♪ >> welcome back to the studio. ."u're watching "france 24 in-depth paris with an look at the u.s. elections taking place as we speak. the world is holding its breath at voters go to the polls. both candidates cast their ballots on tuesday, joining millions of other citizens who took it -- joining those who took advantage of early voting in the 37 states were that is available.

hillary clinton and her campaign are fairly optimistic but donald trump could win if he secures key states. here is the latest on turnout. reporter: democratic presidential candidate hillary with the weight pressing on her shoulders. his clinton: it's the most humbling feeling because i know how much responsibility goes are his and so many people counting on the outcome of this election, what it means for our country. i will do the best i can if i'm fortunate enough to win today. reporter: elsewhere, or running mate senator tim kaine was casting his ballot also. ofthere are an awful lot people in the country who don't see the path forward themselves.

that is the principal issue we have to speak to, not just to win over people who might not be supporters. the promisephold that tomorrow's generation can have it better than their parents did. over in new york city, far less of the trademark on past donald trump's campaign has been known for. arrived tod as he vote. he said little as he cast his ballot but expressed optimism. running mate with further, reminding supporters there is more than one vote underway. >> am very confident that a president donald trump will have the partners that we need to rebuild our military, revive our economy, and set our nation on a path where we can once again have government as good as our people. american people

have been torn apart over the last 18 months by the most divisive election in u.s. history. whoever wins the white house will have their work cut out trying to reunite the nation moving forward. ,uick standing by is jessica where hillary clinton will be waiting for the results tonight in downtown manhattan. jessica, my is she not at the campaign headquarters -- why is she not at the campaign headquarters? jessica: the convention center is somewhat bigger so they can fit the some 2000 journalists that are here, including myself. that's where we expect hillary clinton on election night. she chose this place also for symbolic reasons. as you can see behind me, it is almost entirely made of glass, and she has repeatedly gone on

about wanting to bust the highest glass ceiling there is by becoming the first female president of the united states and tonight she will officially be standing underneath the glass ceiling here at the javits center. donald trump wanted to be involved in the development of this javits center and was not able to. his request to be involved was rejected. >> jessica, tell us, how has voting gone in new york this tuesday? actually, it appears to have gone relatively smoothly. i've been out and about at polling stations. there was a very long queue on the upper east side. some people waited as long as an hour to vote. considering the link that the lines, they did move reasonably fast. see -- people seem to be in good

spirits. it's not too cold here today, so many people came out to vote. one thing i did notice, there were a lot of women going to vote with their daughters, really young children. they were explaining to them, thatis an historic moment we might see the first beam of president of the united states. also old ladies that told me they were determined to get out and vote for hillary clinton. around here at the javits runningthere's a woman around with a hillary superhero cape and lots of people wearing we can do it t-shirt's and hillary t-shirts but also donald trump supporters here as well. i had a man shouting out from his car passing by, make america great again, of course, donald trump's slogan. >> we will get back to guess the night goes on and the counting gets underway.

joining us like there from new york. the u.s. democratic system is unlike any other in the world. it's not the popular growth that wins. rather, each candidate must win 435 electoral college votes. here is a closer look at how that system work. elect theirrs don't president directly. instead, they choose representatives call electors who have the final say on who makes it to the white house. from each state varies, depending on population. the most with 55, and alaska, just three. in all but two states, the candidate who wins all the states electors, maine and nebraska, but there are exceptions.

538votes of 270 out of electors are needed to become president. it is a system that at times has proved controversial. bushe year 2000, george w. beat al gore to the white house. >> this campaign has been unprecedented in many ways, the first, former first lady runs for office, and also has seen more campaign spending than any other race. catherine has more on this exceptional campaign season. from the beginning, this has been an unprecedented presidential campaign, with a never before seen level of personal attacks. fans demanding hillary clinton be locked up.

it has been an unpopularity contest. the tv debates were ugly. for'm going to be blamed everything that has ever happened. >> why not? ms. clinton: join the debate by saying more crazy rings. -- more crazy things. next they were not just ripping into each other. they laid into their rival supporters. put half of you can his supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. ,he racist, sexist, homophobic xenonophobic, you u name it. >> donald trump sparked outrage when he laid into the parents of a muslim soldier serving in iraq. an unprecedented attack on a gold star family.

days onescalated for twitter. the first ever female nominee of came underty, linton intense scrutiny, especially when she stumbled, suffering from pneumonia. physicalstions her capacity, and she questioned his attitude toward women. lookstried to switch from to stamina. this is a man who has called women tags, slots, and dogs. x the campaign was rocked when a hot mic recording emerge, when donald trump appeared to brag about sexually assaulting women. he dismissed it as locker room talk, but republican officials deserted their nominee. hillary clinton was in uncharted territory. just several days before the election, the fbi a nonstick was

-- announced it was relaunching an inquiry into her use of a private e-mail server. all trump called on moscow hackers to track down more clinton e-mails. mr. trump: russia, if you're listening, i hope you are able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. x even after the election, there could be more surprises. donald trump suggesting he might not accept the results if it doesn't go his way. let's go back to harry's bar and see what voters there are saying. this is one of the iconic u.s. bars in the french capital. every era drawls anxious americans and other nationalities waiting to see what happens on election night. luke round is there, thanks for joining us. tell us, how is the atmosphere there? is it as tense as it is here in the newsroom?

luke: i think the anxiety is around the world. this is been an iconic bar for almost a century now. since 1924 they've been holding this straw poll for american , initially it was for people who could not get home to vote. then it became something of a tradition. the last time they got it wrong was back in 2004. anti-frenchying the sentiment after the iraq war skewed the result there. currently the vote is not yet over, but currently hillary

clinton has a vast advantage here. it's a little late for any donald trump supporters and voters to come out of the woodwork and really change the results. there's a second trend, and that's the sales of the two cocktails that have been dedicated or created for the 2016 presidential election. the trumpet is leading the whole areas thereby some -- leading ous.hilari lootm sorry, we lost around, but i think he was telling us which cocktail he was going to try next. we will get back to him in just a few minutes. will bet barack obama leaving office with lower unemployment levels and when he the u.s. economy has largely bounced back from the great recession of 2008.

there is a look at the economic policy proposals. ms. clinton: that is the future. >> hillary clinton and donald trump clash on pretty much everything. the economy is no different. insist onld trump slashing taxes and reducing corporate regulation to free up the u.s. economy, clinton has vowed to increase taxes on the wealthiest to fund opportunities for the poorest. clinton: his plan would lead to massive cuts in priorities like education, health care, and environmental protection. x among donald trump's pledges, his found to cut the number of tax practices -- tax brackets from seven to three. it would slash corporate tax from 35% to just 15%. candidate,tic meanwhile, is proposing an additional tax bracket for those

earning more than $5 million a year. as for trade deals, donald trump insist the u.s. is currently being humiliated. never signed any trade agreement that hurts our workers. or that diminishes our freedom and our independence. we are going to enforce all trade violations against any country that cheats. also called for an import tariff of 35% on mexican goods and a 45% on chinese imports. his rival says these tariffs will only make it harder for the u.s. to compete on the world stage. do the political adversaries occasionally see eye to eye. both oppose the transpacific trade partnership.

>> let's take a look now at other world news. grizzly findings on the way to mosul. another mass grave was discovered by advancing troops on monday. the grave is believed to hold about 100 bodies, many of them decapitated. meanwhile, iraqi kurdish forces seized a strategic town east of mosul after going house to house to clear it of militants. reporter: one step closer to mosul. iraq forces have retaken the town of bashiqa. the northeastern mosul suburb is said to be under complete control of kurdish peshmerga troops.

>> as we headed in, lots of suicide bombers blew themselves up here at of them was right there next to us. islamic state group put up a fierce fight. the militants used tamils they built to hide from peshmerga forces and avoid the attack. >> they created a network of titles so the militants could come out and fire at us and then go back into the tunnels. now we are in control of those tunnels. peshmerga officials say there are still some jihadists inside the city. troops will now be clearing the tunnels of explosives and driving out any remaining islamic state group fighters. stepss one of the final in securing the outskirts of mosul. the goal is to surround and isolate the besieged city before mounting an assault.

be a long and bloody battle ahead. and kurdish00 arabs fighters are advancing on the de facto capital in syria, but it's a tricky operation. turkish authorities want to keep syrian kurds from entering the city and forces clashed with them. meanwhile the application is operation is further complicated by landmines planted by islamic state fighters. the new is tightening around the islamic state group in raqqa. now the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces are set on driving out the militants, and the operation is nearing a crucial phase. 70 the lawabout matters to go before we reach raqqa.

-- about 70 kilometers to go. hadhe islamic state group left booby-trapped cars and they exploded. >> the syrian democratic forces are a coalition dominated by syrian kurdish militia known as the ypg. the advance has been further because it considers them to be terrorists. >> the turkish military's holding talks with the u.s. on restrictive -- perspective strategies. turkish officials are said to be working with the u.s. on a rag-term plan for governing

qqa. >> cracking down on press freedom in turkey. thisigners went on trial tuesday, charts with making propaganda for kurdish militants , after they were invited as guest editors of a newspaper. journalists complain of growing arbitrary legal pressure ever since the failed coup in july and the state of emergency imposed since then. >> now time for business with kate moody. she is back on set. beenave the markets reacting to the election day in the united states? we saw big gains on stock markets around the world on monday as hillary clinton pulls ahead in opinion polls. much more subdued trading around the world on election day. investors have been betting on hillary clinton. she is seen as the steadier of

the two candidates. analyst predict that a donald trump lynwood provoke a similar drop in markets around the world . the major european indices closed slightly in the green, of about .5%. wall street had been trading slightly down earlier in the session and has risen above the flatlined there although they have pared back some of the .arlier gains the u.s. dollar is trading up slightly against the euro and the japanese yen. is also up peso about 1% against the dollar. currency markets are open 24 hours a day so we will see reaction here as soon as the results come out. asian markets will also be trading as the results begin to come in. the economy has not always been

center stage during this years campaign though they have outlines sharply different visions. donald trump wants to reduce the number of tax brackets from 723. he is opposed to tax cuts across the board -- has proposed tax board.ross the he would eliminate the estate tax on money or property that is passed down. he has suggested cutting the corporate tax rate him its current 34% to 15%, which would make it one of the lowest in the world. ae resulting drop is about trillion dollars of tax revenues to government over the next decade. clinton wants to add another tax bracket at the top and raise taxes on those earning more than $5 million the year to 45%. middle-class families would not see any major changes really. she would increase the estate tax on the richest families.

the clinton campaign said its policies would result in $1.5 trillion in tax revenue over the next 10 years. what they would do about america's struggling coal industry? >> this is the face of coal country today. empty, abandoned houses, burned out hotels. the u.s. coal industry is in deep decline. last year produced around 900 million tons, down almost a quarter from 2008. 50,000 jobs disappeared between 2008 and 2012. in regions like this, desperate for economic relief, choice between donald trump and hillary clinton for many comes down to energy policy. >> i'm 100% for donald trump. that's the only hope we've got

because he said he will put miners back to work. >> it's a frequent line of attack against clinton, especially after a march town hall appearance in which she appeared to disparage industry. mr. trump: i'm going to put the miners back to work, and she said i'm going to put the miners and the mines out of business. ton she comes over and try explain her statement. that's a tough one to explain, wouldn't you say? largely on is based repealing environmental regulations. many industry analysts point out that changing market realities are also in play. falling prices on alternatives have made coal list viable. clinton has proposed a sweeping plan to help struggling coal communities by helping them transition to clean energy jobs.

that many in this region are resistant to giving up on the familiar source of their livelihood. let's shift away from campaign news and look at some of the other business headlines now. the first western energy company to sign a deal with tehran since most international sanctions were lifted this year. total said it would use its own euro dominated cash to finance its investments. authorities in south korea have rated samsung headquarters in seoul in connection with the corruption scandal that has engulfed the government. the prosecutor's office said it was investigating possible links between samsung and a case involving the president and a close confideant.

will transition to food stores. more than 60 closures in the frenchkingdom and seven stores will be closed or downsized. the business of news. >> thank you so much, kate moody, joining us with the business news. we will be back in a few minutes with more on the election and other news around the world. stay with us on "france 24."

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