about the average a bit below the average of the rain it's the thing to watch that could be intensive for a while this rain in the whole of africa of course is the right time of the year and

you see in the line the fall weather it still rains in south sudan is a moot point but forecasts wise we have very few showers and they're more or less all in somalia or down through the rift valley concentrating further west in the gabble as an example and to the south of that yes the showers are becoming more extensive you know how woman's been in places like johannesburg and i think it's 10 degrees above average with that's coming down now and the forecast for most of south africa and parts but swan is not a shower one. frank assessments if american public opinion pieces betrayed by social media platforms after november what would be this because cautious and if you believe that there horowitz if you are democracy one obvious solution is to break the law informed opinions look at checkers don't go anywhere the protesters are going anywhere

either it's a bullet with a revolution. in depth analysis of the day's global headlines who is it that's really out there on the street inside story are now just 0. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour voting is underway in the u.s. as people decide of donald trump will get a 2nd term all of democratic party challenger joe biden will become president polls have opened in all states except for hawaii. trump and biden made their cases to voters in battleground states the last night of campaigning the election's going to

be decided by about a dozen states that could swing to either candidate. ok let's bring in andy gallacher he's in miami and in the battleground state of florida andy it's interesting isn't it because florida is absolutely key in any u.s. election and yet neither of the main candidates spent any time there in the last 24 hours. yeah i mean they have spent a great deal of time here in the preceding weeks and in joe biden's case his surrogates were here as well including former president barack obama but this is you know known in this election as the kingmakers state with 25 electoral college votes and no republican nominee for president has won the white house without winning this state but 9000000 people here have already voted early there is in fact a polling station over my shoulder not what you can tell there only been a handful of people in here all day there was a joy to the polls plus the hold up nobody really got off but those numbers are

incredible when all was counted and 2016 only 9 and a half 1000000 people voted in that red tie or a t. so if you look at those early voting figures joe biden has a slight edge but it's really not that much 21 percent of those people that voted early are independent voters and those are the ones that really hold the key to this state so we'll be focusing on areas like the i 4 corridor which runs through tamper in orlando that's where a lot of swing voters are that's where a lot of a. independents are often that's known as the corridor to political power but the results will come in fairly soon because this state starts counting its ballots almost immediately so we should get the results about an hour and a half after the polls close at 7 pm here in florida in the florida panhandle there are an hour behind but that's mostly a red conservative area now if this goes to biden that is a huge victory for him because it closes down the potential paths for president

donald trump because he really needs to win this state so all eyes are on what is essentially a microcosm of the entire country remember 20 percent of the population here are elderly with a very large hispanic and latino population so in many ways this state reflects the mood of the nation and remember in 2016 donald trump only won florida by about 111000 votes which is about a war on one and a hard percentage rate over his rival at the time hillary clinton so this is a state that needs that if biden wins it that could show is a sign of things to come under thanks very much indeed on the gallacher talking to us from miami in florida. well the us has a unique way of electing its president it's called the electoral college system now it can be contentious because it doesn't always reflect who gets the most votes each state is given a share of electors which depends on the population so the most populous states like california texas and new york have more votes the entire nationwide electoral

college is made up of 538 members and that means a candidate needs $270.00 to win the states have a winner take all system the candidate who gets the most votes gets all the electoral college votes for that state except maine and nebraska would split theirs in america it is possible to get fewer votes from the population and still win the election in 2016 hillary clinton got almost 3000000 more votes than donald trump but trump one states with high electoral vote counts and got passed 270 before she could ok let's bring in spencer kimball from boston he's the director of emerson college of polling thank you very much indeed for joining us looking back at the polling that we've seen over the last few months or so is there anything significant that's been standing out to you well really starting in march we saw president trump's numbers take a real sharp dive as kobe 19 the pandemic was just beginning in fact we watched him

drop about 10 points from leading in the race against joe biden to down to 42 percent and we've not seen him being able to get that momentum back he's around 454445 percent at the time right now but joe biden is sitting around 50 percent nationally and as you mentioned nationally is not as important as the state numbers but i do think that the kobe 910 demick has been a negative for the president. for those of us watching this from outside the u.s. what should we be looking for where should we be looking to get some sort of hint about how the what the eventual result is going to be well president trump in 20161 a lot of the middle of the country by very large margins in this in different states 20 to 30 points so indiana kansas this this interior of the country was very strong for trump as those returns come back

tonight if those numbers hold then you say ok he still has his group but if those start slipping and he's winning these states by $910.00 points a lot less that's probably an indication that you're going to see numbers move in other states around the country and that will give us an indication of what will happen this evening both sides are causing doubts over the mail in vote how likely is it you think that this is going to end up in court somehow well we've already been in court on many different issues in texas and north carolina where the republicans and democrats have been fighting about when both should be counted how long they should be allowed to count the votes so we're already in that process it will really be determined by how close the election is if the polling is right and joe biden is leading by 8 to 10 points nationally that's nearly a 15000000 vote lead remember hillary clinton won by 2 points and that was 3000000

votes you know 10 points is a huge lead that i just don't think the president would be able to make the argument that the election was you know some sort of interference now if it does come down to a $3.00 to $4.00 point nationally there we could be in for a long run this winter it's going to be an interesting 24 hours and the next few months as well spencer campbell we appreciate your joining us on al-jazeera thank you very much thank you so much for having me. well later we're going to have live uninterrupted coverage of the u.s. elections our correspondents will be reporting from crucial states across the country we're going to have expert analysis and of course we're going to bring you the results as they come in you can watch that here on al-jazeera from 2200 g.m.t. at least 14 people have been arrested in austria after monday's shooting in vienna a memorial was held for the 4 people who've died another 22 were injured when a gunman opened fire in the city austrian authorities are describing it as a terror attack paul recesses this update from vienna. the interior minister held

a press conference not long ago giving the update with the 14 people detained in 18 raids on tuesday as people were urged to stay at home particularly so with more gunmen thought to be thought to be on the loose still but the interior minister did update that say that according to the evidence there was only one attacker who carried out these these attacks here in the in the busy restaurant district of vienna on monday night we know it's a 20 year old male of north macedonian background but with an austrian passport as well. found with an automatic rifle a handgun and a machete and also with a fake suicide vest on he's released from prison in the early from a 22 month sentence having tried to go to syria to join the islamic state group

last year and the interior minister said he had fooled the radicalization program allowing him to be released and killing the 4 people last night 22 more injured 3 of them critical here in austria. ugandan opposition leader and musician bobby wine has been released he was arrested shortly after he was certified as a candidate in next year's election a spokesman said one was forcefully taken out of his vehicle by police after handing in his presidential nomination papers supporters gathered outside his home after he was released he's been calling for a long time president yoweri museveni to step down. to ivory coast now where police have clashed with supporters of former president and opposition leader all recall and video as they try to enter his house to arrest him came just hours after president al assad what tara was declared the winner of the presidential election the opposition says it's creating its own transitional government there's been

a lot of anger over the vote and concern the demonstrations will result in violence and that's causing thousands to flee the country. live in. the mission of the national transitional council is to prepare the framework for the organization of transparent and inclusive presidential elections to set up a transitional government in the next few hours and to convene the national conference for national be conciliated with a view to the return to definitive peace in ivory coast. afghanistan's government's declared a national day of mourning after monday's attack in kabul university at least 22 people were killed and dozens were injured were gunmen stormed the campus eisel has claimed responsibility for the account of 40 has more from kabul. they demand justice for the victims while blaming the government for failing to protect them dozens of students gathered outside kabul university to mourn the dead from

monday's attack turned a spaced out of there. to head off a few days back i lost my brother who was a soldier fighting in the war he was only 25 years old but received his dead body and it's very brittle that the students who are not involved in military and politics who are only here to continue their studies are investing get attacked. still they refuse to back down. the my message to the enemy of afghanistan and the enemy of freedom is that they cannot silence the voice of the afghan people we're not the generation of the seventies and eighties we live in the 21st century and with a generation with a bright future we will never remain silent in front of our enemy for doing such acts. the attackers entered the campus through its north and trends in stormed the national legal training center near the gate it was packed with students and staff as a gunman entered the building they started shooting indiscriminately even as they moved

from room to room and from classroom to classroom. what followed was mayhem that continued for hours after afghan forces arrived on the scene to secure the campus this is the 2nd attack on the school or university in the last 10 days i so says it's behind both attacks this is a spoiler effort people that there are groups and splinter groups within the groups they're trying to spoil the whole peace process and so that they want to touch on the sensitive nerves of the afghan society of course of course academy institutions will always create an op role and a feeling of. opposition to the peace process the peace talks between the taliban and afghan government representatives in doha have stalled they want to do to hit a killer's blow. you can see that when i was reading the social media people are

questioning the whole peace process and that's one of the main sort of agendas of such kind of attacks to make sure that the stalemate goes into disruption of the whole process for now afghans are once again burying their dead. in a war that's already cost them so much for the encounter for al jazeera kabul. this is al jazeera these are the top stories voting is underway in the u.s. as people decide if donald trump will get a 2nd term or of democratic party challenger joe biden will become president trump and biden made their cases to voters in battleground states in the last night of campaigning the election will be decided by about a dozen states that could swing to either candidate alan fisher has more from washington d.c. there are a number of states keester.