welcome to the programme. just four days to election day. the focus on friday is on swing states in the midwest, ones that candidate need and could win. kamala harris and donald trump are both visiting wisconsin. in 2020, joe biden took the state by a narrow margin. and once again, the polls are tight. a short while ago, the vice president appeared at a rally in appleton — the second of three stops in the state today. and at the top of my list is bringing down the cost of living for you. that will be my focus every single day as president. including, i will give a middle class tax tax cut to over 100 million americans. we will enact the first ever federal ban on corporate price gouging on groceries. and fight to make sure that hard—working americans can actually afford

a place to live. our correspondent carl nasman was at the harris rally and sent us this report. the vice president wrapping up with remarks saying this rally was part of our free stop two and one way to look at this is kamala harris trying to secure the votes of some groups that started to move away from democrats in recent years. she spoke to union members. really trying to get as many votes as you can in what is looking like a very tight race and of course seeking to drop some contrast between herself and donald trump, talking not only about abortion rights, what she said would be a donald trump sales tax. and also the affordable

care act, otherwise known as obamacare, saying republicans obamaca re, saying republicans wanting obamacare, saying republicans wanting to repeal that and weakening it. she brought on the stage a mother who's child had child hood cancer. she said it is going to be the path to the presidency and earlier there was a funny moment, senator baldwin said, it is not just the presidency, it is also coming under the control of the senate, so no pressure. the people here in this room, they feel the pressure but it seemed they are ready to rise to the pressure. lots of democrats being energised and motivated. many of the thousands of people into this room said they had already cast their vote ahead of election day on november five. that's the harris campaign. let's take a closer look at her opponent's movements.

he's also in wisconsin, holding a rally in milwaukee. and before that, he spent the afternoon in michigan, wrapping up a rally in the city of warren. earlier he met businesses nearby in dearborn, a city with an arab american majority. he was asked about conversations he'd had with the israeli prime minister. here's his response. we had a good conversation. we're going to have peace the middle east. you will have peace in the middle east and they should have peace and the middle east but not with the clowns you have in the middle east. as we mentioned, donald trump is rallying in wisconsin this evening. our senior north america correspondent gary o'donoghue is there. a lot of issues in his closing arguments and of course this jobs report now. what has donald trump been saying? he’s

donald trump been saying? he's about to take _ donald trump been saying? he's about to take to _ donald trump been saying? he's about to take to the _ donald trump been saying? he�*s about to take to the stage and the next few moments and we will see. he has had a bit of a rough week to be honest. began with those from that comedian about puerto rico and describing it as a piece of garbage than controversial comments about women and how he was going to protect them whether they liked it or not and then more recent comments about the republican liz cheney and how she should face nine rifle barras. donald trump does not apologise and tends to double down on these occasions. we will see what happens tonight. it is a pretty noisy environment, as you can hear, the crowd have had a little treat where some big guns fired t—shirts into the crowd but i expect more of the same from the former president, really

making his arguments about inflation, immigration and taxation. and perhaps making some more comments to soak up the news cycle in a way that only he knows how.- only he knows how. gary, rotect only he knows how. gary, protect that _ only he knows how. gary, protect that voice - only he knows how. gary, protect that voice and - only he knows how. gary, protect that voice and we | only he knows how. gary, - protect that voice and we know it is allowed and we want to hear more from you later. that is what we have been hearing from donald trump in the last few days and of course, he is going to rally their. let's go live now to ron bonjean, republican strategist and co—founder and partner, rokk solutions, and mary anne marsh, democratic strategist and former senior adviser tojohn kerry, to dissect these last few days before the election we have had thisjobs report come out and kamala harris in wisconsin, key state for her, has been arguing that when it comes to the economy, you cannot trust donald trump but

is that the argument she should be focusing on right now, a few days close to the election? you heard in the — days close to the election? you heard in the clip _ days close to the election? 7m, heard in the clip earlier, where she was talking about the bread issues that american voters care about and it is something she is focused on and she has talked about consistently throughout this campaign, as brief as it has been for her, 103 days or so for her, she goes right to the heart of it and it is an important thing to do. when he said the wall streetjournal come out and say whoever the next president is, they are inheriting the best economy in the world. and donald trump is talking about terrorists,, the kind of pain that the american people are going to have to suffer through with his economic plans, though he promises on the other side of it it will be better. the contrast could not be more stark but kamala harris has had a great week and she is closing out this campaign exactly how

she wants to, hitting all the battleground states, multiple times, with a message that is a stark contrast between her focus on the american people and donald trump focusing on political enemies and i want to knowjust political enemies and i want to know just one political enemies and i want to knowjust one thing about the last few days and the trip they're making, donald trump is going to north carolina three times between now and monday and that should be a statement should in good shape for donald trump and the fact is making three trips and three days tells you that that state is up for grabs and kamala harris as a shot at winning it as well. what do you think about that, ron, the fact he's visiting a battleground state that should be in his corner. of course, all these estates are up for but is that something you are drawing any thing from? the? drawing any thing from? they will be visiting _ drawing any thing from? they will be visiting all— drawing any thing from? they will be visiting all the - will be visiting all the battleground states in a well bent — battleground states in a well bent over the next several days _ bent over the next several days. you can see nevada is now

virtually— days. you can see nevada is now virtually tied and that is really— virtually tied and that is really bad for democrats. arizona _ really bad for democrats. arizona is not looking good for democrats either. north carolina, i have seen polling that— carolina, i have seen polling that shows them even or donald trump _ that shows them even or donald trump up — that shows them even or donald trump up and i have seen polling _ trump up and i have seen polling that shows kamala harris _ polling that shows kamala harris up, it is a battle to the — harris up, it is a battle to the end _ harris up, it is a battle to the end. it is literally tied. if you _ the end. it is literally tied. if you are _ the end. it is literally tied. if you are a democrat, you are seeing _ if you are a democrat, you are seeing the — if you are a democrat, you are seeing the things that up pro— harris, — seeing the things that up pro— harris, and if you are pro— donald _ harris, and if you are pro— donald trump, you are seeing the pro — donald trump, you are seeing the pro donald trump singing. i would _ the pro donald trump singing. i would just— the pro donald trump singing. i would just say this about kamala _ would just say this about kamala harris and the economy, people _ kamala harris and the economy, people are — kamala harris and the economy, people are not feeling the economy that people are talking about, _ economy that people are talking about, the expert saying the numbers— about, the expert saying the numbers are flat. people are not feeling it because of inflation, because of the steel high _ inflation, because of the steel high grocery prices and the cost — high grocery prices and the cost of— high grocery prices and the cost of living. i think the point _ cost of living. i think the point has been made that if she had been — point has been made that if she had been able to change those things— had been able to change those things over the last 3.5 years, why— things over the last 3.5 years, why hesnt— things over the last 3.5 years, why hasn't she done it? now she

is proposing things that she could — is proposing things that she could have done over the last three — could have done over the last three 5— could have done over the last three .5 years and it really falls — three .5 years and it really falls flat. three .5 years and it really falls flat-— falls flat. staying on the issue, donald _ falls flat. staying on the issue, donald trump - falls flat. staying on the issue, donald trump as| falls flat. staying on the i issue, donald trump as we mentioned was in dearborn. he arrived and they were chance of usa and free palestine. how much is the war in the middle east an issue for her?- east an issue for her? overall it is not as — east an issue for her? overall it is not as big _ east an issue for her? overall it is not as big an _ east an issue for her? overall it is not as big an issue - east an issue for her? overall it is not as big an issue as - east an issue for her? overall it is not as big an issue as i i it is not as big an issue as i think the way it is a covered or some of the chance you hear some of the rallies. it is issue in michigan where there issue in michigan where there is a large arab american community where donald trump is but she has been trying to win them over and shows she is the one leading on benjamin netanyahu to bring humanitarian aid to the tragedy that is gaza. —— chants the stop and he has refused to do it. if donald trump gets in there, he will

give benjamin netanyahu everything he wants. he will never push. the fact that donald trump and benjamin netanyahu are talking every day is a legal under the logan act. and donald trump is a wonder instituted the muslim band. this electorate will be very different than the one you saw in 22 and 2020 and largely uc women already out voting meant by at least 10% in early voting. we are hitting records everywhere in the battleground states and across the country and i think you will see not only women coming out in droves because of roe v. wade being overturned but college educated man, who rarely vote for a democrat if at all and i think you will see a lot of them vote for kamala harris as well. when we are looking _ for kamala harris as well. when we are looking at _ for kamala harris as well. when we are looking at the _ for kamala harris as well. when we are looking at the latest - we are looking at the latest controversies on the campaign

trail, they have been several this week so close to the election. we are now seeing the harris campaign is arguing donald trump's, is about liz cheney prove he is unfit for office. what impact do you think that might have on undecided votes, particular those mainly republican, was this a miss them?— those mainly republican, was this a miss them? first of all, i have this a miss them? first of all, i have to _ this a miss them? first of all, i have to say _ this a miss them? first of all, i have to say that _ this a miss them? first of all, i have to say that the - this a miss them? first of all, i have to say that the fact - i have to say that the fact that — i have to say that the fact that the _ i have to say that the fact that the president of the united _ that the president of the united states called donald trunip _ united states called donald trump supporters garbage says a lot about _ trump supporters garbage says a lot about his fitness for office _ lot about his fitness for office. number one. lot about his fitness for office. numberone. numbertwo, office. number one. number two, donald _ office. numberone. numbertwo, donald trump, from what i have analysed — donald trump, from what i have analysed now over his close and what _ analysed now over his close and what he — analysed now over his close and what he said, was that if liz cheney— what he said, was that if liz cheney was facing the enemy, it would _ cheney was facing the enemy, it would be — cheney was facing the enemy, it would be a — cheney was facing the enemy, it would be a lot different from her than _ would be a lot different from herthan sending would be a lot different from her than sending troops overseas with a votes. i think that— overseas with a votes. i think that is— overseas with a votes. i think that is what he meant to say, not a — that is what he meant to say, not a firing _ that is what he meant to say, not a firing squad. as some people _ not a firing squad. as some people have interpreted it. i

-et people have interpreted it. i get his— people have interpreted it. i get his point. the fact that you — get his point. the fact that you have _ get his point. the fact that you have the president of the united — you have the president of the united states calling donald trunip — united states calling donald trump supporters garbage, you have — trump supporters garbage, you have people saying there are no strong _ have people saying there are no strong women under donald trump _ strong women under donald trump. you can see the harris campaign _ trump. you can see the harris campaign pulling these folks of the campaign because they have done _ the campaign because they have done an— the campaign because they have done an enormous amount of damage _ done an enormous amount of damaue. ~ ., done an enormous amount of damale, . ., done an enormous amount of damaue. . ., ., damage. we are looking at -ictures damage. we are looking at pictures of _ damage. we are looking at pictures of the _ damage. we are looking at pictures of the harris - pictures of the harris campaign. joe biden's comment, kamala harris has tried to distance herself from. how will these comments unfold? when donald trump _ these comments unfold? when donald trump had _ these comments unfold? when donald trump had israeli - these comments unfold? when donald trump had israeli in - donald trump had israeli in madison square garden and criticised porter riggins, the harris campaign has been able to measure that the late side as they are talking to a converting to— 1 cent rally

when he criticised puerto rican. the only people making hay ofjoe biden's comment are ron and other republicans. what donald trump said and everyone has been excusing his words and behaviour for nine years now, he absolutely threatened liz cheney, 90 barrels appointed at her face. cheney, 90 barrels appointed at herface. it is cheney, 90 barrels appointed at her face. it is unacceptable, un—american and likely a preview of the kind of violence that donald trump is going to incite if he loses on tuesday night. they are the real steaks. there is no more tasting over donald trump. you cannot say that that was not a threat against liz cheney and it is just not true. kamala harris is not making friends. joe biden is the president now but he's not on the ballot and this is where we. the american people have seen her donald trump is and if they are unlikely to go back and vote for him and have another four

years. for him and have another four ears. ., ., , ., ., years. your thoughts on what was laid out. _ years. your thoughts on what was laid out. are _ years. your thoughts on what was laid out. are these - years. your thoughts on what was laid out. are these, - was laid out. are these, it's going to harm him? why come out with something like that? he want the spotlight on him the whole — want the spotlight on him the whole time, no matter how sensationalist his comments. i did not— sensationalist his comments. i did not take it that donald trunip _ did not take it that donald trump was inciting violence on liz cheney, i took it that he was — liz cheney, i took it that he was confused about what he meant — was confused about what he meant but then i got it. i understand what he's talking about — understand what he's talking about i_ understand what he's talking about. i cannot believe that democrats are trying to sweep joe biden's, is underthe rug. that— joe biden's, is underthe rug. that is— joe biden's, is underthe rug. that is it _ joe biden's, is underthe rug. that is it president of the united _ that is it president of the united states comparing it to a comedian— united states comparing it to a comedian is laughable to me. however. _ comedian is laughable to me. however, the rather small groups— however, the rather small groups of independent voters making — groups of independent voters making the decision and most people — making the decision and most people know where they are

going — people know where they are going to _ people know where they are going to vote so, yes, joe biden— going to vote so, yes, joe biden colling donald trump supporters garbage, cannot change — supporters garbage, cannot change votes but it will make a difference on an election this close — difference on an election this close. people are making decisions if they have not made them _ decisions if they have not made them already. a decisions if they have not made them already.— them already. a lot of early votin: them already. a lot of early voting has _ them already. a lot of early voting has taken _ them already. a lot of early voting has taken place. - them already. a lot of early voting has taken place. a i them already. a lot of early | voting has taken place. a lot of what we have just discussed would not have necessarily impacted them both. a historic close race. thank you so much for your thoughts. turning to the war in the middle east, a few hours ago the pentagon announced the us is sending additional fighterjets, missile defence systems and navy warships to the region in the next few months. the us says it's aimed at deterring iran and its proxies from striking us or israeli targets in the region. meanwhile, war continues to rage in gaza. israeli strikes killed at least 64 people across the central and southern strip in the past 2a hours — that's according to the hamas—run health ministry. and israel's military says it

killed a senior hamas official in a strike on a car in the southern city of khan younis. in lebanon, israeli strikes killed at least 52 people in the country's east , adding that israel did not issue evacuation warnings before the attacks. meanwhile, the prospects of a ceasefire between israel and hamas, as well as between israel and hezbollah, seem to be fading. on friday, hamas rejected a short—term ceasefire proposal in gaza, which had been introduced by the egyptian president on sunday. 0ur reporter emir nader has more from beirut. it was only on wednesday that the lebanese prime minister talked about his cautious optimism that a ceasefire deal could be reached in the coming hours or days, perhaps even before the us election today. today, his tone has completely changed. he's accused israel of being stubborn and not seriously engaging in the ceasefire talks.

he's also accused israel of seeking only to escalate. pointing to the renewed round of air strikes here in the capital, beirut, and in the east of the the country. united states diplomats had been in tel aviv this week to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other senior israeli political leaders to discuss the basis of this cease fire proposal. we're not yet aware of what the outcome of those talks are. as the fighting continues here in lebanon. the heads of several un agencies have described conditions in gaza as "apocalyptic". health teams there say they're now moving forward with the third and final phase of the un's polio vaccination campaign, which was recently put on pause. at the time, un agencies said the mass displacement of civilians and lack of humanitarian pauses made access too dangerous. but unicef now says, short pauses in fighting have been guaranteed in gaza city for a limited number of children to get vaccines. more than 1a,000 children are reported to have been killed in the conflict

according to the palestinian ministry of health. our special correspondent fergal keane brings us the story of one very young palestinian girl, and this report was made with the help of local journalists in gaza, because israel still does not allow the bbc and other international media to enter the enclave and report independently. they were ordered to leave. the men made to strip to be searched, some of them elderly, as the israeli army hunted for weapons and anyone linked to hamas. but look to the left. in the crowd, a small child, facing away from the scene. who was she? what became of her? julia abu warda, three and a half years old. these photos were taken

before the encounter at the israeli checkpoint, before the order to go. 0ur colleague found julia in gaza city, one week after the photograph was taken, but with the family's memories still vivid. translation: there were soldiers on the tanks - and soldiers on the ground. they approached the people and started firing above their heads. people were pushing against each other during the shooting. they were escaping the hell ofjabalia, a landscape in which human survival is becoming impossible. translation: we saw destruction and bodies scattered on the ground. they were pointing their guns at us and ordering us to stay seated. it was very bad.

in gaza, it is not so much that children grow old before their time, it is that time stands still. they are trapped, each day like the one before, the trauma accumulating. julia's seven—year—old cousin was killed by an israeli drone strike in the street where he played. translation: it used to be normal, - she would run and play, but now whenever there is shelling, she points and says, "plane." she looks up and points out the drone flying over us. it is hard to calljulia lucky in a place like this. but she is fortunate in the family that holds her close. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. let's turn to ongoing rescue

operations in spain. authorities have extended a red alert for torrential rain on the country's southern coast after flash flooding killed more than 200 people in eastern areas of spain. it's the deadliest flood related disaster in europe since the 1970s. dozens of people remain missing and some residents say there should have been earlier warnings. thousands of volunteers have joined the military and emergency services to help with the rescue and clean up operation. mark lowen is in valencia and sent this report. beneath the mangled scrapheap, a painful question. beneath the mangled scrapheap, the painful question. could it be hiding yet more dead? they picked their way through what turned from tunnel to death trap. each day, new bodies found. with tragedy comes an army of solidarity, communities stunned by spain's worst natural disaster in its modern history. how do you even begin to clean up when the calamity

keeps deepening? for volunteers, it's overwhelming. people i know here have gone through a terrible agony to... sorry. they passed away. i'm angry because it's outrageous that our local government didn't do anything about it, knowing... they well knew that this was coming. when the floods came, they shattered what lay in their path — cars, homes, lives. a year's worth of rainfall in eight hours. juan perez inspects what's left of his house — just one of those that the water tore through. translation: all my life, my memories. _ my parents lived there and now, overnight... he sobs. it's all gone in five minutes.

the fear now is that many of the missing will be found underground, as rescuers flush out the water. the horrors slowly retrieved, those trapped in car parks and garages as the flooding rose around them. in aldaia, outside valencia, firefighters are stretched to their limit, locals pitching in in a desperate attempt to clear what they can. this was just one of the rivers that burst its banks, with the torrents of water and mud engulfing everything in its wake. and this is a scene that is repeated right across this region. what's also repeated is the growing sense of abandonment, the feeling we are hearing from many people here, that in the absence of the authorities, they are having to depend on one another. we found a shop owned by amparo andres. she has had it for a0 years. it was lost in an instant. "the water rose and came up to my neck," she says.

"i had the feeling my life was ending. "at least i'm alive, but i have lost everything — "my business, my home — "and the government isn't doing anything. "only the young people around are helping us." amidst the sadness, anger is rising here, too, at local authorities that only sounded the alarm when the flooding had already started — messages sent to phones of people who had no chance to escape. tonight, the volunteers headed home to prepare for tomorrow's grim ritual — clearing, discovering, mourning. mark lowen, bbc news, valencia. plenty more information on the floods in spain on our website. before we go, let me show you some live pictures from the rally where we are expecting to see donald trump speaking in milwaukee. 0ne see donald trump speaking in milwaukee. one of the seven

swing state that will be crucial in determining the outcome of the presidential election. the swing state where either candidate has a chance of winning and holds ten of the 513 electoral college votes that are needed. as soon as we have more we will bring it to you. stay with us here. hello there. apart from the fireworks, it was a quiet end to october and it's been a quiet start to november. and essentially we've got more of the same this weekend. more cloudy skies and more mild air as well. now there was some sunshine to the east of the pennines on friday. north yorkshire the place to be with about six hours of sunshine. but the breaks in the cloud that we've had here have been filling in and underneath that area of high pressure we do have cloudy skies that weather front steering a little rain up towards shetland. now with that blanket of cloud around these are the temperatures first thing on saturday and a mild

ten degrees typically. and the temperatures will have lifted in the north east of scotland by the morning. but it's going to be quite a grey and gloomy start, some mist and some hill fog that may tend to lift any drizzle in scotland, and some parts of england should tend to ease away. a lot of places will be dry, but stay cloudy could be a bit of sunshine in north east scotland, perhaps later in the far southeast of england. it is going to be a mild day again, temperatures not rising very much, but up to 13, 1a, maybe 15 degrees and a bit milder than it was on friday in northern scotland. those weather fronts are being kept at bay, so the rain is being kept at bay even though the high pressure centre is drifting away and it's allowing a gentle southeasterly breeze to come in for the second half of the weekend, that could introduce some slightly drier air. so if the cloud does break in scotland and eastern parts of england, it'll be a chilly start to sunday. many places, though on sunday will again be cloudy. there could still be some mist and fog around in the morning, but we may see a bit more

sunshine in scotland, perhaps developing in northern england, north wales even maybe into the midlands towards east anglia as well eventually. but it is going to be a mild day wherever you are. temperatures typically 13 or 1a degrees. now as we head into the beginning of next week and mist and fog is going to be more widespread across england and wales on monday morning, and tuesday morning could extend its way into scotland as well. and that mist and fog is going to be very slow to lift. many places will still be cloudy and under the mist and fog it is going to feel quite chilly as well. but later on in the week we'll have less of that stronger southerly breeze, probably lifting the temperatures a bit, and these areas of low pressure will keep the rain at bay. so again, it's still looking dry.

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