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top democrats and republicans in the us make a final dash for votes ahead of tuesdays. crucial midterm elections. ah, i'm told mccrae this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up, we are moving anywhere with crew members of to migrant rescue ships. don't initially refused to leave until all on board are allowed to get off. we are on the highway to climate tell. we though with foot steam on the accelerator, a di, a warning from the un secretary general at the culp $27.00 climate summit. and we find out how italy is coping with not being at the football world cop

the we begin in the united states. we are democrats and republicans are making last ditch appeals on the final day of campaigning before tuesdays crucial mid term elections. the vote could be and jo biden's presidency with poll suggesting a republican, come back. the democrats face losing control of both houses of congress, cyril vania, has more on what's at stake and how it all works. they're called mid terms because they come right in the middle of the president's 4 year term. here's what's at stake. all 435 seats in the house of representatives where the democrats currently hold only a tiny 8 seat majority. and $35.00 of the senate's $100.00 seats are right now the senate is evenly divided. so that means a change of control in just one seat could put the republicans in charge with all that voting across the country. the election really comes down to only

a few battleground states, only 10 of those 35 senate races or really competitive in the house. it's about 50 out of $435.00. a joe biden is not on any of these ballots yet. mid terms are traditionally seen as a test of the president strength. if his democratic party does poorly, than it could make it almost impossible for biden to get anything done over the next 2 years. also, congress isn't the only thing. americans are voting on. $36.00 of the 50 us states are also electing governors. that list includes places like florida, like georgia, wisconsin, pennsylvania, arizona, and nevada, michigan, all of which will be important battle grounds in the next presidential election in 2024. and 27 states are electing their secretary of state. usually when we say that, i know we mean america's top diplomat, but not here at the state level, it means a completely different thing. it refers to the official who overseas administrative services, like professional licensing or registering corporations. and crucially,

in most states, the secretary of state is also in charge of elections. and that is suddenly more important than ever because of the elephant in the room. donald trump, more than $300.00 republicans were on the ballot at every level this mid term falsely believe that the 2020 presidential election was flawed. or they have repeated trumps claim without evidence that the election was stolen from him. bottom line, people who reject america's last presidential election could end up in charge of running the next 12 years after voters gave joe biden, a chance and ousted trump. the election itself now appears to be on the ballot. and you could argue, so is the future of democracy in america. ellen fisher is monitoring tonight's final campaign pushes and joins us from washington. d. c. l. a new polling data just out suggest even more bad news for the democrats. was that there's the pool

that comes out on the eve of every election that they're political nerds, and geeks like me. love to, to look out because it's always pretty accurate. it comes from the university of virginia. it's called the crystal ball predictions. and essentially what they're saying is that the, the republicans are going to pick up enough seats to give the majority of 24 in the house. that's at the more at a, at that the wash sand of the range. as far as the democrats were concerned, as for the senate, well, the uva is suggesting that they are going to win a seat in georgia. they might not win any others at their will hold on to the seat of gotten pennsylvania. that's the one being contested by the t v. dr. dr. men, or is that every one in fairly well knows his name, but they are going to win in georgia, which means that the republicans would have a one seat majority in the senate as well. now, if there's any, a glimmer of good news in this for the democrats. it is

a very weird glimmer of hope. but let me tell you what it is in that. if the republicans get as see a 2425 seat majority, it means that the leadership won't necessarily be in thrall to the very small but very vocal group of what's viewed as extreme right wingers in the republican party . and so the might be able to legislate without having to rely on the votes. now there is a very, very thin, a glimmer of hope. but it's something that the, the democrats can at least cling on to if the university of virginia paul is right . and this, of course is a referendum on how biden is doing and 2 years since the last presidential election and 2 years away from the next one. so he, personally has got plenty on the line here too. doesn't he? he does. i mean it, most presidents get hammering in the midterms. it happened to the bushes. it

happened to donald trump. that happened to barack obama. and it looks as if it's going to happen to joe biden. it doesn't tend to stop them being president or make them a lame duck president if they are in their 1st term. but what it does do is make things much more difficult. there will be questions asked about jo biden's ah, the campaigning philosophy, whether or not talking about the democracy being on the ballot. whether pushing abortion as a major plank was the right thing to do at a time. when many americans are struggling to feed their families and hit their homes and, and fill their car with enough fuel to get to their jobs. there will be questions to about whether or not the democratic party wants to go in to the 2024 presidential election with a man who is in his eighties and has lost a midterm quite significantly if that indeed is the way. it turns out. if there is one glimmer of hope again for the democrats, it is that there has been

a lot of italy voting and that tends to boyd well, for the democrats, but certainly feels to night as if the democratic party on a boat to batten down the hatches because when the results start coming in, in just over 24 hours time, it might not be good reading for those in the white house. it sounds like it could be a pretty brutal 24 hours or so. thank you so much that ellen fisher, her for us in washington dc. one big issue on voters minds is immigration, specifically from mexico. al jazeera, manuel rappel reports on how things look from the mexican side of the border. i record numbers of migrants on the us southern border. it's one of the most politically charged issues being debated ahead of the u. s. mid term elections. but critics say the politics playing out in the us are also having a significant impact on immigration policies across the border in mexico, political authority. it's not really policy the entire migration situation. mexico

depends largely on politics and actions from the united states. human rights observers say that strict border policies, along with a recent agreement between the us and mexico to contain migration, has led to a pilot of migrants in mexico. jennine ramos, a program coordinator for doctors without borders, says the resulting crisis has left and jose with limited resources in general, if seem humanitarian consequences of politics. and that's something that we shouldn't write because basic needs, primary health care, mental health, shelter, food, water shouldn't be linked to a consequence of the fully big though mexico city normally has the space to accommodate large migrant groups. passing through the recent influx of migrants has overwhelmed the organizations that normally assist them. were inside mexico, cities largest migrant shelter in just the last few weeks. the migrant population

here has search by more than 5 times the shelters capacity. to say it's overcrowded, would be an understatement, and the shelters organizers tell us that more people are arriving every day. the shelters director, sister magna says her organization has been in crisis mode since last month after mexico agreed to accept more migrants being expelled from the us. and i guess in the shelter is on the verge of collapse and we're short on water bathrooms. we don't even have enough food while many in mexico speculate over how the upcoming us mid term elections will impact the worsening crisis. migrants are growing concerned that border policies will only become more strict. familiar. many families have entered the us that many other families have been reported to mexico and have been sent back to the shower. that's what worries me. one thing policy experts on both sides of the border say, could provide some relief to the migrant crisis, is comprehensive immigration reform from the u. s. government. that reform,

however, is largely seen as unlikely. if the u. s. congress becomes more divided after the mid term elections. monroe up a little al jazeera mexico city and coverage on polling day begins at o $100.00 g m t on wednesday. we'll have correspondence across the us plus reaction to the results from a wide range of analysts. the un secretary general has warned the world as losing the fight against climate change. addressing the cop $27.00 summit and charm al shake. antonia good cherished described climate change as the defining issue of our age and that the crises of today, such as ukraine and the rising cost of living can't be used as excuses to put climate action on the back burner. the clock is ticking. we are in the fight of our lives and we are losing greenhouse gas emissions. keep growing

global temperatures. keep rising and our planet is fast approaching dipping points that will make climate scales irreversible. we are on a highway to climate. tell we though it foot still on the accelerators. more than $25.00 countries have agreed to hold each other accountable on a pledge to in the deforestation by 2030, announcing billions of dollars to finance their efforts with a group includes japan pakistan and the u. k. that does not include brazil or the democratic republic of congo, both home to vast areas of under threat forests. indigenous leaders have renewed calls for deforestation funding promised at the glasgow summit last year. this year he had done was as will tell him, which other there must be coming on a day to day basis. it is the indigenous communities who experience it. and in my case it's very bad. it is not early climate change. it is

a change in structure which is affecting ambition as towns. in this case, we're talking of constant rain, which last year during the pandemic, flooded the amazon pace of all the rivers. them amazon basin overflowed as on the other hand, you have droughts. so these are things that we experiencing every day gears and thought us off of 5 key ukrainian companies have been nationalized for wartime state needs. the companies include a top engine maker and an energy company. it's the 1st time the government has use martial law, which was introduced when russia invaded ukraine in february. 4th, such a move president velasmio lensky said it was needed to ensure military requirements were met. ukraine's president is wanting of more russian attacks on energy facilities. he says people should be prepared for persistent blackouts across the country. harry force reports from cave that people across ukraine are learning to cope with a situation. but daily life is getting harder. a provinces the

o blasts to the west, to the north, to the east, or there are 7 in total that are being hit by this, this major shortage in power. i'm and with the temperatures only going one way there in single figures during daytime. and it's getting colder by the day, by the week, it is getting more and more difficult in terms of, of what the messaging is. they are talking at least in terms of contingency planning, about possibility of pretty major evacuations. and they're not saying that that is definite, or even necessarily likely, but the fact that they are at least talking about it does suggest they are worried about potentially getting worse or daily. life isn't a sort of totally struck by power. cuts is not as a huge whole towns are neighborhoods are out for hours all in one piece. they are cycling these blackouts as much as they can for a few hours between different neighborhoods, even different streets. but just to give you one example, we were to

a family wedding on saturday, a small party inside an apartment building and there was no power there. they just got on with it. and there is that sense of just getting on with it. a pretty positive public message or being put out there have stoicism and defiance. and also some of that messaging coming from the government today as well, are welcoming in new anti air missiles systems to defend the country from these very systematic attacks on the energy system. they're saying that has come in, there's also some talk in the defense intelligence system about russia potentially losing a lot of it's cruise missiles and not having a huge amount left in the locker to carry on. these attacks are too much longer was still a hit on al jazeera fighting to keep the glow in hong kong with the campaigners hoping to preserve the city's famous neon signs. ah,

anticipation is rising. and so with sponsored my cattle aways, hello, the weather does look pretty quiet now across much of east asia, some bits and pieces of shabby rain coming into our northern parts of japan, high pressure dominating so. therefore it is essentially marty settled still, a few showers into northern japan. so go through were to stay dry. where the doubt was a salvo showers petering out. moving out into the open waters. la sheet roy, across the korean peninsula lodge, a dry cossack. it part of china be pushed over toward western parts. you will see what a 2 showers and some showers they're down to, water se as well. still warm enough in hong kong, 26 celsius squealing getting up to 30 degrees. it should not be anywhere near that . in november, the warped continuing here, sunshine and showers across south east asia, some live the ones now just pushing the way down into where indonesia was. he so

very heavy rain recently into a java march and looking bright, unsettled over the next couple of days. last on game feature in the china is generally dry. las southern parts of vietnam will see one or 2 sharp showers, southern parts of india racial anchor, seeing some sharp showers, longest bells of rain here, and up towards the north west of western disturbance. rolling out of afghanistan bringing some wet weather, grassy tony to wintery weather over the high ground, nudging sway a little further. reese was in between his warm and sunny. ah, the weather sponsored by cat on a ways in the light of the open seas heights a dark secret men forced to work without paying inflate for years. but a glimmer of hope remained for the fickle from fishermen. as a group of activists stove deep into the illegal fishing industry, demanding justice and freedom. ghost fleet,

a witness documentary on al jazeera. ah ah. you're watching l. just a reminder of our top stories, the sour you in chief, antonio. good cherish has warned that the world is losing the battle against climate change. speaking at the cop $27.00 conference in egypt, he totally does that climate change is the defining issue of our age. democrats and republicans making last ditch appeals on the final die of campaigning before tuesdays crucial midterm elections. the vote could up into jo biden's presidency with polls suggesting a republican come back. let's take

a closer look at the campaign with jeff. how's a he is executive director of the revolving dual project at the center for economic and policy research. he joins us live from washington. thank you very much for being on al jazeera. now democrats have been saying democracy is on the line in the selection. it is it really to at risk to thank i do think so. i think that if you look at the republican candidate or key state level offices, be they the governor's job or secretary of state in many swing states, you have people running for office who deny the reality that job on job island, one that you 1020 election, and there's every reason to think that they would act upon that willingness to lie and she in 2024 in the future. and we've also seen date, republican party. some of them were extreme state parties in

a state like with don and already begin to rode the functioning of democracy in those days. and there is every indication that republicans will use their past efforts to undermine democracy, to gain even more power in this election cycle. time genuinely worried about the state of democracy in america. yeah, as you mentioned, as we mentioned earlier, 300 republicans who are on the ballot falsely believe that the 2020 presidential election was flawed. what do you expect to happen if, if some of those republicans don't win, what you think that the reaction could be and, and what is the risk? the republic in masters wait for their cues from powerful republican b a. donald trump or rupert murdoch in his family that own fox news and a handful of other he opinion leaders. if figures like trump and murdock, or overall that is 5 of the election, they might try to tell people who lost on the merits accept their law. because

they're happy enough with the wind, it doesn't seem worth it to push their lot in a cycle where they're making gain a more legitimate fashion. so it kinda depends on what the top ranks of the republican party decide. i don't think the masses are on their own or the secondary candidates. the last payment individuals are capable of generating curious unrest on their own. however, as we saw with the assassination attempt on speaker, nancy pelosi, obviously even friends, elements can take the rhetoric have been hearing too literally and do some dangerous action. but i think any risk we see is most likely going to be limited to one action by rogue individuals. unless, as i said, figures i behave like they did 2 years ago. did the average voter care though? because more than half of his pulse suggested the economy was the number one

concern, not democracy. so i mean, democrats basically got their messaging wrong here i, i think they are never had, they had a difficult challenge. i think they have done the right thing in raising the state of democracy issue. it's too important of an issue to ignore entirely. but i also, sadly don't think it's a strong enough issue on its own for a variety of reasons. some voters are cynical that much changes in politics because they've been negative about politics for many years. and so saying that this batch of republicans is more dangerous than politician. if people are skeptical. that doesn't mean they're right to be skeptical. i think they're wrong, but it's somewhat understandable. the other reality is that the economy impacts people's lives on a daily basis. right now in america, wages are going up, they're going up by less than inflation, which means that the real buying power of many,

many americans is going down and is particularly problematic on some of the economic decision that they make most frequently be at filling up their car with gas, or when they go to the grocery store and they're worth the choices that are more expensive than they used today. and i think democrats have failed to generate an agenda and a message about what they will do to take on prices. and in particular, they've avoided the opportunity to blame republicans for problems be problems that they inherited from the trump administration or behavior by corporate america, which is inappropriate. and democrats should be articulating reform agenda and daring republicans vote again. okay, thank you so much for your time. it is jeff hausa from washington. italy's government is being sued by humanitarian organizations for rejecting migrants rescued at sea to foreign own ships. refusing to leave the facility in port of

cataneo. with nearly 600 migrants who have been denied entry and told the decision is reversed. tony berkeley reports. they survived a harrowing, c crossing from africa, but they been refused entry into italy and had been caught in a political stalemate. the italian government says they have to leave the ship's crew is refusing until everyone is allowed off. we will never leave the port as long as there's one person on board our battle, which has the right for international protection, which has the right to reach safe land. to rescue ships, humanity won the g. o. parents arrived in the sicilian port of catania on saturday, the total of $621.00 migrants only around $450.00, were allowed to stay. the italian government says they were not vulnerable and should be repatriated to germany and norway, which operate the ships that carried out the rescues. the right wing italian prime

minister, georgia maloney pledged a crackdown of migrants during her election campaign. those are both the humanity, one and your parents a feeling the effects of that human. the chair in groups has started legal action against the italian government. there was a discrimination also in the the moment when the someone that go out over the ship . we don't know how we know how that selection was made and we think that it was not as election based on that. and we do that the right method, humanitarian organizations say that the italian government is clearly in breach of the united nations convention on human rights. and that they are confident of winning any legal battle. but that takes time and it's still lead hundreds of migrants living and political no man's land. the critics of the government say it is playing political games and thousands more migrants and to italy under their own

means, or rescued by the italian coast guard. and though saved by foreign ships represent only a small percentage with the trauma of those stranded on the ships can only get worse, which they have feared. and that they are pushed back into international won't just maybe even push back to the be. so all the memories come up on that journey, what they experience, so people dying, so people going missing in front of them. they don't want to go back to these places as winterset soon and sees become rougher. one thing is, certain more migrants will need to be rescued. more will die. sony berkeley al jazeera catania sicily. when you picture hong kong, your probably seeing the neon signs lining it streets, they used to be in the estimated 80000 of them in the 1970s. but now only a few 100, a lift and community groups are pushing to preserve hong kong, famous glow. as jessica washington reports,

hong kong is known as one of the world's brightest cities, a reputation and due to the glow of its distinct neon life. some would crossed his mind. this man would she kind he learned the trade. as a teenager case, i both hum dive ok eighty's and ninety's of the golden age for me on like when the economy was prosperous. when i started working as a neon sign maker, i foresaw that they would vanish one day. you know, flower come, blossom for 100 years. good times cannot last forever guy. some community groups estimate there were about 80000 neon signs around hong kong in the 1900. 17. to day it's estimated only a few 100 unless the government is removing old and oversight signs. it considers a threat to the public around the city community group have set up displays like this showcasing some of the old me on science that have been taken down in the hope that this part of hong kong identity won't be forgotten. some volunteers have been

storing old, neon signs and learning to repair them to they have and do it like different kinds of like weather conditions in the streets for decades. 20 or 30 years easily. of course, they look like rough around the edges, but they are not rubbish. me like by studying them very closely or broadly, you could actually tell lots of stories about hong kong city and hong kong people. academic brian clark has been recording neon signs since 2016. you could tell that a lot of the on line has been disappearing. we've trace with the mark austin leon. i was there, but that they, after they disappear, you know, one tried to document it's our culture, our regional culture will be disappearing to the few noon sign makers lift many and focusing on smaller products or installations for artic submissions. i'm sorry,

i will try my best to make good me on site. so people believe they deserve to be preserved to the whole. despite the challenges, who says he will continue making signs as his father did before him? jessica washington al jazeera hong kong. ah, for time champions, italy, one of the big team is missing from the football world cup and it's the 2nd time and abroad i found to qualified his one place take on how the country is feeling about not being in kata. oh yeah. when july she built t se jani san auto mano, viola shoal shadowed a bit of progress, shown it if it were. so i will see lady v that one of us, your new vehicle book, we're probably going to jordan. joe, what i wonder,

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