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plotting revenge. , versus what i will be doing, which is responding to trump's to do list. >> there are lack of details on the economic policy. ♪ >> kamala harris goes on the offensive. there's a new poll from the wall street journal puts her republican rival donald trump

ahead. of her in the u.s. presidential race. with these revelations with the country's historic links to savory. on the way to the gatherings, he insisted it is better to focus on future challenges such as climate change. we will be speaking to baroness scotland, secretary-general of the commonwealth of nations. and we are keeping an eye on potential cease fire toxin is -- in each of between israel and hamas as efforts intensified to restart negotiations. we start tonight in the u.s., where there are now just 12 days to go into the presidential election, and while it is still too close to call, there has been a clear change in the democratic campaign in the next -- the last 48 hours. there is a feeling the kamala

harris camp that they might be slipping behind donald trump. as you can see, it really highlights how tight the race is, with donald trump ahead in four of those states. kamala harris leaving in three. all of them, though, important to point out, are within the margin of error. the alarm bells will be bringing. donald trump ahead 47% to 45% nationally, but as you can see from our national poll tracker, vice president harris prior to this has been ahead nationally in most polls. while in an attempt to win over voters, she's visiting the battleground state of georgia later for a rally with some well-known names. she is expected to be joined by rod legend bruce springsteen, entertainer tyler perry, and former president barack obama. recently musicians usher and lizzo have also given their backing to kamala harris. donald trump has his own

celebrity backers, of course, hulk hogan and elon musk supporting the republican candidate. the former president trump will head to arizona and nevada later. those states presented with tough challenges for him in 202020, with president biden winning both by slim margins. both candidates set for big rallies in the coming hours. we've already heard from kamala harris. here she is speaking a little while ago before she sets off at the campaign stop in georgia. vp harris: the american people are being presented with a very serious decision, and it includes what we must understand will happen, starting on january 20. either you have the choice of donald trump, who will sit in the oval office, plotting revenge, retribution, or what i will be doing, which is responding to folks last night with a to do list, lifting up the american people, whether it be through the prices and

bringing them down or investing in small businesses and investing in families. >> if you are watching yesterday's program, you would have seen us speaking like with a radio host from pennsylvania and north carolina, two states donald trump is leading in. tonight, we are heading to wisconsin and arizona. bridget with respondent -- with wisconsin public radio joins us from medicine and gail -- madison, and gail from phoenix, arizona. gail, i will begin with you. the latest poll from the "wall street journal" providing is how tight this race is. we keep saying it, but it is important to look at those polls. how are things shaping up in arizona? >> as you know, trump has been leading in arizona. when kamala first got into the race, she had a bump from back, and now it has even to back out. in arizona, it will be a split

ticket, because you have donald trump at the top. i think donald trump will probably win arizona. as for the whole kit and caboodle, i don't know. i think it is still too close to call. but for our senator, i think it would be ruben gallego. he is up by nine points. one thing to know is that arizona has been deeply red for many years. we have people moving in like myself. i moved in just under 30 years ago. so people coming in with different political philosophies, not as deeply red. that is why arizona is now purple. we kind of fluctuate during elections. >> bridget in wisconsin, are u feeling the intensity of being one of the swing states in this race? >> yes. in wisconsin, we are very used to very close elections, statewide elections. in 2020, president biden won by less than one percentage point, so it is very much a topic here. we never know what to expect. >> and those big celebrity

endorsements we were talking about in the introduction, i'm intereed to get your views. do you think those make a difference to voters, bridget, begin with you? bridgit: they definitely bring crowds out could we solve president obama visit madison with minnesota governor tim walz and drew a large crowd in the arena here. they definitely attract crowds. >> gayle in phoenix, do you think someone like bruce springsteen, for example, will appeal to voters in arizona? can you change voters minds or persuade voters who are undecided about whether or not they are actually going to exercise their right to vote? gayle: i think we are at the point where the people who are undecided will go into the box and make up their minds, because arizona is so split, and rememberast time, as bridget was alluding to, a very close

election. last year was kind of an outlier for us, that biting actually won. no democrat has won arizona since bill clinton did. for us to be this close is new territory for us, but i think going forward, it is going to happen again. will bruce move the needle? maybe for some peoe of a certain age group who actually know who he is. >> ok, that is interesting. it leads me onto my next question, because earlier today, i was in a meeting with some of my colleagues from the bbc in th u.s., and one of the groups that we were talking about was young voters. what is your sense, both of you, about what young voters might do in this election? will they be moved to actually go out and vote, and if so, for whom? and are they the sorts of voters who are being picked up in all of these polls?

bridgit: and actually here on the campus -- the university who joined them. a big, energetic celebration of voting. >> is there a sense that there is a family tradition of voting a certain way? gayle: i think there's a family tradition going on, but some of them are motivated. in our little london family, which is my girls which --

blended family, which is mike rose, my boyfriends grows, they are voting for the first time this year. one of them is definitely involved in the campaign. she feels very strongly about it. and she actually got to meet one of the candidates, took a picture, shook the candidate's hand. i'm trying not to say which one. for her, that was very exciting and motivating. and another one from another family friend, basically our goddaughter, she is saying, you know, her mom sent her a ballot to fill out and send her a fedex form so she can send it back, because she was to make sure she it in arizona. her other friends in college said her parents are filling out for th. when i was in college, i do not agree with anything my parents say. "they don't know anything!" i changed my mind since. but, you know, young people, the ones who are motivated are super motivated. >> gayle, do you think the younger voters are going to lean

toward kamala harris, especially because of the issue of reproductive rights for women? gayle: typically it is young people that lean toward democrats, but it is all about turnout. we mention polls, "wall street journal" polls, i stopped listening to polls, because they get it wrong. i listen to the posters who run the election. go out and vote. it's all about who has ground grain and --game and the fact that i have beyonce showing up in texas is huge. they want to see michelle obama. she needs to be on the campaign trail. they want her out there. they think she is a huge motivator. >> yeah. she started in the democratic and paint them absolutely. bridgit, a quickord from you, what do you think turnout is going to be like in wisconsin? what is it like traditional? the last couple of days since early voting started is more

than 1000 votes were cast in the state -- sorry, more than 100,000 votes were cast in the first day of early voting, and that is more than the first day of early voting in 2020. so that could possibly be an indicator that people are very motivated to vote this year. we will have to wait to see how the rest of early voting shapes up, but we will be keeping an eye on it. >> that is interesting. thank you both. rage about an in wisconsin and gayle bass in arizona. -- bridget bauman -- bridgit bowden in wisconsin and gayle bass in arizona. gayle: send us some rain. [laughter] >> i will see what we can do, gayle. around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. ♪

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commonwealth leaders are preparing to defy the u.k. at their summit by agreeing to look at ways of getting -- the british prime minister sir keir starmer says the issue is not up to the summit in samoa and apologizing for his part in the slave trade. >> a warm welcome for the king --

when they gather, and here, the point of dispute is over justice for historic -- caribbean leaders want the prime minister to apologize. >> the principal must be established, the conversation needs to be had, and some decision has to be made, how do you go forward with dealing with the issue of reparations? so once you broach the subject, it may take a well for people to come around, but come around they will. >> it has taken many forms. it could be --

so some asked whether instead britain could instead form a colonial past, but some are asking if that involves -- sir keir starmer says he wants to take challenges, these leaders are facing change in economic growth. back in the u.k., his chancellor just days away from a -- cash-strapped budget make clear

the complicated and controversial. it may take many years to play out. james, bbc news. >> the secretary-general of the nations, born in the caribbean, her family moved to the u.k. where she grow up in london. a lawyer by training, in 1997, she joined the house of lords and a decade later was appointed the first female. she is on the program with us. this is a story that obviously has been attracting a huge -- per day. do you think it is something that is approiate and that the u.k. should be thinking?

>> i would be fascinated to hear your report. ave been talking about the issues of peace. we have been talking about trade and education and our young people and women and all those things which are really at the forefront because we have jus talking of all those things, which are really at the forefront, because this has come up.

out of a pandemic, because we are still -- so our concentration really is important. for people to concentrate. >> they are in scotland, obviously on the issue of climate change, that is arguably but nonetheless, ministers from -- which is what sir keir starmer is also saying. about this issue of reparations. coming back to that first question, do you think it would be appropriate? let's talk about an apology,

first of all, for the u.k. to apologize, yes or no? >> no, i'm not going to say yes or no. this is an issue for leaders to support, to create an opportunity for people to talk about what they wish to talk about. and one of the really important things, you have to understand, is the diplomacy between these leaders is fantastic. they respect each other, they listen to each other, and they never going to a room with a closed mind. and this is, if it happens, this will be the start of a conversation. i believe that is what we need to concentrate on, because what our leaders is doing is so amazing. so often, they do not have the political will. look at what the commonwealth has done. if the commonwealth was at the game on apartheid, head of the game on discrimination, ahead of the game on climate, and i'm sure wilbe head of the

game on this. if they have the opportunity to have a discussion. >> may i ask you this,'s keir starmer is saying he would prefer to look forward, but in order to look forward, can he do that without also looking back, a feeling that feature -- that people's lives in their future lives are affected by that colonial legacy? >> one of the most important thing is a whole discussion. i do not know the whole nature of the discussion they have. what i do know is our leaders are great, they are able to talk about everything as equals, and if any member wants to raise -- >> baroness scotland, i think the line has frozen,

unfortunately. such a shame. more questions to ask, but we lost is line to baroness scotland, so we will return to that story, of course, on bbc news. but right now come in the last hour, a flurry of breaking news about efforts to negotiate a cease-fire deal in gaza. first, we had egypt, which has been plagued --

>> -- the women the men in gaza are encountering every single day, and that is all the more urgent with winter approaching, and we are deeply conscious of that. >> troops could be undergoing training and russia to fight alongside --

nd security in that? surity of russia as well because before the beginning of the special military operation, there were no drone attacks against russian territory, no --

-- where it is supposed to be -- lead us from that, and russia

could not develop that -- cod not develop that -- -- could not even exist, it could not exist. >> fascinating topics. announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by,

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