along the way but until 2020 they failed to really move the needle in fact fewer americans trust their news media today than in 2016 what it took to sink donald trump in the polls was covert 9000 and the science hard data it doesn't lie and try as he might the president has no answer for that. hello i'm adrian setting and this is al jazeera special coverage of the 2020 u.s. elections it is over 300 hours g.m.t. 10 pm in washington d.c. the white house still very much up for grabs these scenes outside the white house right now protesters have been gathering there for hours and what's known as black lives matter plaza over the past few hours polls have closed in key states that are

being closely watched as the clock ticks down on the ballot count clicks up before we go any further let's go to come out has the latest on the numbers come up thank you adrian yes so 300 hours g.m.t. it is now which means 10 pm on the u.s. east coast and these are the polls that are closing at this hour 4 of them for you montana nevada utah and iowa i'm not going to go through any projections just now because we don't have any at the moment too early to call in all 4 of those states the one swing state will be keeping an eye on is iowa in the midwest so with that in mind it's a good chance just to step back and have a look at some of our swing states as well so let's start in ohio with nearly 60 percent of precincts reporting donald trump is edging further and further away from joe biden his latest 130000 out of 4.4 almost

4400000 votes counted so it's close but the gap widening for donald trump in ohio let's move on to michigan one of the important ones that donald trump picked up. 4 years ago and he's strongly ahead at the moment but only 25 percent of precincts reporting and you see the numbers there 912000 again 700000 so we'll be keeping a closer eye on michigan once we get some more data out of there now to wisconsin another one of those states in fact as i always say the one that pushed donald trump over the top in 2016 it's time to there with nearly 4943 percent of precincts reporting at the moment and there's only what is that 20000 will mets is in great 30 of the votes separating them at the moment and we'll check in on texas as well which we have included as a swing state this year but one still very much we would say in the favor of the

republicans and with 50 percent 51 percent of the votes counted there donald trump is ahead 520-0000 out of 9000000 votes counted so it's still pretty close and as i was saying last hour joe biden is forming well and in some cases outperforming hillary clinton in some of the metropolitan areas another of a swing states to update you on georgia with its 45 percent reporting and it's a solid lead for donald trump at this stage these are all close and remember the geography plays going to say as they can because because geography plays such an important part in which counties are reporting at which time it's and which and which are the rural areas north carolina is one we talked about last as well and look at the difference there $3000.00 votes the difference with nearly 80 percent of precincts reporting it is so close in north carolina 15 electoral college votes

which would be could be very very important particularly when you consider how joe biden i'm sorry donald trump appears to be. running away with florida one more to look at pennsylvania we haven't looked at pennsylvania a lot so if we are up to a quarter of the votes there my goodness it's tied it's really tight only about 25000 votes separating the 2 candidates there donald trump marginally in the late so i think we really need to be looking in this sort of area of pennsylvania michigan and wisconsin where this race might finally be decided just a projection to pop on the board for you right now which is kansas as you would expect with that 6 electoral college votes. and so we can look at the whole map i think we've got the stars for you this time something a little for 131 for joe biden 98 for donald trump the blue stars moving in a little bit faster but remember remember florida yet to be cold and it is looking

strong for joe biden sorry goodness me down a drum. and i know it you know it's it's early it's late anyway is the state of their eyes that moment 131 plays 98 and the one we are really looking at florida there north carolina which we just talking about and ohio where donald trump is very much in the ascendancy there i think that's about it can i oh no the senate i'm not done yet the senate. let's have a look at that so we have one confirmation there and that is in colorado and this was expected a flip from republican to democrat the democrat candidates john hickenlooper. has cory gardner the republican senator there so that was expected one more to the democrats they would need 3 more to take

control of the senate. adrian can i hand it back to you now well i reach out of my thoughts you need to you need to go get some caffeine my for i'm going to to the not if i can see you again a little later so we're keeping a close eye on several states as come all the saying this a high oh very much a play although donald trump is edging ahead of florida the race is still very close this could be a year or could it it seems texas goes the democrats and then of course this north carolina hotly contested states this year we have got correspondents across the country. about his aunt who is following the battleground state of north carolina hi joe castro is watching texas forest she's in houston and he got to is keeping a close eye on short of for us but let's start with john hendren is covering the midwest for us from chicago donald trump did pretty well in the midwest in 2016 showing how we're looking right now. well adrian

it really looks like this election is increasingly coming down to that blue wall that's a group of states that span from pennsylvania to minnesota but let me just talk about the 3 in the middle you were just talking about ohio that's a state that donald trump won by 8 percentage points an easy win in 2016 if joe biden can pick up michigan and wisconsin and ohio that would be the election right there assuming all the other states remain the same as they were in 2016 because donald trump won by 36 percentage points in 2016 and that would be 44 moved to the democratic side ohio is looking very close it doesn't look like michigan's votes are going to be fully counted over night they say they're going to be taking their time and it's important to note that in michigan a very small percentage of those early votes are being counted right now they're counting mostly of the day votes those tend to favor trump so that state may get

more blue as the night goes on there are 2. 2 reasons for concern in michigan but one of them is that comma harris was there earlier in the day and that might have been because they lowered their expectations of turnout in the urban areas of detroit and that is now down to 50 percent they were hoping for more and in flint there were apparently some shenanigans with robo calls where people were telling people in this mostly black or urban area to vote tomorrow on wednesday because the lines were long in wisconsin we're not going to know the results probably until about 11 g.m.t. and that is because the biggest city in in that state milwaukee is not going to have its votes counted by then and that is a largely democratic area which tends to go for the democrat john many thanks dave let's get up to date on what's happening in the crucial battleground state of florida and to gallagher is in miami for us florida one of the states considered to

be a must win for president trump if he's to be re-elected for a 2nd term. yeah tight as it always says historically this play this state always plays a huge role and presidential elections but us come all was just saying and hopefully he's drinking coffee right now the donald trump looks like he is. forging ahead in this state potentially with even a mole 6 why delayed than he had over hillary clinton which was very very razor thin back in 2016 something like 112000 votes but as you said donald trump really does need to win this the largest of all the battleground states with 29 electoral college votes that's because joe biden has other options to the white house and clothing places like ohio north carolina wisconsin as john was saying but at the moment you know we are getting pretty close to this state being cold i think certainly there is some pressure now from the charm campaign for officials to call

it and they've already to. without trying as one florida routes in the back that is not official yet the margins are very razor thin but we've got almost all the precincts having reported the numbers now and it does not why don't trump may well take florida which is what he actually needs to do he needs those 29 electoral college votes if he didn't win here about could really be game over for him but we're all waiting for those of partial results but at the moment the president edging forward and you get to go in miami let's check in with what is your castro then who's in houston texas where polls closed in the last hour heidi and if by would it take texas that would be a political earthquake how's it looking though. a jury and it's still pretty close and usually by this time of night on election night the pundits would have called texas are ready for the republican candidate because it's only gone republican for more than 4 decades so the fact that as the votes are

coming in joe biden is still within reach of overtaking tromp who is at the at this moment leading in texas democrats are not throwing in the towel yet and that in itself of course is making headlines in this state and we saw in driving voter turnout here in texas which is one of the lowest turnout states in the country will this year some of these suburbs specifically turn out of well over 70 percent which is really phenomenal in this state all of this is this change is driven by the demographic changes happening in the metropolitan areas like houston where i am now in dallas and austin and in their suburbs and in fact we've seen some of the suburbs surrounding austin flipping blue supporting joe biden which has not happened it's the 1st time and and democrats in texas are celebrating that as

a win but of course. this night is still early we have about 25 percent of votes still to be tallied and it's far too early to ascertain whether or not biden or trump will win this state in its 12 of 38 electoral college votes by the many thanks indeed another state that's very much still in play in north carolina president trump fighting to hold on to its crucial 15 electoral college votes this already 80 percent of the vote counted to serious. following the race for a scape how's it looking. yeah it's essentially tied president donald trump has taken a very narrow lead in north carolina there's been a 5100000 ballots cast in north carolina and as of about 2 minutes ago in north carolina state board of elections says that donald trump right

now with about a little over 80 percent reporting has about a $25000.00 vote lead over joe biden now biden had a lead earlier in the evening but as the hours went on trump kept chipping away at biden's lead and then just within the last 10 minutes or so 10 to 15 minutes or so trump has actually now surpassed joe biden this is significant because north carolina is a state that. donald trump won 4 years ago and it's critical that he wins it again for his chances to be reelected on the other side though biden was hoping that he could so-called flip this state but essentially it's still too close to call that's very clear however the trend lines are pouring towards donald trump as he has now taken for the 1st time in the evening within the

last few minutes has taken over the lead in north carolina. i have a razor thin margin of just about 25000 voters able to cheer again a little later the stakes of course couldn't be higher in this election as we keep saying just as mike hanna is in wilmington delaware 'd ways keeping an eye on the bike count pain but 1st let's go to complete how could the white house what's the mood in the trunk campaign right now kimberly. well it is noticeably quiet not just from the white house but also from the party that's happening outside i should point out that most of those people attending that street party on black lives matter plaza are not donald trump supporters and what i can tell you is that in the last hour or so things have grown very quiet as they're watching these returns on their phones and not feeling terribly confident but also saying they're not discouraged so they're watching this is closely as we are now where as we talk

adrian about the presidential race what's so important to a president in putting forward his or her agenda we do have a female president some point is the control of the senate and donald trump has enjoyed control of the senate by the republican party in the last 4 years but. what's notable is that the democrats of picked out one seat now they still need 3 more to control the senate but as we've been reporting the seat in colorado has flipped from a republican to a democrat and this is significant again because it is so important for president of joe biden wins to have control of the senate democrats are hoping that they can achieve that there's still a ways to go but they are certainly feeling encouraged by this sign that right now that what has happened is that a very popular former governor who did run for president john hickenlooper has in

fact unseated a republican in that race all right kimberly let's cross to my kind of then who's live for us in wilmington delaware the home state of democratic candidate joe biden what's the. well once again very silent we haven't heard from the campaign throughout the evening they've been sitting watching and waiting a very complex series of results and projections we're seeing at the moment and this is to do with 2 factors one is geographical location the other is postal voting or early votes being counted now with the geographical matter a state like virginia for example there you see donald trump get an early lead but that is before certain areas of the state are counted the more populous areas which are traditionally democrat and which those of the biting campaign are hoping are going to flip that around and give biden a victory in virginia then you have in terms of the count of the postal vote of the

early vote in florida for example where those early votes are counted very quickly right at the beginning of the counting you saw biden take an early lead and now being overtaken by donald trump but in those key states are we talking about north carolina ohio wisconsin there's still a large amount of early votes to be counted which once again could turn that apparent impetus that appears to be displaying at this point right around so it's a very complex with a lot of factors in but one thing that the biden campaign is confident about is the very simple fact that they are keeping competitive now it's election day trump in the past and 2016 got his supporters out on the day democrats traditionally have been less out there than the republican supporter 'd they didn't get that early lead in the postal votes that were counted quickly they are hoping that this will maintain their key issue was to be competitive at this particular point we heard

heidi to castro talking about texas at this stage in the past that would have been called for republicans in previous elections it is tight there is still a large amount of early votes to count. so it's tense here at the biden campaign headquarters very few people speaking at this particular point just as it is at the trump campaign they watching they waiting to get these results coming in but to also identify the trends and that's becoming clearer and clearer and clearer as i said geography urban centers versus rural and the count of the early vote these 2 points are critical for the biden supporters mike hanna in wilmington delaware we'll talk to you again later mike because of the unprecedented nature of the election happening during a pandemic president trump has repeatedly raised the claim that some votes sent by mail could constitute voter force which has been a contentious issue and if this vote is contested it could end up in the supreme

court feels like a sporting event where like the thrill of the game there like thing people line are like knowing that i feel like my vote counts more the day i waited to vote today so that there was no chance that my ballot was going anywhere but from my hand into the person as opposed to just sending out a letter i wanted to be in person and kind of you know have a little stand around me and fill out the circles and get my stickers i was just really i didn't want to do mail and there was concern about the mail. is you know. being flagged in this. let's bring back our panel of experts karen greenberg is an author and director of the central national security at fordham university school of law john malcolm is director of the miss sense of for legal and judicial studies and senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation karen the nevada supreme court has denied an emergency request by president trump's campaign and the state

republican party to immediately order clock county election officials to stop processing mail ballots to what extent is this going to be an issue do you think in this election now. you know i think part of that might have to do with just what the final division is another words if fine wins by a certain amount you may not be contesting i think a lot of it's going to have to do with the end right now we're kind of in an elevator so we don't know i think the supreme court although they have made decisions like response into getting away or extending the count and the timing which seems to be counted in some ways they've given cues that in a way they may not want to get over an evolved so i'm not thinking it's definitely going to go there are for one thing and i don't think it will get to the supreme for an issue like bush people are that would be a recount so we'll see john to what extent does this tonight need a definitive result to avoid any sort of court action. but i actually agree with

everything mccarron just said i mean there are probabilities with mail in ballots and and the ballots that are we're talking about now will be segregated in some form or fashion if the vote totals 'd in favor of one candidate or another sufficiently a lot hard it will not matter and and if they are not and it comes down to those ballots there may very well be the litigation certainly the supreme court is not going to be anxious to jump into this fray they weren't bankers in 2000 either those issues were thrust upon them you do have a lot of judges both state and federal judges who have tried to make some last minute changes to election laws with the constitution and trust state legislature with that task but i certainly am i'm hopeful that this will not result in litigation i don't think that's a good for the country it certainly wasn't good for the reputation of the supreme court but it is a distinct possibility karen nonetheless you've got this army of lawyers on standby

just in case anything happens and this of course is in the midst of a pandemic things of a bound to be different in this election this year unavoidably so. yes yes and no i mean we've already seen you know we've seen all of these ballots cast ahead of time by absentee ballots early voting so that automatically makes a difference but the thing about lawyer writing up in the way they've done in such a visible way all over the country on both sides republican and democrat is actually a good thing in terms not of just oh we're here to took my own case we're here to make sure that things go well we're here to observe we're here to be a presence to guard against what could end up in the port so it could actually cut in a different way than than many may think it's like it's not a guarantee that this won't end up in the point split so many things that we expected might happen in terms of alleged interference in terms of some social media hat that would affect the election in terms of the violence they thought would have might affect the election this looks like it's going to work as an

election so far and maybe that will be true in counting the votes as well and to underscore what's been said i think it's really important for the country to be able to get to an election and to say we had the election here's the results it's over john what sort of issues could end up time the outcome in knots and end up in court. oh many look there are roughly a dozen tossup states where it's razor thin margins and where a few 100 votes can make a difference i don't know if it will be recounts or ballots will be contested looking at things like postmarks on ballots there are a lot of different ways that this could end up in court but i agree with karen that is a been remarkable lection already in terms of the voter turnout and i think the most important thing is that people feel as if there was a certain legitimacy to the outcome and that the end of the day somebody ends up conceding and karen to what extent do you think that in

a democracy where going to see much more all of the involvement of the courts in regular election day. control versus yeah i'm hoping less and less i mean let's remember what justice stevens said in his dissent in bush v gore which is basically that when it happens when it gets to that level a distrust that comes across in terms of the election is that the democracy loses that the guardians of democracy the courts ultimately lose and so we really don't want to see it go that way especially now especially in this election when the country is so divided and when there's so much ruling duets of violence would be great to get through this without the challenges we might not but we can hope the john roughly 300 lawsuits have already been filed by by both parties. ahead of election night is that just because this is

a pandemic here and things are different or do you think this is the way of the future. no i think a lot of it had to do with the pandemic it was sterile of federal and state judges who were changing the election rules because they believe that the pandemic will require those changes i certainly think we're closely divided country lawyers are going to be involved in the lead up to elections and potentially after elections from here certainly for the foreseeable future but the range and types of lawsuits that were filed this year predominantly by democrats but also some by republicans most of it was pandemic related. ok karen greenberg john malcolm could talk to penny thanks to you for being with us good to be with you all right let's get the latest from kemal who's here once again you had your coffee had a coffee good going yet so we have got a sort of quiet reporting time so it's just time for us to go in a little bit more detail on some of the swing states so florida 1st of all let's

talk about florida where almost there 97 percent of precincts are reporting the margin is heading up to 400000 for donald trump i think we can safely put it in his column not all of it to the fat lady sings and other associated cliches but that's a solid lead with not a lot of votes left counts let's move to ohio with its 18 electoral college votes and the lead for donald trump there is approaching 300072 percent of precincts are reporting there and i wouldn't mind if we can just having a look at the state profile of heigho just to give you a little bit more context on the history of the city the one which the state i'm sorry the one which we always say picks the winner. but if we just have a look at the state there it's done that 52 percent to donald trump and $21644.00

to hillary clinton that some massive gap that would have been very very big for joe biden to actually pull that back and reverse that so maybe look less that whether it's the winner or not and more just about the actual gap between the parties there which has been widening towards the republicans the next state we're going to have a look at is arizona now this is an interesting one and this is somewhere where joe biden may just be able to flip a state 54 percent place $45.00 at the moment with 39 percent reporting so that is strong for joe biden and the thing to remember in arizona and if you saw the virtual graphic which we did a little bit earlier on this. you may remember i talked about some way called maricopa county that is where thing next is the city of phoenix that accounts for 40 percent of the votes coming out of arizona and joe biden is doing extremely well there in fact just go back and have

a look at the state profile there and see how this is gone in the past so donald trump 49 percent over hillary clinton with 454 years ago but as a site maricopa county just what i want to talk about very specifically because mitt romney and 2012 carried that county by 10 percent 10 percent i believe it was . and then 34 years ago it was carried by 4 percent by donald trump joe biden is currently up by 10 in that one county which accounts for 40 percent of the state so he's basically had a 14 point turnaround in one county which plays a big role in deciding who wins arizona i would keep a close eye on arizona that could be the one if you are interested in what happens with joe biden he the one he could flip might be the 1st one he could actually flip side of the race how's it looking. it's looking like that 131984 states in yellow at the moment texas florida north carolina and ohio we haven't colored in ones like

as i was talking about arizona and pennsylvania as well because they are still in what we call the too early to call category at the moment one more thing to tell you about and that is true just check in on the senate race at the top of the hour i think i told you about how the democrats had flipped one seat well so the republicans and so that means we're exactly where we were no one's gained and no one's lost anything there so the senate in exactly the same place that it was that it is i would say we just we can't lose sight of senate races as well i think it's really important that we just keep an eye on those come on that's all i got fear see a little while. now the question of law and order has been the central theme of this year this presidential election campaign and it matters more than have a after a summer of discontent and protests against police brutality and systemic racism. still had to choose from candidates with very polarizing views as mike hanna

explains from wilmington delaware. in the u.s. it's been a year of living dangerously particularly for african americans who have disproportionately borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic and who have been far more likely to be victims of police action than their white fellow citizens. the killing of george lloyd just one case of brutality that galvanized protesters across the nation. people of all colors banding together and to be a brillo of the black lives movement. one candidate to embrace the movement and all it stood for. the other rejected it. many of those who are spreading violence in our cities are supporters of an organization called the black lives matter b.l.o. . it's really it's really hurting

the black community to the black the president of the united states some african american conservatives who share the support in get that at the white house at the presidency but taishan wearing blue to show their support to the police and the signature writ caps to show the support of the president there are people all around the country that support this president because he supports law and order it's that simple and some insists that the white crowds that double trumps rallies did not show the whole picture. a lot of blacks support and want to support and will support and vote for president dollar truong but they don't want to be called a sellout by you in favor of law and order i'm in favor of law you follow he went to be able to order a new order to have somebody who has no friends a lot in front of all these ordinances logon to either let and your an order or justice where people get treated fairly and biden contends that the president is

a source of the very violence he proposes to condemn fires are burning we have a president who fanned the flames rather than fighting the flames but we must not burn we have to build this president long ago forfeited a moral leadership in this country he can't stop the violence because for years he's formatted. biden said dos mint is not unconditional riding is not protest lutein is not protesting setting fires is not protesting. none of this is protest it's lawlessness plain and simple. in the black lives matter movement has been the single most powerful invisible force during this election year the question only the result at the polls will answer is whether this energy is translated into effecting political as well as social change

. mike hanna al jazeera wilmington delaware. let's go back to washington where she have a chance is going to dig a little deeper into this topic she have we should be very clear she is. shahab sorry. we can't hear what you're saying at the moment we'll sort out that technical issue will be back with shahab and just a few moments now the native american community has a small but influential group of votes as in the u.s. indigenous people have a political force to shift the outcome of the selection particularly in the swing state of arizona but many faced obstacles as they try to cost the vote this year as al-jazeera has rolled reynolds explains. on the vast and remote stretches of the navajo nation where people live in isolated communities there is keen interest in

the presidential election. voted early so that we can know how important kony should joe is a nurse and has seen firsthand the devastating effects of culvert 19 on the reservation according to the u.s. census bureau there are about 6800000 native american and alaska natives in the u.s. but native voters could have a disproportionate effect on the election in several important swing states the native american vote at least in 7 battleground states could actually sway the election one way or the other many native americans believe president donald trump has treated them disrespectfully as when he used a white house ceremony honoring navajo world war 2 veterans to attack one of his critics democratic senator elizabeth warren they call or pocahontas. who

turned the suspects the colts or other native voters oppose trump's decision to green like controversy oil and gas pipelines on native land many demand stronger efforts to end extreme poverty and low life expectancy on reservations and recognition of sovereign treaty rights joe biden and camila harris have met with native leaders to discuss these issues of concern i think that you will see. see more participation of native americans throughout the united states but many difficulties stand in the way of native voters some states with voter identification requirements won't accept tribal i.d.'s others require voters to provide a street address which most native americans on rural reservations don't have there are few polling places on reservations mail in voting is difficult because reservation post offices where most people pick up and send their mail often are

closed or have limited hours of operation and are also few and far between on the navajo nation in or the the medium for a person to check their mail is 38 miles a marathon and a half so there is nothing in going by mail that makes it easy for native americans native voter advocacy groups are suing in several states to force more voting access on reservations and less unequal treatment compared to other voters no one really understands like where group or the original people of this land determined to have their voices heard on election day rob reynolds al-jazeera we fixed technical troubles let's go back to washington and to have. we have a deep stage or it was a matter of time it was a microphone to share the heart about that i was actually just coming out of

a package about how both kinds of framing the issue of racial justice of black lives matter in a low order framework but we should be clear the princeton university just came out with a survey which showed that 93 percent of black lives about approach as you have been peaceful and yet so is loved into this idea of all the snow so let's discuss what was it middleburg we have republican strategist adam goodman in albany we have independent journalist and former 2000 a tween party candidate vice presidential candidate rosa clemente and also we have seen oldish jr a missouri state representative with us with us as well. when it comes to issues of racial justice black lives matter what is the choice here exactly. well i mean you have a shade onselen choices black eyes matter and where in the historical era black lies battered but i think it's also critically important that we all remember that ferguson was that uprising a rebellion and a very small area that brought us out

a year after black lives matter had started so i think what we see now is unfortunately. deep seated white supremacists militarized police and militia all way from the local government to the federal government. none of this is going as people have planned but i also believe that most black and brown young people pretty much understand where we are as a country under white supremacy militarism patriarchy in capitalism you know and i think ringback it will always continue to be a. little van jones said white last 4 years ago and i call it black lash and i think that what we seen from so many of these young people in the streets is not only about racial justice which is a critically important but it's also about economic and gender justice. been

denied that i'm sorry as a grandmother but out of goodman it actual figures from florida though do suggest that a black precincts a higher turnout for donald donald trump what do you think is happening happening here either. i think this is on that front i think there is some economic justice member to present a united states was the one that was pushing big opportunity zones before of it black unemployment was significantly down to historic levels opportunity was up there was almost an assumption and it seems to have been an assumption and in campaign for the last 5 cycles that african-americans and hispanics people of color were just simply not going to pull republican because somehow it wasn't right bashful exciter i think this president's actually done a lot of things to advance the cause and what you saw in florida tonight in miami dade which was like a an absolute democratic bastion was kind of

a blow up specially among hispanics who are hearing the message of the president and in the party he was talking about and trying and delivering having to do with the leftward moved towards a more socialistic model i know that sounds extreme but to the people in miami dade come from cuba venezuela and other places where that is a real concern that run true but i want to make one last point this was a record turnout tonight this isn't like a selective sampling of america record turnout tonight and in a record turnout would usually is anathema to republican operatives it's turning out to be a blessing for this president probably a curse to pollsters also who called it wrong and i think this country is moving toward wanting to reassert if i can may say a sense of control again amid a pandemic where everyone feels anything rational does or does it mean if joe biden is losing but worse is

a lot of voters in florida is this because people believe in double trouble they don't believe in fair by. no i mean you know each different and there was you know the numbers come in everything not and you know i don't i don't think that black voters don't believe in joe biden i think you know one thing about it is once upon a time black voters used to be on the side of republican party but you know not always democrat black voters are one of the most loyal voters and a lot of voters that you can no matter what. i think the majority of black voters will still continue to stand behind their bias is there a generational shift. i mean we sometimes whether there'll are younger black voters or offer bunny solace or systemic change not more of us are yeah i would say that i mean we do have a generational kind of the buy right now and the democratic party like you are still going through the bernie and biden i think where a lot of people there 4 years ago when a lot of lagarde and i was

a party or 2 then and now but also voted for by then i think there's a lot more compromise but you see you know i think the democratic party is going through a little split right now like what the republican party do with the tea party really trying to figure out the true identity what it is be a democrat but i think majority of black voters when you look at it that they would prefer to have a candidate. well you can look at that too that would be a job by someone who's not going to be divisive we talk about economic injustice going from a criminal justice reform we have time i'll just let reform. candidate isn't president and you know i think more would go with joseph biden but reza commented when biden talks about bucklers not he talks about defunding the police and he still talks about a few bad apples in the police force he talks president obama is very much the same do they get on sort of a coast to you out so i can say you were talking sorry to go under i should know low clip say this. point florida has 1500000 point though he kens

90 percent of us have voted for joe biden i'm actually a 3rd party candidate and i will do for the green party living here in albany new york but we have to dispense with the lies this trump administration is a white supremacist administration this idea that african-americans and latinos are more and unemployed are more employed is a complete fabrication a lot of the ends to choose that are on the right 1st and formals 2nd. what we're seeing here is kind of the last breath of the white supremacist male dragons in the united states holding onto power as they can and also we are seeing a complete were oppression and all pression all the votes so this idea that donald trump and anyone who's wit him is with black and brown people is one that i will not fly till the day i die i know what is happening in the streets i see what is happening in the streets but we have to be very mindful that the republican party

is very good at oppressing both but let me say this that democratic party was very bad in florida what the democratic party should have done was fit get the old cubans that are still mad about fidel castro and are still mad about venice well a lot and gone after the. one and a half 1000000 white but he kens who donald trump the paper towels that so i'm not just saying this is a republican problem at all what i'm saying is that all parties no longer represent the majority of the incoming generation out of granite or said i'm good just to bring something up here there it is a sense is there a sense there that there is some confusion when we see the black lives not of protests we see. here in d.c. right black lives not true in large letters outside outside the white house there is a confirmed she's not hailed as a great hero of black lives matter but is a confusion because actually it's the democratic mayor of washington d.c.

who is in charge of the police forces and is responsible for the police violence that many people are actually are actually complaining about i think that i think. that just by i think that the issue right now is i was trying to get out before when you're pressed by a pandemic is when you get a sense of control or something i take a little bit of an objection from what you just said. which i think was very negative and somewhat hateful i think america tonight is making a decision as one they're going to make a decision on how they want to do forward and this is this is not about black and white it's not about white supremacists and it's not about racial justice alone which is which is definitely been a big part of this year is about how americans brissie moving forward in that job and frankly never again again that look ahead again if joe biden does not make it tonight this is a failure of joe biden as a candidate it's not a referendum on the democratic party or on the republican party or on independents

it's a referendum on 2 people who want to lead this country and right now it looks like joe biden you spend more of his time in this campaign in a basement as opposed to donald trump right or wrong who is out there and generate enthusiasm i think you're seen approves of the respective campaigns coming home to roost. tonight sadly was laid back but. i can not allow someone so corny hateful uighur talk about hate they come albany new york 2 and a half hours out in new york city where my daughter and her children can and her friends can't walk down the street without being detained by the police or the crowd boys will act like the police if you want to talk about hateful let's talk about how the pope would pandemic had just one portion rate killed african american let the other winning us leave at the source or i wish we could go home rosa clemente i thank you very much adam goodman and rushing aldridge back to

a group chat many thanks as we have been saying you don't have to be an american or even to live in the us to have a stake in this election changes in american foreign policy can benefit or hurt millions around the world and the chapelle is here he's been speaking to people who've been watching this election closely and well let's start in the middle east adrian the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia will be the one to watch because it could change drastically if joe biden wins and that could have profound repercussions for millions of yemenis who are already suffering in the world's worst humanitarian crisis before the pen demick struck this is how some are watching the election play out in yemen we have been waiting for peace for a long time yemen has been under the war and say 5 it is the ward last 2 months out in crisis joe biden has promised that he would end the u.s. some push for solid yanni p.-a u.s.

has been providing intelligence for soda if you link in across ceiling and to any pine it's. for a bit of context here that support began when obama and biden were still in office their administration sold $112000000000.00 in weapons to the saudis before trump was sworn in human rights watch had already documented more than 100 air strikes by the saudi u.a.e. coalition against civilians and civilian buildings in yemen as well as homes market schools and hospitals that caused widespread devastation often with u.s. weapons now in recent years joe biden has turned into a vocal opponents of the war and after the murder of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi he called for saudi arabia to be considered a pariah state his running mate senator com has also called for the kingdom to be held accountable for its human rights abuses in yemen and as a vote it's a block the sale of u.s. weapons if elected president joe biden says he will reassess the u.s. saudi relationship and support for the war in yemen and make sure the u.s.

does not check its values at the door to sell arms or buy oil but not everyone is so sure i wonder though whether a biden presidency would indeed stick to this position or if it will cool it seems that that we've seen from several american presidents using so-called counter terrorism priorities and get iran in fact soon to justify a continued stay out of weapons regardless of the death destruction and injustice is the cause for iranians there is a lot at stake this election day with trump in the white house the u.s. and iran have come to the brink of war on a handful of occasions joe biden has called the administration's policy a dangerous failure and has committed to returning to the iran nuclear deal. iranians are watching the u.s. election very carefully as implications of it changes the will have more impact on the lives of many iranians and it will have on the lives of americans themselves and i hazard rightly under immense if you know pressures from the

us ancients from their own governments mismanagement from the decline prices of oil and also from the impact of the point where it's pandemic abidin presidency who changed direction about it in qana me and iranian politics and there you see areas impacts on the lives of iranians who live in the country and in syria president bashar al assad is still in charge still overseeing a war that's in its 9th year which has killed at least a half 1000000 people while trump has spoken out against assad he's also shut the door to most refugees fleeing this and other conflicts go what is she in a way that i thought of we hope that when there's a new president will put pressure on the warring sides to care for the people and a person wants to migrate to the us they won't stand in their way if it hadn't been for the assad regime and russian bombing of their homes and the destruction of their lives syrians would have to leave their country to seek refuge in america and

elsewhere it's not a choice when you lose everything around 85000 refugees from around the world were committed to the united states and 2016 that figure has dropped to fewer than 12000 this year in addition to getting rid of trump's travel ban from muslim majority countries joe biden says those admission numbers would go back up even higher than before if he's elected he set a goal to resettle 125000 refugees in the u.s. this year now finally the political situation in libya is another big one to watch it's bigger than just a competition between 2 rival sides it's a test for the international community to see whether the countries involved are able to cooperate. there's not much that gets done by the u.s. in libya there's also not much that significant that gets done in libya without support i really hope that the american people will make the right choice that will reinforce those multilateral norms and institutions not just for the sake of libya

but the say for the sake of my region and the world order at large and back to you adrian and we will see again later now in 2016 donald trump inherited a military that saw u.s. troops in afghanistan and iraq and valid to pull them out since then he has reduced their presence in both countries significantly in an effort to fulfill his campaign promise to get america out of endless war spots bringing our power panel laura laurel miller is the asia director at the international crisis group she also served as the u.s. special representative for afghanistan and pakistan of the president barack obama added doha we have our senior political analyst ron bashara. $4000.00 american troops along the ground in afghanistan down from $12000.00 when the u.s. and the taliban side a peace agreement in february under that deal all remaining forces could be withdrawn by may of next year so long as the taliban severs ties with groups like

al qaeda or meets various other conditions do you really see the taliban holding up its end of the bargain. well of potential a vibe i don't think there's clear evidence of that so far another part of the bargain was that the taliban committed to insurance to peace talks with the afghan government and other afghan factions those talks were very slow start they were supposed to start within days of the us follow men deal being signed in february and there was a 6 month delay not entirely attributable to one side or the other there were multiple reasons for that nevertheless in the end those afghan talks got started only in the middle of september really too close to the u.s. election to make any progress therefore you would see both sides taking you know a wait and see attitude so it's because that process is only just underway

it's really too soon to make any kinds of judgments about the good faith in which the taliban are ensuring instant. nevertheless i have to say that something ministrations actions in particular president. continued tweets suggest you news going to flow out american troops even more rapidly than move it or certainly strengthening the confidence. that they are going to. either a military victory or a political victory over other afghans regardless because they see the u.s. and are trying as an exit even feel quite precipitous like no one to agree with that is it realistic to think that the taliban would commit to democracy the rule of law for a maid of education for all. you know

it's not but it's not that simple as that and sort of either this is always a vicious circle on the one hand as an occupying power or a coalition you need to say we need to pull out in order to put pressure on the on the local parties to get their act together on what sort some kind of a national accord of sorts on the other hand while you assume as you stop putting dates to leave and putting pressure that you are going to get out the particular the taleban is going to say fine we're just going to wait we've got across our legs until the americans leave nato leaves and then we will do what we must which is risk to take all over so all in all this has been going on for 20 years that might this have to make some sort of a decision and the airlines need to get out of these guns because occupy whatever and at the same time they know that because they failed in afghanistan this whole

project of national nation building has not worked out the state building has not worked out and now and the taliban 20 years later is basically winning if you will and certain and afghan government you know is that i need. a long little and weak if confronted by the taliban without the presence of foreign troops so really i'm kind of sun does not look good in terms of that inheritance of occupation now what does that mean for the afghanis themselves what it means that if they have their country and their people's best interests and and mind and heart the need to somehow work it out by both parties to the conflict have to have their demands their desires taken into consideration in order to walk out the future presidents laura because can you foresee a situation where the u.s. might have to send troops back to afghanistan to counter a resurgent taliban. the political pressure old for returning troops to

afghanistan after pullout is going to be very high indeed and it's not going to be based on anything that has to do with the towel now or say the united states could if it ever did return to sue afghanistan after a fall out i think you can only do that on the basis of counterterrorism and it's not because of that our men take over. the afghan government it's question whether the taliban really is going to stick with its commitments to keep and other groups under and live in afghanistan is going to be the central question for the united states under either but particularly under a buy in to administration that has paid more attention to that that's not been ministration has been the most firm sweeping under the rug. allegations continue taliban and al qaeda connections weakness of its eagerness to pull american troops

out. right there we're going to have to leave it many thanks david laurell milla mowen bashara we'll see you again a little later. now as we've been telling you over the past few hours ohio is one of the states that is too close to coal and this election the majority of the polls are now closed in the u.s. votes are being counted and what's emerging is looking pretty neck and neck between president trump and home of vice president joe biden most battleground states are still in play and putting ohio which tells us has always been an important swing state. just what is it about the state of ohio you might have heard it called the bellwether state a kind of trend setter when it comes to u.s. elections this is because since 944 ohio and its 18 votes have chosen the losing candidate just the one time that was richard nixon back in 1980 it's quite

a record to uphold but that's not to say that these have been easy victories most winning candidates have won the state with tight margins if you look at 2004 in fact it was critical in deciding george bush's reelection against john kerry but by 2016 donald trump managed to win very comfortably and 8 percent when it was over hillary clinton and this is why ohio is older and whiter than the national average more than 80 percent of eligible voters in ohio are white african-americans make up only a little more than 12 percent now joe biden would like to win here of course he would but donald trump probably has to win after all no republican has won the presidency without the buckeye state they say as ohio goes so goes the nation and that is why it matters. we are coming up to the top of the hour of 400 hours g.m.t. polls will be closing in for us states these are pictures now last

minute votes being cast by people in california of the west coast states of course including oregon and washington to california of course has the most electoral college votes. come all sort of area is keeping on top of those some projections for the continuing coverage here of the u.s. elections where only the thank you adrian we are 500 hours g.m.t. and we are on the west coast of the united states at this point just for to tell you about here but what we get now is a chance to actually give a little more shape to the map and will show you the map in a moment 1st of all let's deal with this new hampshire we're projecting that for joe biden of course one that we were just waiting for confirmation on a state in a part of the country that is very blue but which hillary clinton barely won in 26 states that joe biden's team will be pleased i guess to hang on to that given the situation 4 years ago.