this is bbc news. for a pretty small town, kenosha wisconsin is getting a lot of attention from the presidential candidates. donald trump was there on tuesday. joe biden is there today — meeting the family ofjacob blake. he spent an hour and half meeting mr blake's father, sisters and brother, and then spoke with members of the city's community. the words of a president matter. no matter the good, bad or indifferent. they matter. facebook announces new measures to try to protect the integrity of the presidential election — we ask nick clegg, the social media giant's head of communications, if it goes far enough. also in the programme....

manchester united's marcus rashford spent his summer raising the issue of child poverty in the uk. we will discuss it with the childrens comissioner here in england. and it is pasture bedtime. the hotel offering its customers the chance to sleep next to a horse. small towns usually don't get a visit from a presidential candidate, let alone two candidates. but this week both donald trump and joe biden have gone to kenosha, wisconsin — and they've gone with different messages. they've even met very different people. joe biden is there today, meeting the family ofjacob blake, the black man shot in the back seven times by a white police officer. he's also meeting black community leaders. donald trump was there earlier this week — he met police officers — and business owners,

most of them white, whose properties had been destroyed in the rioting. mr trump went to kenosha to boost his reputation as the law and order candidate, mr biden went there to boost his credentials as a candidate who cares about racial injustice. one town — two views of america. i think we have reached an inflection point in our history. i honest to god believe we have an enormous opportunity, now that the curtain has been pulled back, and this is what is going on in the country, to do a lot of really positive things. let's bring in barry burden, professor of political science at the university of wisconsin, where he's also director of the elections research centre. thank you so much forjoining us. let's start with these two visits. thisjoe biden let's start with these two visits. this joe biden coming let's start with these two visits. thisjoe biden coming to wisconsin, does donald trump coming to wisconsin to make any difference

issues aside to their political campaigns? i will come i think he does. it does affect the issues as well by really raising policing and protest a nd well by really raising policing and protest and violence. —— i really think it does. i think the public was ready to turn back to the pandemic as the top issue after the national party conventions wrapped up. so this guarantees essentially that police violence and racial inequality will remain top issues at least for the coming days. we've had a slew of polls come outjust yesterday and today there seem to putjoe biden ahead in wisconsin. and actually on that issue of law and order, the polling suggests that covid—i9 is still come and the economy, oui’ covid—i9 is still come and the economy, our submit number one issues. what do voters in wisconsin ca re issues. what do voters in wisconsin care about at the moment? the pandemic initially the top issue in wisconsin as it is in much of the country. for some voters, wisconsin as it is in much of the country. forsome voters, especially democrats, it is more as a public health crisis. they are very concerned about their own health and

the health of children and going back to school this week. for republicans, the pandemic is also a top issue but it tends to be viewed more in an economic respective, they are concerned more about businesses in the economy being harmed by the ongoing shutdowns of so much of the economy. it is a top issue for almost everyone, law and order crime and some of the other things that president trump are trying to point to just president trump are trying to point tojust are president trump are trying to point to just are not breaking through because of the all—encompassing nature of the pandemic. barack obama and joe biden won the state in 2012 but you will know better than any that the democrats in 2016 weren't that the democrats in 2016 weren't that good. hillary clinton didn't go there in the final to the campaign. do you think there's been a real change in the democrat performance in wisconsin this time around? there absolutely has. both because the public i think has evolved since trump won the state four years ago, and also because the democrats have decided to very intentionally invest

in wisconsin as a key swing state. as you know, they had proposed that the national convention in milwaukee, the biggest city in the state. at least in name only. it still happen. but they have made a real commitment to ensure that they are presence in the state. that is what partly what was behind the visit today from a variety of things that brought joe visit today from a variety of things that broughtjoe biden to wisconsin but one was his promise and the democrat promise not to repeat the sins of 2016 with they really overlook the state, i think being overconfident about their position. that is a good start. thank you and him will he much. we are focusing onjacob blake today but because he is there. another issue. it involves another african—american man, daniel proved, having mental health issues quite clearly because it was out on the street naked. the police officers were called. what we fast today is video cam footage. ——

daniel prude. i should say before i show you, it is a pretty shocking video. there is a health warning with this. let's put on screen and you will see what i'm saying. you see daniel proved. get on the ground! freezing cold and the marks. the taser is being pointed at him. in this video, he is handcuffed, but then there is a banquet on his head. this is what i've sent so many people. the fact he was on the floor, no threat to the police, but ido floor, no threat to the police, but i do know there are some extenuating circumstances. you feel so sorry for his family. it was his brother actually who called the police. and then said subsequently i called the police to help them, not to have my brother lynch. and it was taken to hospital and into, and died a week later. there had also been reports, we don't have all of the information but reports of there were people being called in because there was somebody with covid—19 behaving erratically in the police are now

suggesting they put the spit back so that mr michael and dennis went on them because of the concerns about covid—19. this gets to something really fundamental. —— mr prude. about people who want police reform in this country are calling for. and the argument is those police officers should not have been armed with guns commission i have been the first people at the scene when it comes to something like this. but people want police reform saying is let's have mental health professionals be the ones who are caught out when there is a mental health case like this rather than police who may be have a heavy hand, and their control, and unless you can get other people involved, and many redirected to having health ca re many redirected to having health care professionals, you'll have this kind of thing happen. christian: the trouble is it is more than heavy hand and that is what a lot of people will say watching this. he was then forced onto the floor and pressure put on them again. it is very george ford like and that is why there will be a lot of concerned

about this. —— george floyd like. and the reason we are talking about this today is because the video cam footage just this today is because the video cam footagejust came this today is because the video cam footage just came out today, this happened in march, and it is so shocking and that is why it is getting a lot of light shed on all of this. two months ahead of polling day — facebook has announced new measures it says will help secure the integrity of the election. the social media giant says the rules will encourage voting, stamp out misinformation — and reduce the risk of post—election uncertainty, including ‘civil unrest‘. facebook says it will ban any new political ads in the final week of the campaign — this doesn't apply to ads already already on the site. it will also flag any posts that unduly question the legitimacy of the election's outcome and in the hours and days of the election's outcome. katty: and in the hours and days after polls close on november third, facebook will attach labels on posts by political candidates claiming victory before the official results have been declared. finally, it will start removing posts that use covid—19 as a way to discourage people from voting. let's speak now to sir nick clegg,

facebook‘s vice president for global affairs and communications, and the uk's former deputy prime minister. he joins us from menlo park in california. thank you very much forjoining us. in the past, facebook has not been very successful at stamping out misinformation. do you think they will manage with these new rules? we've had about 200 elections around the world since 2016. it is clear their wares russian and foreign interference in the us election and not a facebook or many other people knew at the time what was going on. since then this been a complete transformation in the way in which facebook has sought to help ensure the integrity of elections around the integrity of elections around the world. 200 elections since then. we have got better and better. we employ over 30,000 people and work with 70 fact checkers we remove millions of items, would like millions of items, would like millions of items, would like millions of fake accounts every day.

0ver millions of fake accounts every day. over the last two years we have removed around 100 four networks trying to interfere in the election. there's been a complete transformation and the preparedness of facebook since 2016. these additional measures announced that are very significant because this is an election like no other. at a time like the other. unprecedented period of time and us democratic history. we need to take the steps. we are trying to make sure it would put all of the guard rails we can put in place whilst the same time ensuring the platform is also a space for people to openly debate and discuss political differences. will come to some of the guardrails. but talk to me about this a voting information centre front of the mechanics of it. what will you have there in the final week of the campaign? firstly, starting very soon come you will see at the top of their feed information prompt when the voting information centre, pretty much every day. it

will be very intense. crucially, we are seeking to tailor as much of the information as we can you will notice because one of the complexities in american democracy compared to other democratic states is that the rules is different and almost state to state and even if some states from county to county. we are trying as much as we can to tailor the information and for instance, give people very clear guidance. video guidance, explaining this is when you need to filling your mailing ballots and you need to use and when it needs to be received. so we will make sure the voter information centre is placed with full of authoritative information, we are working with state election authorities across the country but also providing individuals and their feed with m essa 9 es individuals and their feed with messages which will prompt people are the key deadlines because many people of course will be voting well before november the 3rd, and we need to make sure they know the deadline is in to make sure they know the deadline isina to make sure they know the deadline is in a place where they live.

interesting you say you have much better at this. let's go to a post that was put out by president trump recently. we have it up here. it is a facebook post which president trump talks about looting, and shooting starts can be very contentious here in america bye—bye facebook refuse to put up a label saying this was very contentious, something to what he did do. why did facebook respond? something to what he did do. why did facebook respond ? if something to what he did do. why did facebook respond? if you see you got much better recently, isn't that an area where facebook should be responding? it is highly consensus. every time we take it is the centre to re m ove every time we take it is the centre to remove a number of post from donald trump and others on the senses 01’ donald trump and others on the senses or things he said about... counter demonstration. why didn't you? we thought that our view of the post, i understand that people may disagree, the president of the united states, whatever you think about him, saying that he felt that saying at the time it was applied

that the riots and demonstrations in minneapolis, that he felt that the national guard should be made available and sent in to address what was going on there. we cannot have a private company start deciding whether we think it is appropriate or not. we remove content that breaks our community standards with that we remove content clearly that is a and as i say we have removed very recently and of the post from donald trump on that occasion, we felt not least because millions of americans hearing what he was saying anyway on television channels like your own, that removing it wouldn't necessarily stop people hearing that message, but... let's put the test to it. there will be people who say we've gone too far not far enough. what we are doing today is making those guardrails clear including as you mention at the outset on not

writing as the week of the campaign. yorty said about removing misrepresentation. to watch the president yesterday and will come back to it. send it in, and then go make sure it is counted, and if it doesn't tabulate, you vote. you just vote. and then if they tabulate it very late, which they shouldn't be doing, they will see you voted and so it won't count. so send it in early, and then go and vote. if it is not tabulated, you vote. and the vote is going to count. what are you saying there come he's telling people to go about twice which is illegal. he is misrepresenting how you should vote. if somebody posted that on facebook, you will take it down, right? yes. you would? yes. but i had been posted for that was how that immediately. it has been shown on television. you shut it again. but it hadn't been shown on platform to oui’ it hadn't been shown on platform to our knowledge said. —— you showed it again. either condemning or without conceptual information. just to be

clear about that, do you know if people are in close groups, how would you know if it's been shared? we can see what people are sharing in close groups as well. you will still take action within close groups? even if it has a meth lab? that is illegal. if either are automated systems when identified, 01’ automated systems when identified, or if somebody reported to it. —— evenif or if somebody reported to it. —— even if it is at a close group. but it wouldn't necessarily flag it because people and groups are sympathetic to the group so they don't flag misrepresentations. but oui’ don't flag misrepresentations. but our machine learning senses are able to see what is shared on group. we have done suites overnight when we saw that television clip. since then, donald trump has posted a slightly different posts a slightly different things about the same issue about one people sending in their mailing ballots. 0n issue about one people sending in their mailing ballots. on that we have applied a new label and under

the policies that we have announced today, making very clear in a sense contrary to the spirit of his post that there is a long history of trustworthiness and how it mail and ballot works in america and we predict the same in this election. that is a good example, very good example if that video was shared on oui’ example if that video was shared on our services, without any context or combination, we would remove it because it is illegal to vote twice in north carolina which i think is the context in which he gave that interview. the post this morning, we have labelled it to all users can see there is a and b provided from a bipartisan policy in the set. —— voting information centre. we have a minute left. i want to ask her about an area of the new rules. specifically that you're going to stop the spread of misinformation about covid—19. i want to bring up the case of a man called bryan lee hitchens, a taxi driver in florida who has told the bbc that he and his wife had seen facebook post that

told him that covid—19 was a hoax. so they didn't take medical precautions to try not to get it. very sadly, his wife aaron got covid—19 and died in august. when facebook now not make sure that mr hitchens and his wife did not see post on facebook that was spreading misinformation about covid—19? will this change now? that should have been, forgive me, i don't know the case or the post you are referring to or the post he and his wife saw, but there is a reason why we have removed it from april to june but there is a reason why we have removed it from april tojune of this year we remove 7 million pieces of misinformation about covid—19 precisely because that kind of assertion that it is a hoax or it is like the flu or that the harm you at all, it is very harmful. we remove that. if in this instance we didn't come i simply cannot tell you that without knowing the specific circumstances. that is nothing to do

with the new rules around the election that will made it very clear we will remove any assertion that i voting you are likely to get covid—19. the point that you made which is misleading people about the gravity of covid—19 is that something we have been removing on a huge scale for some time. but i will be open with you on a platform where an average day, around 115 billion m essa 9 es an average day, around 115 billion messages are sent worldwide, they may well be instances we didn't catch him but that should not have been allowed on our platform but with out knowing the details i can give you any further comment. perhaps her nephew can look into that case and get back to us want more information about that. —— perhaps, cernych. thank you for joining us, certainly. if you are watching on bbc world news, we will be right back. -- sir —— sir nick. parts of the uk are still facing lockdown restrictions —

and another city where there are concerns about rising cases is leeds. judith blake, is leader of leeds city council. we are obviously minor thing rates every day. —— minor team. what we are seeing in leeds is probably similarto are seeing in leeds is probably similar to other places, a creeping rise in the numbers, what is really interesting for us is it is not the original community sort of outbreak, this is a rise in particular across the city in all different words across the city, particularly of young adults from all communities. this is giving us a very clear indication that there has been a change and what we want to do, we are anticipating we will be put on the watchlist tomorrow, i want to stress that doesn't mean any further restrictions that this moment in time.

the manchester united and england star marcus rashford is one of the wealthiest footballers in the world. but it wasn't always that way. growing up, like thousands of other children in the uk, he relied on free school meals and food banks. this summer, almost single—handedly he forced borisjohnson into a u turn, the government under pressure, agreed to extend a food voucher scheme into the summer holidays to support the country's poorest chidren. this week rashford took it a step further. he's set up a task force made up of supermarkets and charities with the aim of lobbying the government to give more help to children who are living in food poverty. the numbers are stark and they have got worse during the coronavirus in the uk 2.4 million children face food poverty. that's roughly equivalent to the population of greater manchester. and it's a growing problem here in the united states too,

where it's estimated 18 million children's families suffer food insecurity, that's about the poplulation of two new york cities. let's talk to anne longfield — the children's commissioner for england. lovely to have you with us. thank you forjoining us. a rather lamentable thing this, getting to a leading g7 countries we have a greater manchester at a new york full of children who don't get three square meals a day. good evening. it is. in countries that are as wealthy a virus, it is unbelievable that we are not only have those figures were talking about this as though it is some sign of concept rather than reality, everyday reality, poverty on children in ourfamily. marcus rashford has done an amazing job and drawing the spotlight on this from his own experience. and relaying that experience not so long ago

overlying on breakfast club, free school meals and food banks that got his family by. do you think providing food through the school, through these voucher systems, brea kfast clu bs, through these voucher systems, breakfast clubs, free school lunches, is that still the most effective way to reach these kind of children? i hate to think of children? i hate to think of children who are in the schools who might be stigmatized by having free school meals. is there not a better way to do it? i think it is a very quick way of doing it. at the moment we do need speed and without wholesale overhaul of the benefits system and the way we support poor families in this country, it is one way that it has to happen. but it is not where you would start. there's a lot of talk of leveling up in the uk at the moment. but what that really means is being able to get those families on the low incomes the kind of set up a security they need to be

able to plan for their family, which is about the system and moving some of the thing for them now but also ensuring they have access to the support they need into work, not least good affordable assessable childcare. and i think they will be single children every day and really help provide the kind of instant food support that we know is needed but long term this has to be about fighting poverty. we know it has got worse here in the united states, the number of children who have followed in the poverty has grown. i imagine because of covid—19 it is got worse, the situation they're in the uk as well. but the knock on effect of this can we know children can last way beyond this pandemic if they are without food and an poverty now, this could stretch into two, three, for next years of their lives. how do we make sure that once the structures a re

do we make sure that once the structures are in place that are supporting people in the pandemic, disappear, we carry on focusing on a given cup to those children? yes, the numbers of children in poverty about 30% and england is high but it has gone up by about 200,000 during the pandemic. there is something providing really good financial security, job retention schemes, additional income around benefits, and the like, that is the important thing but children on poverty, that will last a lifetime, really limiting all aspects of the life expectations. in these pandemics, we know the kids will be hit hardest are those in the poorest families, are those in the poorest families, are the education in terms of, so we need a long—term recovery over the next five years i would say at least. we have to leave it there. fascinating discussion. this last a lifetime what is happening to the

kids today. it hasn't him back all of their life thank you so much for joining us. —— it has an impact. it's tough to travel abroad at the moment. s0 it's no wonder many of us have opted for a holiday in the confines of our own country. ah yes, the staycation. but why settle for your run of the mill b&b when you could stay here. for 250 pounds, you can spend a night shacked up next to a friesian horse or a shetland pony, in these converted stables. dining is alfresco but not solitary, there are dinner and breakfast buckets so guests can feed their neigh—bours. 0wner tracey alexander has a warning though, horses don't sleep like humans. they are up and down all through the night, and they are quite noisy eaters. so don't expect for a full night's sleep. earplugs are offered, in case you were wondering.

christian, it sounds like a neigh case in. i will do thejokes christian, it sounds like a neigh case in. i will do the jokes around here. it is my doctor prospect dream holiday. not me. —— my daughter's dream holiday. iwill holiday. not me. —— my daughter's dream holiday. i will leave it there. my producer gave me that joke. it wasn't me. hello there. we've got a very vigorous area of low pressure moving to the north of the uk as we head through tonight and into tomorrow. what that will do is bring some cooler, fresher air to our shores, but also some strong winds and some pretty heavy showers, especially so across the northern half of the country. you can see this area of low pressure sweeping in to the north of the uk. quite a squeeze in the isobars, which will be affecting the northern half of scotland. that's quite a few isobars on the chart, so it's going to be breezy for all. eventually, we'll lose that weather front across the southeast, which brought a rather grey,

damp day here. it does look like overnight, skies will be clear for many. for scotland and northern ireland, there'll be lots of showers around, particularly for northern and western scotland. some of them will be on the heavy side. tonight's going to be cooler than it was the nightjust gone, with temperatures out of town in single figures. for friday morning, we start off on a cool note, but bright with some sunshine. plenty of showers across scotland, northern ireland, northern england again. i think it's northern and western scotland we'll see the heaviest and most frequent showers. further south, we'll see a weather frontjust returning to bring thicker cloud to southern counties. some sunshine in between, but a cooler day to come, temperatures of 14—19 . as we head into the weekend, we've got this azores high starting to push up from the southwest, squeezing up against that area of low pressure over the north sea. it means we'll see a run of west, northwest winds, which are quite fresh at times over the weekend. and it'll feel cooler for all, a mixture of sunshine and showers. saturday then, a bright start for many, particularly southern, central and eastern areas where we have lots of sunshine. showers backing into northern and western areas, some could be quite heavy, and it'll still be

windy in the northeast. slighty lighter winds further south, but it will feel cool, 14—18 c. as we had through saturday night, we see another tangle of weather fronts pushing into the northwest of the country. that will bring more showery bursts of rain to northern ireland, southern scotland. that'll slide southeastward into sunday across parts of england and wales. there could be the odd heavy, maybe thundery one mixed in there across the southeast. but some good spells of sunshine in between, particularly in the north, but again, it's going to feel quite cool. 1a, 17 or 18 celsius. as we head into next week, for the start, it looks like we'll start to feel some warm air moving in from the southwest. it could turn very warm for time across the south.

you re watching bbc news with me, katty kay, in washington. christian fraser is in london. our top stories... joe biden has been meeting the family ofjacob blake, and spoke with mr blake himself by phone during a visit to kenosha, winsconsin. catapulted into the spotlight. we speak to chasten buttigieg about campaigning with his also in the programme.... we'll hear from a democratic candidate in ohio on the day it's re—classified by one polling expert as a toss—up state.

why the humble chicken wing has become an emotive issue the town of lincoln, nebraska. when chasten buttigieg was scrolling through a dating app in august 2015, he couldn't never have imagined where the whirlwind romance he stumbled upon would lead him. chasten was a middle—school humanities teacher, pete was the mayor of a small town in indiana. so far, fairly conventional. but then, in 2019, things began to change when mayor pete announced he was running for president. his outsider campaign to become the first openly gay occupant to the white house morphed into a fundraising juggernaut that in less than a year catapulted mayor pete into first place in iowa's democratic caucus. all that time, chasten buttigieg, hoping to become the nation's first gentleman, was by his side. here he is reflecting the moment

pete withdrew from the campaign in march this year. a year and a half ago, my husband came home from work... ..and told me... well, he asked me, "what do you think about running for president?" and i laughed. not at him, but at life. and i told pete to run because i knew there were other kids sitting out there in this country who need to believe in themselves, too. let's speak now to chasten buttigieg, who'sjust published his memoir ‘i have something to tell you'. hejoins us from traverse city, michigan. chasten, thank you very much for joining us. your whirlwind romance with pete, then you got married, then you had at a world and exposure to american politics. do you hate or love american political life?

to american politics. do you hate or love american political life ?|j to american politics. do you hate or love american political life? i love it. i love the opportunity to do some good because politics can be nasty and i like changing the programme a little bit. and adding some goodness to it. you seem like such a nice guy. how could you possibly like the horrible, horrible world of american presidential politics? well, i believe it's a season for belonging. we talked about that in our campaign. it's all about that in our campaign. it's all about making people feel like they belong, and yes, it can be grueling and nasty, but it takes people to do the work. if we just give up and say politics is not for us, that's how we get people like donald trump in the white house. you have to put up with a lot. i agree. but it is the goodness that comes out of meeting people, looking at them and telling them it's going to be better. it makes it all work it. you are very honest in your book and go to some dark places. sexual

assault, estrangement from family, bullying, how was it writing that book is blue when i was approached to write it, i told pete if i'm not going to write a glossy, i hold myself by the root book, i wanted to share all my vulnerabilities. i realise the more i opened up with people, the more i shared, the more they felt seen and understood. it was really important for me to put it all on the line. that helps other people feel less alone. i think in politics, we are traditionally told not to talk about anything vulnerable. that doesn't help people feel seen, and in politics especially, people are giving up and politics or institution that people are elected to take care of us. i feel like i had to put it all out there to help other people feel they belong. that's interesting you say put it all out there. i want to show you a time magazine cover we have a copy of. the two of you are close,

but not in a clinch. i wonder if you are concerned about some of the reactions from that lgbtq community. let me read you what a poet said. he said it's embarrassing to have the first des peres resident —— gay president this conservative. first des peres resident —— gay president this conservativelj first des peres resident —— gay president this conservative. i did not know will be on the cover of this magazine, and i remember pete was having an interview in the living room. iwent was having an interview in the living room. i went upstairs and threw something presentable on for the picture, then found out we were on the cover of time editing. what do you wear isn't who you are. your identity and mission to a group is not tied to the pants or shirt you wear. i know it's based on what we wore, what we look like, how we

talked and walked, but that is not what makes you clear. we should not be policing boundaries of our community by the way other people dress —— that does not make you queer. i think that was dangerous that people watching are wondering if they even want to exist at all. they say what you wear makes you straight, that's very dangerous when people are contemplating whether or not they truly belong. i am who i am and that 20 it was in the book.|j guess that's what i mean when i say that politics of any nature can be brutal, particularly for somebody who was thrust into it so suddenly. i'm wondering what it was like watching pete at the debates, getting attacked by some of the other candidates, where amy clo bashar decided she was going to go after your husband —— amy

kloburchar. what was it like with blue it's kind of like a sport in that way. i had to learn sometimes the ha rd way. i had to learn sometimes the hard way that that is what politics looks like. at the end of the day, we all want what's best for this country. you have to put up with it at some steps. i was so proud about pete presenting himself on that stage, at the end of the day i thought at least my husband was up there being exactly who he is. he doesn't have to pretend to be anyone else. do you want him to run again? i want else. do you want him to run again? iwant him else. do you want him to run again? i want him to be happy, and to be honest, the isolation that's sort of forced us to spend more time together, i love it. i missed him la st together, i love it. i missed him last year, so now we are cooking meals and walking the dogs and spending time. i just meals and walking the dogs and spending time. ijust want pete to be happy and i think when he is happy, he's trying to solve big

problems and right now, we are trying to do our best to elect to joe biden this fall. who knows what the future has in store? we have a lot of goals ourselves, but we'll see. at the end of the day, as his husband, ijust see. at the end of the day, as his husband, i just want see. at the end of the day, as his husband, ijust want to see him happy. nice way to end. chasten, thank you so much forjoining us. congratulations on the new book. thank you very much. there is other news. it kind of interesting. a politicalfallout, christian, from hairdressers. interesting. a politicalfallout, christian, from hairdresserslj christian, from hairdressers.” a lwa ys christian, from hairdressers.” always like hairdressers. house speaker nancy pelosi went to get her hair done on monday in a san francisco hair salon. why is this news? because she's come under fire from her opponents when she was pictured without a mask over her face. there is also technically a ban on such services indoors in the californian city. ms pelosi was then forced to defend her actions at a testy press conference.

i take responsibility for trusting the word of the neighbourhood salon that i've been to over the years many times. when they said they were able to accommodate people one person at a time, and that we could set up that time, i trusted that. as it turns out, it was a set up, so i take responsibility for falling for a setup. a political gift. of course, this is political christmas for the president. he's been tweeting: wow. nonstop at the white house. she has been... it's interesting for

someone has been... it's interesting for someone who is a consumer a politician, very rarely makes a political misstep, to go be filmed, although apparently the salon had been taking people the whole time since april on a one—on—one basis. it was not new, it was not an exception, but it was the fact that it's now dragging on into a second day with her coming back and saying it was a set up. i have some sympathy for female politicians who do have to look better and it takes a lot of time and effort to be television ready, i know. it takes me an hour every day to be television ready, and it probably ta kes television ready, and it probably takes christian a couple of hours. at least. i think the point is you can't criticise other people and then be caught in this way. she has to find a way to put the story to bed now, because it helps the president. that's why they were playing the video at the white house nonstop. the way people vote in november's presidential election always has an impact down the ticket,

not least on congressional races. take 0hio's1st congressional district. it covers the outskirts of cincinnati. in the 2018 mid terms, they returned the incumbent republican congressman, but based onjoe biden's consistent lead in national polling, the university of virginia's larry sabato today reclassified the district from ‘leans republican‘ to a ‘toss—up‘. so let‘s speak to kate schroder, the democratic house candidate who is running in that district. it's it‘s getting tighter, kate. does it really depend on howjoe biden performs? that's a big part of it, but it's also about us being able to compete. i'm running at someone who voted to 90% of the time with trump. we won't solve this huge problem right now, i think we been collecting a lot of people that focus on pullets apart —— pulling us

apart. the majority of this community want people to bring us together and get things done, and i'm a mum, i have a five and seven—year—old, i know how they guess yes “— seven—year—old, i know how they guess yes —— de—escalate. i think we need people like that in congress. you can come to my house anytime! when you talk about gerrymandering a lot of this programme, i want to show our viewers a map of your district. it looks like an etch—a—sketch. i don‘t really know what i‘m looking at, because it looks all over the place. it goes all the way around cincinnati. what ami all the way around cincinnati. what am i looking at? what happened in your district? it's completely unfair. my amazing husband gave me this necklace that also has the gerrymandering districts on it. gerrymandering is when a politician pick their voters instead of the other way around, the way it should be when voters pick their politicians. they pick up —— to split up better, and tacked on in northern suburban counties, and

hopefully it would be a safe republican seat. the supreme court room with you —— ruled with you and washington overturned it. in ohio, we did a ballot measure that in 2018, said to address gerrymandering. any counties like the urban county where i live that are bigger than congressional districts can't be broken up any more. that doesn't take effect until 2022. i was just more. that doesn't take effect until 2022. i wasjust going to ask you, you are running tojoin the house of representatives. nancy pelosi would be your speaker. if you win the election. do you think what she did was right and do you think her response to what she did was right? we need to be wearing masks. there's mass mandate here. when i got my hair cut for the first time in many months, i wore a mask in the salon we have here and i think we have to

continue to send that message out there. i appreciate that she took responsibility for it. i think that is the message we need to hear. it shouldn't be a republican or democrat, we need to be wearing masks. my background, i spent 15 years working in it. so this is important that we speak with a unified voice. can i ask you, your description is a toss—up. —— district. are you worried on the night of the election, that they count the votes at the polling stations but a lot of your votes are mail—in ballots because democrats tend to mail in their ballots more than republicans. and that your opponent claims victory before all those votes are counted.” opponent claims victory before all those votes are counted. i mean, there was a primary that turned into mailand there was a primary that turned into mail and only and we didn't have the final results until nine days later. if you are outside of the margin of

outstanding balance, those were called. we will have to wait and see. lawyers on standby? yes. you got lawyers on spam boy —— standby? very interesting. we will talk mirror the election. let s get some of the day s other news. authorities in germany have found the bodies of five children in a private apartment in the western city of solingen. police say they suspect the 27—year—old mother of killing them before trying to take her own life at a nearby train station. the cause of death is unkown. rescue workers in beirut are searching frantically through the rubble of a building amid reports a person could be alive, nearly one month after a powerful blast devastated the lebanese capital. specialist sensor equipment had been brought to the area following unconfirmed reports that a heartbeat was detected. more than 200 people died in the initial explosion. some 300,000 people were left homeless. a ship carrying more than a0 crew

members and 6,000 cattle has gone missing off the coast ofjapan in harsh weather. the gulf livestock one was en route from new zealand to china