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polls i've been on the west coast stove, the us for crucial mid term elections that will shape america for the next 2 years . ah, hello, i'm emily anguish. this is al jazeera live from dough house, or coming up warnings of desperate conditions for hundreds of migrants. stock on rescue ships after easily prevents them from disembarking class. i'm malcolm web at a camp for displaced people. yacoma in the democratic republic of congo, tens of thousands of people have arrived here in the last week or so, seeing violence. fighting between the n 23 rebel group and government forces and risking their lives to report the truth. we look at how mexico became one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists.

welcome to the program. it's just after $1600.00 james t. that's a m, in the west of the united states, where polls have opened in the crucial mid term elections. a sluggish economy, abortion rights, and democratic integrity. having some of the main campaign issues going into tuesdays vote. the result will define the last 2 years of president, jo biden's term. and republicans take control of both the house and the senate. it could be rat, his legislative agenda, the balance of power in congress is likely to come down to better ground states like nevada, wisconsin, georgia, and pennsylvania was bringing out white house correspondent, kimberly how get who is across all these angles and more. kimberly polls of suggesting it's not looking great for the democrats and president jo by them, but just how bad the poll suggesting things will be. well,

it's right then appears that the american public is said to deliver a verdict on president joe biden's law passed 2 terms in office, and the polls indicate given his approval rating that seems to be hovering in the low morning percent range. his disapproval rating is below 50 percent range, that this usually is an indicator that his democratic party is not going to do well in terms of the congressional elections. why? because historically, what that means is that the party is likely to play in this 2 party system. that is what has been the case in recent past. and so that is what the polls are indicating is likely to happen again. so much so that the president who has been in politics for decades himself 1st as a senator is vice president now as president, i typically optimistic but was shrugging his shoulders speaking to reporters and he

came to the white house late last night asked what it would be like if he had to work for the remainder of his 2 years and often with a republican congress. he said it's going to be pretty difficult. so even the president is acknowledging the reality of these polls. so there is a bit of a gloomy atmosphere here at the white house right now, is that reality seems to be setting in the prospect of the next 2 years to be much more challenging for jo biden's legislative agenda. and yet, kimberly americans won't be waking up tomorrow with an official result will. they could be some time before all those votes accounted right. so one would hope that there would be such a definite victory for one side or the other that this could all be determined the way it used to be on election day. but that is very unlikely. what we're more likely to see is an election in mud or mud. and that is because already we're

seeing court challenges more than a 100 of already been filed and counting mostly over mail in balloting. and there are points of contention over how these were filed. how these are being counted, and this is leaving open the dispute over the election results in this we saw 2 years ago with the presidential election. and now we're expecting to see this with the congressional elections as well. and normally it was up the sort of possibility of election denial in the result, but also the opportunity for election violence as well. and kimberly, thanks for bringing us up to spade kimberly. how could i what has corresponded outside a very noisy white house that would say thank you very much. all right, let's close to capitol hill now where she had tansy is standing by for us. she had some posey yet to open, but many believe as we've been hearing from a kimberly that it's already over for the democrats. what are you hearing?

i mean, yeah, i mean, i think there's a general consensus of the house has gone as far as the democrats are concerned, but the senate is still a tops up. it's still too close to cool. and some democrats are saying that this is vindication. because as kimberly was saying, the mid terms are referendum on the president's on the direction of the country on the party in power. and traditionally they, the party and power the president does badly in the mid terms. at least the senate is competitive, which suggests we were right to be talking about the threats to democracy with threats to reproductive health care women's right to choose. these are the sort of issues that have got, have maintain democratic party enthusiasm amongst the base. and i've got people to got people to go to the pose, the last poem and fees as was the republicans, democrats, neck and neck, and around a very, very enthusiastic about these elections. and perhaps more importantly for the democrats right now to get their swing voters, independence above and white women,

and others to go to the polls because they to care about people who accept election results and a woman's a woman's right to choose. but having said all about it is very close, it is perhaps to place in the general sense. here is the democrats democratic leadership made a huge blunder in simply sort of ignoring the one issue that the pose consistently say was the most important non places minds. and that is the economy. now they're very happy theories as to why perhaps the white house really felt that inflation was transitory. they felt that abortion and democracy was enough, or perhaps frankly, they don't necessarily have a coherent economic policy going forward. so they don't want to promise too much because there are such splits in the democratic party itself. but clearly, there is that consensus that you can't just ignore the most important issue that the electorate is telling you is the most important thing that joe biden saying, let me economy strongly look what we've done to bring manufacturing jobs over the next 10 years, perhaps. so that's, that's clearly the,

the big blunder that has been focused on focused on. well, we will watch this by thank you very much for the up that she had. pretend z e, capitol hill. thank you. it's cross to rub reynolds now, who's in tucson, arizona. rob, great, have you with us? i resign or is one of those all important swing states, as we mentioned at the top of the program, what issues have dominated campaigning that well, you know, emily, to answer that question we have to rely on polling and polling has become less and less reliable over the past, the number of elections bolsters say that actually less than one percent of the people they reach out to, to survey actually complete their surveys. nevertheless, polls are one of the things that we have to rely on along with some anecdotal evidence. and it shows that there are several issues that are on voters minds. republicans have been the campaigning on crime, for instance,

accusing democrats of being soft on criminal activity. irregular immigration is another issue that republicans are trying to capitalize, especially in a state along the border with mexico light. the one i'm in here in arizona, the border just a few 100 kilometers away from where i'm standing. democrats are running on the abortion rights. are saying that they a will the try to and shrine ah, the right to safe and legal abortion for a women across the country. this has become a powerful issue and the democrats have had some success with that, especially following the supreme court decision that essentially abolished a nationwide right to abortion. and allowed the sate states to decide that issue individually. as has been mentioned by our, our, my colleagues, president biden has been campaigning heavily on the idea that republicans are a threat to democratic values to democracy itself. that they may interfere with

properly run the elections. but i think most observers and most voters would agree that overall, the number one issue weighing on voters minds is the economy. and especially inflation. in tucson, arizona inflation has made father of to justin little's grocery shopping, a lot more complicated. whenever we plan our meals, we usually go to unfortunate to the meet 1st to see what's on sale. and then it's kinda how to go from there. so it always kinda depends on what is affordable at that time. it depends on what you eat, your la puente, where you feel like you have no choice but to go to the grocery store and her slater inflation is running at an annual rate of 8.2 percent nationwide. and even worse here in arizona, where in some cities, the rate is 13 percent. it's not just about food, especially with gas prices. it's, it said crazy eyes developed my tank with like 20 backs. now it's 40 senior citizen,

lannie bets who lives on a fixed income is tightening his belt, dra, literally, when it comes to food, we're doing our right lose a little bit of weight. so that's a positive thing to look at. inflation is dominating the political landscape in the days leading up to election day with republican candidates, hammering their democratic opponents, claiming they are to blame for the price of food fuel and the cost of renting a home. polls consistently show that inflation and the state of the economy is the number one concern of voters all across the country. the high cost of living is likely to be the issue that determines the outcome of the mid term elections. analysts say inflation worries are hurting democrats in swing states like arizona and the inflation nationally is a huge issue for voters. and if you're a senior citizen, living on a fixed income, watching your rent go up or watching your grocery bill go up watching your gas bill,

go up that, that some of your definitely and think about when you get your ballot, you fill it out. americans political future could hinge, at least in part on something as mundane as the price of peanut butter. rob reynolds al jazeera tucson, arizona, still ahead on al jazeera, running into travel somewhere to park in bags marathon are put into quarantine. and we go behind the scenes of cause has most popular football show ahead of the world comp. ah, anticipation is rising. and so is the atmosphere a, you read the with votes of buying cattle aways. there was a small risk of yet more flooding and therefore, landslides in the northern philippines. you see the massive cloud showing big thunderstorms. then there's a big gap. but the south china sea is clear of cloud and that extends into viet

them apart from the south coast to vietnam. cambodia, it's fairly dry. but in the forecast there is rain and for sandstone until singapore, sumatra jakarta eastwards, through to barley, east of that is not particularly wet looking. i have to say, if you go north, the northeast monsoon, in effect, is, is working at the mo, which means you get rain out at sea catching the small arms of japan, but not much in land stock. got very cold in northern charter, but 0 in alon baton still 17 in beijing 22 in tokyo attempted to on the high side of normal or beyond that and mos we use the ne monsoon now already bringing wet weather to genesis was in sri lanka. every now and again, this time the year and throughout the winter you get will the known as western disturbances. so showers of rain or snow for northern parts of india and pakistan that's happening at the moment. we're carry on during surgery as well. if you're not here or here, so in between the 2, including most in the pull,

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hello, you're watching al jazeera, i'm emily angry. he's a reminder of that tough stories. the voters in the united states deciding which party will control congress and crucial midterm elections. a win for republicans could be rout. democratic president, jo biden's, legislative agenda. the race is expected to come down to a few case states, nevada, wisconsin, georgia, and in sylvia shaping out to be the time to the races in the country. they could decide the balance of power in the world news. now a rescue ship carrying more than 200 microns. he is heading to franz after italy refused to allow them to do some bark. the ocean viking is the 4th such vessel to demand permission to dock in the country this week. some of the people have been allowed on to show after a week at sea. this rejection of rescue vessels is seen as part of a crack down by

h. leaves knew far, right government humanitarian groups are warning desperate conditions. tiny berkeley has the latest from the sicilian port of catania. there is pressure, i understand not just from the humanitarian organizations, we understand the vatican has got involved. so there are moves here to make the government change his mind. but at the moment it's not moving. as far as continue is concerned, the 2 ships is still have nearly 300 migrants on board, then not being allowed off, but the encouraging signs behind me the job ranch ship and norwegian registry ship . they have 231 people on board. we see medical teams go in and police medical teams to do a medical check to see how they are and also the plea for documentation purposes. so it does seem that perhaps things are moving, but at the moment you talent government backed itself into a corner and it's going to be difficult to see how they get out of it. one of the problems also is for the captains of both,

both because they will order to leave the port yesterday by noon. they didn't do that, they now face a 50000 euro fine. if they don't do pay that fine, then that they could go to court and then communicate and ship. so that would be great. what they just trying to do to see and rescue will these people. so there are still lots of questions here, and not all the answers are being forthcoming. were wander, is accusing its neighbor democratic republic of congo of provocation. after a fighter jet entered, wandering and spends congolese planes have been targeting the m 23 armed group in the east of the country. well than 3000 new recruits have also started training in the city of gorman, the congolese government accuses will wander of backing the m 23 fighters, which could golly, has denied their renewed conflict. his 4th hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in recent months. now come where it has more from a displaced persons camp ne karma. so tens of thousands of people have arrived here

. can you see now i d. p come following recent advances by m 23, which is widely believed to be a proxy of neighboring rwanda. the border is just over the admiral, and this is 2 kilometers over there. these people came from villages to the north of the united nations. children funds is about 90000 of been displaced by the recent fight and we can take a look around. people are trying to build shelters, he out of whatever they can stick leave and plastic sheets. we spoke to one young man who says he fled because am 23 of forcibly recruiting young men. people here fear that could be in preparation for an advance on the regional capital of go murder city. about 2000000 people were just on the outskirts of it. people here say that that terrified of m. 2310 years ago when it took over sways of territory. here in eastern congo, it was known for executing civilian torturing people for rapes. and there being

complaints of exactly the same kinds of abuses. now, said people, as soon as the fighting gets close, very many of them flee. and these people, all of them, of walked 30 or 40 kilometers to get away from the fighting to get away from the front line and to come and stay here. and what are, quite frankly, fairly dire conditions with little clean water, very inadequate shelter. and very little food. the lace in sedans, capital had 5 t gas and stun grenades that people marching against military rule demonstrate as a calling for a civilian government and punishment for any one involved in the killing of protest . it's been more than the news since the military stays pallet. dozens of people have been killed in a crackdown on protest to new zealand now with a man who killed 51 muslims in 2019 has filed an appeal against his life sentence. brenton, terence was also convicted of attempted murder for shooting another 40 people at 2

mosques in the southern city of christ church. it was new zealand, worst mass shooting. the date for the appeal is yet to be set. china's reported nearly 7 and a half 1000 cases. of covered 19 its highest figure in 6 months. the southern city of quan, joe is the latest epi center, accounting for nearly a 3rd of those new cases. a number of infections were reported after sundays badging. marathon some participants stop and say close contact will now have to florentine at home for 7 days. the extent of us support for ukraine in the war against russia could depend on who controls congress. senior republicans have hinted, they may reduce aid. that's left mary many worried as harry force reports from keith has been some good news in the last few days as far as the cranium. leadership is concerned when it comes to

u. s. military aid after the visit here to came on friday of the us national security advisor. there was an announcement of another $400000000.00 worth of u. s. military aid to ukraine. some of that going to pay for half of $90.00 check tanks that are going to be modernized and sent to the ukranian military. that's going to bring to $19800000000.00. the total amount and present zelinski has over the weekend been talking about further reinforcements in the pipeline, the cranes and defenses as well. but there is some concern here in cave about what might happen off of the u. s. midterm elections on tuesday, one prominent comp supporter, representative marjorie taylor green, saying that if republicans will not election, there should be not another penny sent to you. crane the leader of the house republican saying that they should not be a blank check. the ukraine, either all the related, clarified that saying that it was about oversight not withdrawing aid altogether and the bite administration, according to a report in the washington post, has privately been asking presidents lensky to show some kind of signal of

willingness towards negotiation with russia. not so much because they want those negotiations to start, but they're worried that the alliance that western countries might be showing some signs of ukraine fatigue. and they want to stop that from happening. people here wondering if there'll be any signs of ukraine fatigue within us politics after tuesday's elections. pakistan says an investigative journalist who was killed last month and kenya was targeted i shot sharif was shot dead in roby nearly 2 months after he left pakistan. a police report said offices open fire on the vehicle. that sharif was traveling in as it drove through their roadblock without stopping. they had been looking for coughing. mexico has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a journalist. that's the assessment of the community to protect journalists, which says the tax are coming from both organized crime and authorities. in the 1st about 2 part series,

john holman reports from vera cruz on the risk journalist face. this is norma. she's a local crime, be reporter for digital outlet radio station, very korean up. i believe it's one of the most violent states, mexico serving as a key location for criminal groups engaged to both drug and human trafficking. we traveling with her that she heads out to cover crime scene that's in the middle. ah, no, i'm not scared there. a cruise is also the deadliest mexican state for journalists . 31 have been killed here in the past decade. godiva willis? that was, i mean, as that one, was me not those ala? yes, well, it won't happen. so now our law as elsewhere, midco getting threats were simply doing the job is normal. since the government launched to so called war against cartels and criminal organizations in 2006 killings of reporters have gone up as both crime and corruption become more and

more entrenched. at least 13 journalists have been killed, emits her the she moaned, the whole of 2021. now in may, norma got this cool of the she reported on a police operation. she had to flee the town. local authorities couldn't protect her. now she's back working, but in fear for her life remains. could the threats come not just from the countries ramp and gang, and wherever there is organized crime, various collusion with local authorities mostly eliminates a political but also on the state level. and especially outside the major metropolitan areas in mexico, journalists are often part of the relatively small community, a small pool of reporters, especially those who cover what they call the no title and mexico, which is crime and violence and traffic accidents who affect the interest

a very powerful players in the country a blessing when they said that there is a clear line dividing us is the international press. dropping in here, no international journalist has been killed in more than a decade in mexico and the national and especially the local journalist covering this day in and day out there really the ones that race. we've organized crime threatening journalists and controlling the flow of news. i asked norma how it felt wondering what she could and couldn't report when i'm when think lisa, as if you were on a glass one for stead. and you fall capacity a simple because thought, look, and sip us. no say i couldn't be here. john home al jazeera that a cruise and you can watch john holman's documentary silence the killing of journalists in mexico on al jazeera is fault lines program that's at 2230 james

t on wednesday, november 9th, and 930 james t on thursday, november 10th. ah, world cup excitement is growing here in kata and no way more so than on the country's most popular football. sure. al, matchless al jazeera is how model funny went to mate the shows host khaled, just some with said american lot, not to log on. hi, how are you? i'm hot adjusted. i'm talking to you from my magic in al caskey v to they i'm hosting mr. hammond. i invite mr. hammond and he would make with me until you not

me. but it's a pleasure for me. it's will be an english ah, go to some medic of. so i wanna start with their why amid us as much as it's i want a traditional thinks we love measures every cut out. he had measures in his house every cut out an album. we say yes to win up, let us be together. what normally would you do in a measures other than your medical, us, and general before the army think we are talking about a life. what's happened to the in our country, we get any news. we are talking, we invite people, we have like a vicar begin dinner. we can say ok, we can watch the tv. we talk about our life, our things are what i really think. what's your major this about? this measures we're sitting in right now about football, about sport, about everything happen in my country, about ward cup. for we have a guess from robin, from south africa, from england, france, egypt from morocco,

from torn as from sierra beyond, from every concert. they come to me here and we talk about the ward club. we talk about the teams. we talk about the coach players every think what's happened? what cub? no, we are talking. what would you say to people who would think? i thought it doesn't have a sports culture in the 1st place. and 198 you want. they become number 2 and awards for youth ward cup. we are when the i shank up 2019. we are the chip about sharon p at bushland. i cut her, we went 2 times 3 times to sissy cup from small country. this small country i can give you shopping for the water cutter horst i shing games in 2006 and, and who said, well i got i don't have culture for what was what come to cut up to see everything . what have been some of the your favorite times here in the major. okay. go for youtube and put missy in elementary. this though her. you want missy.

he was he to you. where you are sitting now? couple. yeah, he was here. the biggest, biggest, biggest thinks i'm not for good. 2019. when our mission is to win the, i think up in america, they came to madge this from her airport to cornish was big cabinet body clare, big period, big parade. exactly. and after the tim here and b come to make her an english kazi, dancing was as a dancer, we say, while law allowed over. so what do you think after this world cup, what's in store for others future in sports that people think ah, afterwards got the will close the door and you go to sleep. never in this country, never even. i shall at about a gramma. we have 2000 or 23, or i shrink up. we have i she and games in 2030. i know the mentality for

jamaica at the want. allan piet, who is your team for the world cup? oh, i like brazil. i like england. and while i like missy also display, or he do every think the ward. so i want his life finished with a footboard with the water cup. it was honestly great to get some insight about the matchless and shallow we can come back some time soon again. and meet someone like messy and i hope you will come here to see how the car, 30 people on the other people under just to see people said a brit when we are finished the water cup in charlotte and charlotte. harris shook . i think it fixed on thank you very much for watching us. i do hope you will stay with us another castillo. don't go for anger. stevie comfort, my wife. ah ah.