you the truth. the u.s. electorate is in full swing planned businesses are bracing for potential chaos with the prospect of a drawn out vote count on civil unrest. as the familiar claims of foreign meddling hang over the trunk biden clash we hit the streets of moscow to find out who votes and all reaching for the food was door. i can see trump. but i don't see biden. by the us yet the. islamic state claims responsibility for monday night's terrorist attack in vietnam in which a gunman killed 4 people witnesses described what they saw. running

in various forms and restrooms i leave bursts all she's very scared she was in the. shooting. people running and screaming. late in the evening here moscow's was going to 11 pm in fact in the team and i had all t's h.q. og large and joined us because our very warm welcome program. while to start off everyone's talking about. being cost across the u.s. and i want to believe the most divisive presidential battle in the country's modern history and certainly the most expensive election of all time and is happening in the midst of a pandemic that's claimed almost a quarter of a 1000000 american lives these are the latest pictures from polling stations in 2

of the key swing states which a lot was called said a north carolina 4 years ago donald trump won both taking wisconsin was actually considered a tipping point for the. didn't it gave him a crucial lead in the electoral college count but things could be very different this time around with the polls pointing to narrow victories for joe biden in those 2 states. and a sign of growing anxiety business owners are booting up the windows preparing for the wost there are widespread fears of a disputed result with some security experts predicting street riots in washington d.c. many offices and stores have ramped up that security swan reports from the capital . this is the scene all across downtown washington d.c. from the white house fanning out for miles if you have a shop or a business it's getting boarded up that is what is happening across the city and it's basically every business this is a wells fargo bank but we're talking banks we're talking restaurants we're talking

office buildings if it has glass windows or glass doors it seems like there is plywood going up over it there are dozens of these crews all around downtown washington d.c. putting up plywood in it is a patient of what well in and to support of violent protests as a result of selection now going into a couple of these businesses and ask the store owners and the shopkeepers what are you guys expecting why are you boarding up now keep in mind most of these folks don't own these buildings are owned by landlords but they're telling me they are boarding up in anticipation of in their words quote whatever happens in anticipation of whatever happens now keep in mind we have in this country 200 years plus of peaceful transition of power that takes place so this is a very unusual sight to see that during a u.s. presidential election that washington d.c. would literally be boarded up in anticipation of possible violence but of course the other question that's coming up here does this become the new normal the new normal of when there is a presidential election buildings board up in anticipation of protests against

whatever the outcome might ultimately be i did talk to one store owner who is a liquor store owner he told me that during the george floyd protest his business was broken into his windows were smashed so he's putting up the boards himself most of this work is being done by professional crews but i did ask him what do you think any of this has to do with the election and he said your guess is as good as mine over at the white house there is another set of our cautions being put up so aside from the plywood being designed to stop protesters and unscalable fins that's what it's being called unscalable fence has been set up here at the white house to protect the president and the white house from any protesters who may try to get over this initial fencing and the multiple layers of security what makes this fence different than these others is actually made of mesh and so. there is no room for fingers or toes to be able to climb up it by the way some media organizations have been mislabeled in it claiming it's a white fence on the other side of the white house made of wood it is not it is this mesh fence that has been confirmed for us by the secret service today the big question surrounding all this really comes down to the question of is this is the

new normal for elections hard to believe but with more than 200 years of peaceful transitions of power we're now talking about possible massive protests on the night of election night and again new layers of security at the white house it's also about what happens in the next 4 years 8 years and into the future. meanwhile a federal judge has ordered the u.s. postal service to inspect several processing facilities in swing states including pennsylvania michigan and florida and i'm saying will do to ensure that no man about it is left uncounted while with more on the atmosphere generally before the elections has chemical. polls have already been opened for a number of hours here in new york city now around the country we're seeing the along the lines outside of the polling places here in new york and we're not seeing that as much because early voting has taken place and now we're already getting some initial reports of fraud there are some individuals according to the new york post who have been caught voting under the names of deceased people now new york

state is you know a stronghold for the democratic party so it's unlikely that the results are going to be affected very much by any potential fraud here but regardless that initial fraud is being reported furthermore are the police of new york city are on standby anticipating protests from a number of different groups if the election results do not go their way here in new york we've also got store owners putting up boards over their windows and now reportedly at least one luxury apartment building here in new york has actually hired armed security guards in case of what might happen in the aftermath of the results protests rioting clashes in the streets. ross the united states gun sales are at record high and actually in los angeles the day before the election there was a big line outside of the gun store a gun store just outside of los angeles we were actually able to speak to the owner of that gun shop this is what he had to say to us or our 1st time purchasing is

probably 50 percent about half of the people that come into our shop are 1st time buyers and that's a big deal you know they fear the worst to come after you deal lichens and the way that people are going to do you know riots and stuff like died after the election i think it's going to get probably even worse you know and people once they start breaking down houses and the mobs get bigger you got to be able to protect yourself and there's a lot of people getting whatever they can in their hands the country is on edge because it seems like there hasn't been a clear indication from either camp that they would concede defeat if the results were to come in against their favor and there's been talk among among supporters of joe biden that he should concede donald trump has not said that he would concede defeat so there's a lot of fears of what might happen now here in new york city we actually took to the streets because while there is big division over the election it wasn't clear if people really understood the differences between the 2 major candidates.

carnival was the right. front on the other. government experience. for them for comfort has a near 0.0 so you destroy them and those were the very ones most is your heart and let me see how as opposed to. from the truth is every. thing really. it's a fight. i'm going to say trump but it could be biden so at this point we've got to supply a should have widespread protests we've got gun sales at record levels a lot of nervousness a lot of anticipation here in the united states as the country goes to vote many

fearing that this election could turn into a big explosion. while there's also been an online campaign. to vote against trump even if they're not particularly keen on the alternative and it's got a catchy slogan settle for biden auntie's going underground spoke to us comedian jimmy door who explains why the left isn't sold on the democratic contender. joe biden is going to move to the right he's already said but promised he's bought out he's going to veto medicare for all even if it passes the congress and 80 to 90 percent of the people in the country are forty's already vowed to do that and why did he vote to do that because he's in the pocket of wall street and the health insurance companies his record is not ever being able to be moved to the left is record is he moved to the right and then farther to the right he's not moving to the left before he has your vote the idea that he's going to move to the left after you voted for him is as just nuts it's him it sure it's ridiculous and we've got to

snap americans out of this idea because once joe biden gets elected we just have another problem to fight you know what they're saying is it's the equivalent does i'm going to go buy a car after i give the car dealer all my money that i'm going to negotiate the price and he's going to give me some of my money back that never happens this is which is why joe biden is never going to move to the left which is why these people have trumped arrangement syndrome to think that joe biden is anything what an exact warmongering fascist neil liberal who's going to take care of the billionaire class well over 105000000 americans have already made that choice using. infecting and of course madam ballots not think is twice as high as in the last election now as they take longer to count that could be significant delays and there are different rules so in some states menem bought it cannot be opened until election day and if on the cut and into pennsylvania and north carolina they can even be accepted several days

off to the voting has officially ended donald trump has claimed system is vulnerable to fraud and suggested he might not recognize the result and the democrats are hinting say. the only way we're going to lose this election is if the election is rigged remember the the only way we're going to lose and so look for joe biden should not concede under any circumstances because i think this is going to drag out and eventually i do believe he will win whatever the and count is but on the election that occurs on tuesday he will be elected on january 20th he will be inaugurated president of the united states. well of course live now to michael spokes munna for the us queen party michael welcome to the program now we have calls you know that your party's counted how we whole kansas out but neither trump will buy into an already offering any solutions to the climate c.

but is that such a thing as a lesser of 2 evils. i think asking people to choose between the lesser of 2 evils is unconscionable and a system where people should have to make that choice we have an electoral college that is outdated it has a legacy of being rooted in slavery and racism we have 1st past the post winner take all ballots and we should have choice voting for single seat elections as we have in the state of maine this year for president and also the people of massachusetts have the opportunity today to implement range choice voting in their state with the yes on to our c.v. campaign so the republicans and democrats operate as a cartel where yes they are in an intense bitter rivalry with each other but their highest priority is making sure that no one can threaten their cartel they that they have no outside competition and so the lesser of 2 evil framing is just

another way of trying to close the door on any conversation of alternatives before it can even happen so i think it's probably safe to say then that you see this the electoral college system as fatty food or what the my voice the 2 party system. and the shots outside party candidates how would you like to see reform that you think it would be moved not just to politicians but also ultimately to the american people. absolutely it's the voters that are our highest priority and that's why we are joining with everyone who is saying that every vote must be counted in this election every voters' rights must be respected regardless of which party of serves and every candidates rights need to be expect respected were guarding our presidential election 1st we need to have a national popular vote there is an interstate. popular vote proposal where if the majority of states represented the electoral college past that then they

will basically agree to cast their electoral college votes for the popular vote winner and effectively bypass the electoral college we need more states to sign on to that as i mentioned earlier for rent for single seat elections like the president like governor of a state like mayor of a city we need to run choice voting but even more importantly at the level of our legislatures which determine so much of every day life for the people in this country we need proportional representation with multi-seat districts and single transferable vote that is what the gold standard of democracies on this planet use the people who have those systems love it we see greater representation of both diversity of ideas but also ethnicities gender expression religion class this is how we give more voice to more people in this government we need to upgrade their ballot well it's definitely something that's going to appeal to a lot of people that they feel that that mall represented generally what's going to

be following the election that was my cranial spokes person for the u.s. green party thanks for coming on to the program thank you for having me. but according to mainstream media it is very important to know which candidate is profiled and must. take a tongue in cheek not. big bucks being splashed on campaigns the electoral college swing states none of this matters as long as the american vote is being decided. right there by the box she says. you'll never be able to find out how exactly it works behind these red walls plus the fact that it's russia that's deciding who can easily be felt outside the kremlin too. so i start walking down

the are about street in the heart of moscow and the 1st thing i see pretty much. stealing the u.s. selection deciding instead of the americans you want to see what it looks like this is what it looks like. the famous budget office i can see trump is here too but i don't see biden. by the lowest yet. but they're full from the most stupid now about something that makes a difference right. i mean he's still down meddling when you see this joe biden's wife showing up in the same dress as the one our teas editor in chief was wearing while interviewing surrogate. go on the fear for us all right total bullshit different. from. the pentagon you.

can just look at them but actually they're done with the what if we can see in the globalists. to keep your support for you jason stay. when the night for. is the scheming put on hold and now. coverage of every. one in the store do you feel. good but. boy. you must really begin to. look at what a. night or day russia's taking on. but let me be serious for a 2nd i'll tell you what most russians barely know when the american vote is happening and to be honest with you most people don't care at all i was going to

get over the stuff. but it was a libertarian essential lines of the company to tell me that. my parents are you worried about me making these of. these problems. but i'll still eat lunch and i mean if we're going to be. missing something important here you know. what let's go live to former u.k. conservative m.p. bass joining us from london welcome to the program keith and i want to do i want to ask you you know the u.k. in the us they consider that they have a special relationship and but it seems that that's a lot of state for you the u.k. in the selection because joe biden said there's no chance of a trade deal with britain if peace in northern ireland is undermined by a proxy deal is the british government worried about this well i think we're on the

horns of a dilemma on all of this is extremely amusing if it wasn't quite so serious but your your oit's i mean so far i mean the british government here is pinning its hopes i think on a trump win so he can get some kind of trade deal whether it's a free trade. deal or not is another matter where is quite clear that 'd biden if he was to become president is more interested in having a trade deal with the european union but of course we just left that so we could be high and dry but the other horn of the dire lever is such as you rightly say the united states is always regarded as our closest ally it's certainly our closest military military i like but of course what people have seen in the last 4 years on the donald trump is united states taking much more of her step back out of international relations dissociating itself from the paris

environmental issues things like this that we're having a massive attack on the international criminal court and so if we had another trump presidency then i think britain would actually see its own road diminished in so far as it would be tied to the coat strings of the united states and see the united states diminished in its world influence whereas with a bothered presidency i think that we would see the united states taking much more a central role in international affairs again and of course if britain maintains its relationship with the united states we could benefit from that when you mentioned either what about the point to impact on relations between the u.s. and europe i mean we've seen fit to tap tower apps and trump even court here at one of the u.s. is biggest failures on trade and could we see a dramatic shift in policy if biden does when. i don't think we're seeing any

in foreign affairs i don't think we'll see any dramatic shift i think if biden wins we will see very much more still a concentration on the united states it will be still quite a nationalist. gend but it will be with a friendlier states they will be much more wanting to engage with partners around the world i think you know as jack kennedy said back in the 1960 s. america cannot do things on its own it has to do so 'd in relationship with other countries by going on the stand whereas trump doesn't trump thinks that it can be just the united states or the lone america 1st and doesn't take the rest trump as sad just to focus more on the u.s. side of a rather than u.k. europe trump has said he could not want to meet the accent to prevent this protracted folk out and the speculation could even prematurely declare victory

probably on twitter do you think that he's way to go and how do you see all of this playing out obviously it's hard i know it's speculation but anyway well i have every sympathy with those who want to see a better system in the united states it is rather like their own electoral system of trade outdated and rooted in all sorts of reasons that were apparent at the time historically but no longer have relevance i mean when you look at the electoral college for example i mean the the winning candidate has to get 270 of those 533 electoral college votes so even those fillery clinton discovered to have cost she could win the popular vote if she didn't win the electoral college vote and she didn't become president and when you think the state like florida one of the swing states has 20 knowing a lick of votes that's actually more than 2 of the swing states wisconsin in arizona put together and that is more than 10 percent of the votes that actually

a winning candidate needs to get so there is a massive concentration on those so-called swing states just as we see in a british general election you know something like 2 thirds of the seats are already determined. people don't go that come only come in the 100 or so mogul seats would you like to change 1st and it really is they didn't know the vote through choice means that if you live in a particular area your vote really counts for something if you live somewhere else it's meaningless what's happening to voice says pushing for reform seem to be growing so it'll be very interesting to see whether it does trigger any changes that want to keep passed u.k. conservative m.p. i was always good to see you thanks for coming on the program thank you.

and the terrorist group islamic state has claimed responsibility for monday's shooting in vienna a gunman killed 4 people near a synagogue before being shot dead by police he's been identified as an islamic extremist who was released from prison last let's take a look at how monday's tragedy unfolded. upon hearing some shots down stairs i looked around the window. i saw the attacker running into various past interest rooms we sure are lined up on our street. and people running away. me and my friend we were in the back. in the city center and then we

heard shootings and we were very close and mandrel staffs these plates he started he started to scream everyone please come inside insight into the 2nd floor we try to hide ourselves so it's being so switching here around right next to us and saying we have all this time. and i need loose. she's going to skin she was in the panic she was sold to shooting just saw people running and screaming. 4 people were killed on monday night it's being confirmed 2 men and 2 women in this terror attack that unfolded in the center of the austrian capital vienna the gunman

was shot dead by police the scene we what we know about the attacker is that he was identified as a 20 year old islamist with north macedonian and austrian citizenship he was well known to the authorities and he had made in the attempts by 2019 to get to syria to join the islamic state terrorist group he was sentenced to 22 months in april of last year but he was released early but operation is ongoing to determine if he acted alone 8. scene homes have been raided by the police 14 people taken into detention for further questioning sebastian kurtz the austrian chancellor has condemned this act which he calls an act of islamic terror. yesterday the republic of australia and our people with the target of a terrorist attack for defenseless civilians were murdered at close range in cold blood it is now being confirmed that it was an act of islamist terrorism 22

people are in hospital receiving treatment after the terror attack on monday evening a number of those are said to be in a critical condition those that are injured being treated for wounds that have come from an automatic rifle handgun and also a machete as well chancellor kurds in is addressed to the australian people stressed this cannot become a battle of them versus all spittle in the muslim and christian communities inside of austria did announce that 3 days of national mourning are going to be taking place the center of the enter is still pretty much locked down we've also heard condolences and messages of support from international leaders including here from here in berlin the fight against islamist terrorism is our common struggle the key starts are with the people of austria was 10 united view against terror but these evil attacks against innocent people must stop the u.s.

stands with austria france and all of europe in the fight against terrorists including radical islamic terrorists operation continuing by police and security forces to determine whether or not that gunman acted alone. the u.k. has raised its terror level to surveil after the latest terrorist incidents and austrian fronts and that means the security services consider an attack to be highly likely on the home secretary has said there will be more visible policing when across the country well the french president has expressed his solidarity with australia to the mass shooting during a visit to the austrian embassy a manual europe will not give in to those times who are top its values france has been cracking down on radical groups all to a series of deadly incidents in recent days.

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get to see powell does this come down to. and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. some control for a middle. of the night most of our very hardworking people that want to get ahead that is either have some some health issues or have some had a streak of bad luck a full time job is plenty for a place to live and missing just a month's rent can get you a victim to gunpoint if anything bad happens to any thing that just throws your budget off slightly. better catch up real quick or you're going to have a judgment of possession against you and get addicted i anyone that's homeless is treated like garbage the polls.