this is bbc news. bottleneck in florida. both candidates are in tampa, within hours of each other. which shows you just how important the sunshine state is in this race. for donald trump — it's almost impossible to hold the white house house without winning florida. gunfire france raises its national security alert to the highest level after three people are killed in a knife attack at a church in nice. also in the programme... we'll head to georgia, the southern state democrats are hoping to win back. # it's fun to stay at the ymca #. and, it's for birthdays, weddings, and now, trump rallies. how do village people feel about that? we'll speak, live, to one of them.

hello, i'm katty kay in washington, james reynolds is in london. for democrats, the state of florida is like an unreliable friend. they never show up just when you need them the most. and republicans will be hoping that the political analogy holds in this election too. president trump has lavished attention on florida, a clear marker ofjust how important the state is to his electoral strategy. florida has 29 electoral college votes. it's the biggest swing state. latest polling suggests that joe biden is very slightly ahead. in the past two days, florida has been at the centre of a flurry of campaign events, culminating today in tampa,

where both donald trump and joe biden are holding rallies, within hours of one another. today, mr trump talked up the economy, after news that american gdpjumped a record 33% in the last quarter. that's a tricky it represents only a partial recovery from the sharp declines we saw earlier in the year. still, the president preferred to focus on the positive. this is historic prosperity. another major tax cut to go along with the biggest tax cut in the history of our country. and record job growth. and joe biden‘s plan is to deliver punishing lockdowns, he's going to lock you down. booing joe biden will be speaking shortly in tampa. that was the baseball cap, here come the sunglasses. joe biden will be speaking shortly in tampa. in broward county a little earlier, his message was all about coronavirus. donald trump has given up! over the weekend, his white house chief of staff said and i quote, "we're not going to control this pandemic." in the debate last week with donald trump, he said,

"we're rounding a corner, it's going away, we're learning "how to live with it." no, he expects us to learn how to die with it! that's what i told him. he's doing nothing. we're learning to die with it and donald trump has waved the white flag, abandoned our families and surrendered to the virus. let's bring in the chair of the broward democratic party, cynthia busch. thank you very much forjoining us. how nervous are thank you very much forjoining us. how nervous are you thank you very much forjoining us. how nervous are you feeling?” thank you very much forjoining us. how nervous are you feeling? i think we are always nervous in florida. every election is close so it is a lwa ys every election is close so it is always a lot of work. so broward cou nty always a lot of work. so broward county where you are is the most democratic account in the state of florida and it has half a million african—american voters. how essential is it to the biden campaign if they're going to take forwarded to perform well in the cou nty forwarded to perform well in the county where you were? it's always important for democrats to have our

african—american voters turn out. they are a huge percentage of our democrat base particularly in browa rd county and democrat base particularly in broward county and we are now in the last five days of the election and this is the time when our voters usually turn out on this last weekend. so we are very focused on that right now. i'm wondering what a get out the vote operation looks like ina get out the vote operation looks like in a pandemic. do you get to go to people's homes and physically persuade them to go to the bout box? we have not done the traditional campaign that we normally would have. antifa —— to the ballot box. we have had infection rates that have been high all summer. it was important to protect our volunteers and to protect our voters. so we had to shift our efforts. we focus a lot on vote by mail, we have been focusing on making phone calls, we are still talking to hundreds of thousands, millions of people across the state. so, the campaign has

shifted but we are still having conversations and we are still reaching out and our numbers in the cou nty reaching out and our numbers in the county are showing our numbers are working and we are now in the last five days trying to make it happen. let's talk about one of those phone calls. what do you do when you because when and they say to you i'm going to sit this one out? that assessing that i have been hearing. really? yeah, i think people are really fired up, that has what is been going on. democrats in particular are turning out in big numbers. it is interesting that you say you are not hearing it because we have heard reports that in miami—dade which is very close to where you are, republican early voting turnout is picking up two democratic early voting turnout and in broward democratic early voting turnout and in browa rd county, democratic early voting turnout and in broward county, hillary clinton underperformed in terms of turnout and so did andrew gillum who was the democratic candidate running for governor. so you may not be hearing it on the phone but it is not a

given that democrats who are registered or could be part of the electorate are actually going to turn out to vote, is it? well, the turnout in broward is we have 60.5% of democrats have turned out as of today. that makes us feel really good. but yes we never take anything for granted. and we are just going to continue to work right through election day. but the numbers in browa rd a re election day. but the numbers in broward are strong and we have been preparing for two years for this. the broward democratic party and florida democratic party, we have been working nonstop for two years to make sure we can get people ready to make sure we can get people ready to vote. can i follow-up on the question on doorknocking because i have heard some complaints around democrat stretches across the country when interviewing them that they would like to have been more engaged in the summer when the coronavirus did not seem to be there and people were comfortable meeting other people and would like to have had more doorknocking. would you

have liked to have going and met voters more in person or be able to have your people do that? of course, i think that is a given. but i think that the most important thing was to make sure that people were safe. and it's organising doorknocking also involves bringing people together and organising them in groups. so you have to make sure that we were protecting our volunteers, protecting our volunteers, protecting the public, and the biden campaign and the florida democratic party wa nted campaign and the florida democratic party wanted to make that a priority as they should and the president of the united states has not made that a priority. our party was to make sure that we were trying to make safe and we have been making a programme to make sure we are reaching out to people and we have been seeing a very positive response in broward and so we are going to continue to work to get people out to vote. the chair of the democratic party in browa rd to vote. the chair of the democratic party in broward county florida,

thank you very much. do you ever consider moving to florida every four years so you do not have to ask them about the orderfor 2000, 2004, all the close votes ? the orderfor 2000, 2004, all the close votes? i consider moving down there anyway because the weather is so good. it sounds good going to florida. i think it is super interesting, i think these polls that are showing biden ahead by four points when i speak to strategists which i am kind of doing every day at the moment, they don't seem to think that is reflective. they do feel that florida is going to be tighter. that there has been this historic problem of getting some of those democratic candidates out to the polls in southern florida. it's such an interesting state, it is alabama in the north, newjersey in the south, and ohio in the middle. so you have every shade of american life and political persuasion in the state which is what i think makes it

so interesting and this time around as we said earlier, if donald trump does not win florida, it is very ha rd to does not win florida, it is very hard to put that map together for him that gets to 270 electoral couege him that gets to 270 electoral college votes and certainly to the white house. we will keep an eye on that. let's move we will keep an eye on that. back here to europe. the whole of france has been placed on the highest level of security alert, after three people were killed in a knife attack, in a church in nice. the suspect was shot by police, and is being treated in hospital. officers have also been dealing with a second incident in avignon. the deaths in nice come less than a fortnight after an islamist extremist beheaded a teacher outside a school in the suburbs of paris. 0ur corresponden lucy williamson has latest. gunfire the church of notre dame today was not a place of refuge. not for the attacker, nor for those he killed. inside these walls, a church into worshipers became the latest targets of the terrorist attack. into worshipers became the latest a churchwarden worshipers.

translation: we just learned from the television that our churchwarden has been killed. i'm so shocked! i still imagine him, i still see him walking, lighting the candles and now i'm thinking, he's not there any more. one of the victims is said to have escaped to a nearby bar, according to local reports, she managed to say, "tell my children i love them," before dying of her wounds. around her, the panic was spreading through the streets. an inquiry has been opened into a terrorist assassination. police say they believe the attacker is a 21—year—old tunisian man who arrived in europejust a few weeks ago. the mayor of nice said his motive was clear. translation: nice, like france, perhaps more than any other places in france today is paying far too heavy a price by once again

being a victim of islamo—fascism. president macron arriving in nice after a crisis meeting said attacks like this would never work. translation: if we've been attacked again, it's because of our values, our taste for freedom, the possibility there is here to believe freely and not to give in to any terror. let me say this very clearly again, we will never give in. it's less than two weeks since france had its last terrorist attack, the decapitation of a history teacher in a suburb of paris triggered a wave of secular defiance here. the message today — faith offers no protection, and france, no place of refuge from attack. this afternoon, churches across nice rang out their bells for the victims. they weren't symbols this morning, just three local people, a churchwarden, worshiper and mother whose last words were of love.

lucy williamson, bbc news, nice. so sad, really tough time for people in france at the moment. let's get more on the us election now. there were a few raised eyebrows earlier this week whenjoe biden took his campaign to the state of georgia. traditionally — it's a republican stronghold, so some wondered if was worth wasting precious campaigning time there. the democrats say it shows much the race has swung in theirfavour. let's home in on one district, where the margin between the two parties has narrowed considerably. georgia 7th district is in a suburb of atlanta — and historically a conservative stronghold. but in 2018, the republican incumbent hung on here by fewer than 500 votes, the smallest margin of any congressional district in the country. let's talk now to the republican congressional candidate for georgia's 7th congressional district, dr rich mccormick, he's been personally endorsed

by donald trump and joins us from suwanee, georgia. have i said that right? yes ma'am. i knew that, i was in atlanta just last week and i should have realised that. thank you very much for joining me doctor. 419 votes is not a very comfortable margin in your district. how confident are you feeling? i think the early voting looks promising and much more like 2016 than it does 2018 but we have record turnout. it is going to be a close race, i think this is going to bea close race, i think this is going to be a lot about what people want for the future of america being as diverse as we are, we have almost a quarter of our population are immigrants from all over the world which i really enjoy, i think this isa which i really enjoy, i think this is a great time to debate what a future america should be whether we will be a party chicken towards socialism and those promises that have failed in new york and california or if this is going to be more of what has made georgia so

successful and growing economically for the last seven years especially in this district. you are going into the election next week with front pages of newspapers around the country dominated by a surgeon coronavirus cases. how much of a headwind is that for you? well, i am an er doctor so i which it was not a headwind at all because i think i treat it in the er. i have seen first—hand and i worked last week and overnight shifts in my district and overnight shifts in my district andi and overnight shifts in my district and i see patients and had to decide whether they were so sick they had to be admitted to the hospital or if i take the chance to send them home with strict precautions, and he ca res more with strict precautions, and he cares more about patients in the outcome of this virus than i do. so i hope people realise that when it comes to treating this disease, i ta ke comes to treating this disease, i take it very seriously despite the millions of dollars they are trained to paint me as something else. that is just to paint me as something else. that isjust media, we need to paint me as something else. that is just media, we need to look at the realities of this disease and all politicised, we are on the same site and want to defeat the virus. the should not be about politicians,

should be about doctors and patients in treating the disease. doctor at a campaign event in july in treating the disease. doctor at a campaign event injuly president trump said he was a friend of yours. would you say you are a friend of his? well considering we have been in their presence one time before as ever as a candidate, i had a beard, it was of army—navy game, i was just another marine shaking hands and having a great time enjoying the camaraderie of that game but he has been very generous to me and i think i support his policies when it comes to the economy and trying to do what's right for all people to have the lowest unemployment in history for african—americans, for latinos, for african—americans, for latinos, for asians, the lowest unappointed for asians, the lowest unappointed for 70 years forfemales, for asians, the lowest unappointed for 70 years for females, to have that kind of rebound... what about his handling of the coronavirus? sure if you remember correctly everybody wanted to push as much resources down to the state level as

possible. he said early on i want the governors to take over and i think each governor handled this very differently which i have what at new york and newjersey were you had the highest mortality rates by far of all the seats. those governors were in control of that outcome. the governors of georgia also in charge of their outcomes even though they were more aggressive about getting the young healthy people back to work in clusters and realising that the medical profession has always said if you have a cluster outbreak you close on that area but that we can get back to work safely without ruining the entire economy using the young healthy people and using social distancing, masks, antiaging and all that stuff and we have done that very well in certain areas and when you have outbreaks you had to remain flexible. you can have one set of rules that faces every single state, every single region coming inside of the state yet they had tiffa ny inside of the state yet they had tiffany based on what region you're in and what kind of risk you have. 0k. doctor mccormick, thank you very much forjoining us. stay with us on bbc news, still to come...

victor willis of village people joins us live to discuss being back in the spotlight, with a little help from president trump. jeremy corbyn has been suspended from the labour party following his response to a damning report into how complaints of anti—semitism were handled when he was leader. the equality and human rights commission said the party was responsible for unlawful acts of harrasment and discrimination. vicky young has more. a year ago, he was trying to be prime minister. today, jeremy corbyn is suspended from the party he joined more than 50 years ago. today, the organisation set up to legally protect the equality concluded there had been serious failings in the way labour dealt with anti—semitism. in response, mr corbyn seemed to suggest that problem had been exaggerated. prompting the dramatic step by his successor. i made it clear that we won't tolerate anti—semitism or the denial of anti—semitism

through the suggestion that it's exaggerated or factional and that's why i was disappointed withjeremy corbyn‘s response. and that is why appropriate action has been taken which i fully support. very shocked and very disappointed. i've been in the labour party all my life and i want to make it absolutely clear. anti—semitism has no place whatsoever in our party or our movement. i have opposed it and racism in all its forms all my life, and that is what i've made clear during my leadership of the party and i make clear today as a member of parliament and proud to be one. for this jewish former mp who resigned from the party, mr corbyn‘s words are not enough. we can point to a catalogue of things he himself said and platforms he shared that were anti—semitic, and he has shown no contrition in the response he has issued to today denying many victims experience, jewish labour party members, who have suffered great

pain and distress over the last couple of years. when he took over as leader, sir keir starmer promised to bring together the warring factions in the labour party. today's move is unlikely to do that. the hit song ymca is a go—to favourite at birthday parties and weddings. but more recently — and perhaps more surprisingly — it's become an anthem at donald trump's rallies. the president himself feels the rhythm. music plays legions of trump supporters

have also taken up the song as their anthem. many change the iconic chorus to m—a—g—a. a number of artists including adele, the rolling stones and bruce springsteen have demanded that the trump campaign stop using their music as they say his politics don't align with theirs. were you dancing along? i really wasn't. but how do village people feel about this — let's ask victor willis, the group's lead singer and co—writer of ymca who joins us now. victor you have achieved the greatest entrance to any guest on our programme! when you see your music, ifeel our programme! when you see your music, i feel underdressed, when our programme! when you see your music, ifeel underdressed, when you see your music being played at trump political rallies how do you react? well, i like hearing the music at all times and i wake the fact that fa ns all times and i wake the fact that fans of all kind democrat or republican all like ymca, and that

is something that is very pleasing to me. ymca as a matter of fact has gone up to number 14 on the charts on the billboard charts for dance music this week. as far as endorsing trump, i don't endorse trump, i have endorsed trump nor has the village people. we have been asking him to stop playing music his rallies. but because of the copyright law in the united states which is under creative licencing, he is able to play our music anytime he wants to at any venue because he is not using it in an incorrect way. so we do not knock it. so can i ask another one about your songs, much a man? novak it has the lyrics much a man much amount, i have got to be a much of... amount, i have got to be a much of... do amount, i have got to be a much 0f. .. do you amount, i have got to be a much of... do you think that applies to anyone either party the selection? well, i think it can apply, it talks

about the whole thing whenever the lyrics which is about a man who has a lot of companies in his show. for donald trump or for bite and if they wa nt to donald trump or for bite and if they want to use it, if they feel they wa nt to want to use it, if they feel they want to use it, if they feel they want to use macho man, then he feels confident but his health and character. i think it fits. victor i love the outfit, james is right, no one has ever just love the outfit, james is right, no one has everjust as well on a programme as well before, and i hope you're wearing that every day and good for you. there have been other singers and bands, the rolling stones, adele, they didn't like the fa ct stones, adele, they didn't like the fact that donald trump was planed to music and threatened to please take it off. are you just waking this because it sent you back up the charts so it is actually kind of nice? know, again, like i said,... this is a free country. and music is music and again, if the other

artists and is well is myself, they have asked donald trump not to play the music, we don't have... call it the music, we don't have... call it the blanket licencing again in the united states, the copyright law, he has the right to do it and if he wants... and if we say don't do it and he doesn't anyway, there is nothing anybody can do about it. do you like the way that he dances to it? no! has he got the moves? deal like his rhythm ? it? no! has he got the moves? deal like his rhythm? donald trump does what donald trump does. i have never seen what donald trump does. i have never seen them actually put his hands up and make the y and ca and they have changed into mag or something to his campaign. you're even parried in an s&l, how was that? it is like i

said, ilike s&l, how was that? it is like i said, i like the fact that people, all type of people like ymca, democrat, republican, etc etc. and as far as the situation with him using it, we have got a lot of complaints from different fans etc. but at the same time, the actual presidential campaign and the presidential campaign and the presidential voting will be over in a couple of days and then it would just be something that is in the past. i would... if just be something that is in the past. iwould... if you just be something that is in the past. i would... if you are invited would you sing at the next presidential eggnog duration briefly? probably not. -- presidential eggnog duration.|j briefly? probably not. -- presidential eggnog duration. i stay out of politics. the group doesn't wa nt to out of politics. the group doesn't want to get tied up in any politics. i don't who wins. it is been fantastic to have you with us, thank you so much. thank you so much,

everybody take care! now for viewers in the uk that is all we have time for. truncated but for viewers watching internationally, we will be right back. hello there. bit of a weather cliche but we literally have seen all shades of autumn to close out the month of october. sunshine and showers, heavy rain gales in recent days was up this weekend stays unsettled with rain and gales to come. it does look as though friday will be a slightly quieter story. with this weather front weakening off all the time to the south of the front interestingly enough south—westerly winds driving in milderair. right across the country with the exception of fark northwest was up it's an incredibly mild start to friday morning but still some nuisance rain to clear away from west wales down into the southwest. —— the far north—west. that may well linger across coastal fringes down to the south.

gradually up to north wales northern england northern ireland and scotland a few scattered showers here, temperature issued may well peak high at 16 or 17 degrees. as we move out of friday into saturday we will see more wet weather returning back into wales. an indication of a storm that should arrive as we move into saturday. a significant area of low pressure bringing some very heavy rain and very strong winds. gales or severe gales perhaps for a time. the heaviest of the rain along the west facing coast as it pushes us steadily inland during the day on saturday. a wraparound of cloud and rain behind. look at the gust of wind widely in excess of 50 mph at 60, close to 70 in some coastal areas. that is strong enough to cause some disruption, you need to keep watching the forecast, temperatures still peeking. 16 or 17 degrees with them moving out of saturday into sunday

a bit of a tricky wind. there is a lot happening at the moment in the upper atmosphere all due to remanence of hurricanes. a lot of uncertainty as to what's happening on sunday. there will continue to be a windy spell of weather and at times a wet veil of weather to come. the winds still gusting in excess of 50 miles an hour along those exposed coast. so that's going to have an impact and further bouts of heavy rain at time. again you will need to keep abreast of the forecast here. temperatures still peeking at 16 celsius. still some wet weather to come as we move out of sunday into monday. still plenty of isobars on the chart. the winds will remain a feature. the heaviest of the rain looks likely to be on monday to the far north and west we could still see surveyor gales for a time as well on the southern flank of low pressure. further south and east a slightly drier, brighter story. again those temperatures peeking between 9—17 degrees. as we move out of monday things will start to change. we close out october with a very fast—moving powerful jet right across the uk. but watch this, quite

a buckle in the jet stream. it starts to weaken and we see the potentialfor an area of high pressure to start to move in from the west. as we move into the early part of november the azores high could influence the weather story. lightening things down, lighter winds, drier weather. it is moving its way steadily eastward. it's not going to last for long but it does look as though the first week of november, quite promising. they will be a lot of dry weather in the forecast and even sunshine. you'll notice the difference with the feel is the winds swing round more to a northerly. early november the rain and gales will ease away, largely dry chilli days and potentially some chilly nights to come.

tonight at ten — jeremy corbyn, the former labour leader, is suspended from the party, following a report on anti—semitism. it found that labour, under mr corbyn, had been responsible for discrimination. he said the problem had been "dramatically overstated", but that response led to his suspension. very shocked and very disappointed. i've been the labour party all my life and i want to make it absolutely clear — anti—semitism has no place whatsoever in our party or our movement. the report detailed "serious failings" during mr corbyn's leadership in addressing anti—semitism, and labour's new leader explained why he'd taken action today. we won't tolerate anti—semitism or the denial of anti—semitism through the suggestion that it's exaggerated or factional,