on tuesday the 5th of november. >> i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver election day. >> our cousins across the pond today decide who the most powerful man or woman in the world will be for the next four years. will it be a president harris or president trump.7 we'll follow the action and bring you the results through the night here on gb news. >> we will indeed. and back at home, kemi badenoch has assembled her shadow cabinet with places for robert jenrick and priti patel. notably, there's no suella braverman or tom tugendhat on the list and they're coming for your cuppa. >> the national energy system operator has warned brits will have to reduce power consumption at peak times by 2030, all thanks to ed miliband's net zero plans. will traditional british tea time become a thing of the past.7 >> midnight tea, tom and let's tackle a prince. that was the playful cry of south african children as they played rugby with prince william in cape

town. we'll join the future king live in south africa as he promotes his global earthshot environmental prize . environmental prize. >> now we can't ignore the big story that's going to be dominating today. it's going to be dominating all of the newspapers tomorrow. it is an ocean away, but it does affect all of us here in britain. yes. >> and tom's very excited. he's going to be helping with all the coverage overnight. i wonder who at home is going to be staying up to find the election results. how motivated are you to find out who is going to be the president of the united states? i imagine some of you will be staying up all night. others of you may go to sleep sadly and wake up in the morning and find out what's going on. >> i think the smart people will do a sort of iterative sleep schedule, right? >> okay , how does that go and >> okay, how does that go and set perhaps an alarm for 2 am, go to sleep early, set an alarm for 2 am, check in, see how

things are going, and go back to sleep. >> maybe after an hour or so, wake up again at five. we did know the result in 2016 at about 545 gmt, so? so it could be that before breakfast we do know who has won. it could be at midnight. there's a there's a surprise landslide. there's a clear swing. i mean, it's unlikely given the state of the polls, given everything that we know, it's probably going to be quite exciting. so i do warn you, if you're one of these people who has gone to sleep , people who has gone to sleep, woken up at two, just just to check in, just to just just just to watch a couple of minutes. you might not be able to take your eyes away. >> yeah. you might not be able to. that will be you up for the next day entirely. you may need a siesta, but if you work from home, apparently that's a normal anyway. but yes, i can't make sense of all of these different polls that are coming in. you know, showing kamala harris four percentage points ahead. but then we find out that actually more registered republican voters have been turning out so far in terms of the early voting

to everyone saying it's on a knife edge, i don't know. we'll make sense of it for you. >> absolutely. and don't forget that because there is the electoral college, because this is about winning states rather than the popular vote. one candidate could win the popular vote, but the other win the presidency. that's happened twice in the last 24 years. >> okay, well, let us know if you'll be staying up tonight, gbnews.com/yoursay. but it's your headlines. >> tom. emily, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. it's just gone midday. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. some breaking news now. an automated system that helps train wheels gripped the tracks, failed on a train involved in a fatal crash in mid wales on the 21st of october. the rail accident investigation branch has said two transport for wales wales trains collided head on in powis on the 21st of october, resulting in the death of 66 year old david tudor evans. four other people suffered serious injuries during the incident, and a further 11

sustained injuries requiring hospital treatment to the us, where americans are heading to the polls today to decide their 47th president. in what is being described as a historically close race, as well as choosing who will be the next resident of the white house. americans will also be electing 435 members of the house of representatives, 34 senate seats and 11 state governors. polls have now opened in several states , including in several states, including virginia, and the first result has come in from the small town of dixville notch in new hampshire, where kamala harris and donald trump have tied with three votes each, according to cnn. while both harris and trump spent their final day campaigning in swing states like pennsylvania and michigan, here's what kamala harris had to say. >> in pennsylvania, we will win, and we will win. we will win , and we will win. we will win, and we will win. we will win, and we will win. we will win, and we will win. because when you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for.

>> well, donald trump spoke to his supporters in michigan, but i think we're in very good shape. >> we just have to you show up and you're going to have the biggest victory. you know what? this will be the single greatest victory politically speaking, in the history of our country. >> back at home, kemi badenoch has held her first shadow cabinet meeting today, saying she will win back the trust of the public with a team effort as she released her full shadow cabinet this morning. chris philp has been announced as shadow home secretary, while jessye norman has been appointed shadow leader of the house. notably, there's no role for tom tugendhat, who is a contender in the leadership race. yesterday, badenoch former rival in the tory leadership race, robert jenrick, accepted the role of shadow justice secretary, while the former work and pensions secretary, mel stride, is the new shadow chancellor and former home secretary priti patel has been appointed shadow foreign secretary. the new co—chair of the conservative party, nigel huddleston, spoke to eamonn and isabel earlier.

>> he was very clear that she wanted to offer roles to all of her opponents because she has a great degree of respect for them, all of those who wish to serve and all of the names you mentioned, they are talents in the party. and one of the key things kemi wants to do is unite the party and make sure that we draw in all the talents in terms of those serving in the shadow team, the tobacco and vapes bill will be introduced in parliament later today and health secretary wes streeting told gb news this morning that the government won't proceed with banning smoking in some outdoor hospitality venues. >> for now, labour wants to take tougher action to better protect the public, nhs and the economy from the harms of smoking. a ban may be imposed on playgrounds and outside schools , wes and outside schools, wes streeting told eamonn and isabel there needs to be a balance between benefiting public health and any negatives on people's liberties or on people's livelihoods . livelihoods. >> there is no doubt that the hospitality sector has really been through the mill in recent

years. the impact of the pandemic, the challenges in the wider economy, the amount of money we've got spare in our pockets and one of the there aren't many advantages to leaks of government discussions, but one of the advantages of this leak was that it meant we've been able to have a discussion with the hospitality sector and based on the evidence, on the upside risks and the arguments on the downside risks, we've chosen not to proceed with the outdoor hospitality proposal at this time . this time. >> and finally, for now, the prince of wales has met south africa's president today during his week of engagements in south africa. william's audience with president cyril ramaphosa has been described as a follow up to the state visit made to the uk by mr ramaphosa in 2022. prince william is in cape town ahead of the award ceremony for his earthshot prize tomorrow. this morning, the prince met with young conservationists at a viewpoint to table mountain. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to tom and emily.

>> good afternoon britain. it is 1208 and just over an hour ago polls opened across many eastern american states as america votes for their next president. >> so will it be donald trump or kamala harris? that is the question. >> well, both candidates made their final pitches in the crucial swing 1520