who should be before you who you wish you. knew the truth of. the u.s. election is in full swing non-business is a bracing for potential chaos with the prospect of what to now vote count on civil unrest. gun sales. numbers in the u.s. since spring but is expecting focus the election. on as the familiar claims of foreign meddling hanging over the troubled by it and clash we hit the streets of moscow to find out who russians overeating for. food was door. i can see. here too. but i don't see. why the us to.

bring you the big stories around the clock this is all it's international very well welcome to the program from the whole team. well let's get started it is november so now being called across the u.s. and i'll give me the most divisive presidential battle in the country's malton history and suffering 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 well these are the latest pictures from polling stations in 2 of the key swing states it's wisconsin and north carolina 4 years ago 16 don't. taking wisconsin was actually considered a tipping point for the president giving him a crucial need 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 both . there is to stay. and

a sign of growing anxiety and business owners are boarding up the windows preparing for the wost there are widespread fares of the disputed result with some security experts predicting street riots in washington d.c. many offices and stores have wrapped up that security too from the capital that spans one. 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 payments 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 the anticipation of violent protests as a result of selection now going into a couple of these businesses and asked 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 the 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 protests 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 her cautions being put up so

aside from the plywood being designed to stop protesters and unscalable fits 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's 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 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 gun sales have such to reckon with numbers in the u.s.

in spring that's of course following protests for racial justice and california customers were actually see 19 up on stillness on chinese shop owner says demand is just soaring more and more. so 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 do you like and you have it people are going to do you know riots and stuff like dad after the election i think it's going to get probably even worse you know and people once they start breaking down houses in the mobs get bigger you got to be able to protect yourself there's a lot of people getting whatever they can in their hands while another side of one of the saudis don't cool to now tells us about the complexity and potential pitfalls of america's electoral process. for as long as anyone can remember washington's been helping people around the world fight wars change regimes

influence elections all in the name of democracy but in 2020 america itself seems to have a crisis of democracy on its hands this is going to be a fraud like you've never seen our democratic institutions threatened like never before i think the choice in this election is whether america remains america is our democracy and dangerous this is a democratic emergency talk of democracy being in danger has become normal for both democrats and republicans and there's more than just one reason as to why we could start with the fact that the actual popular vote doesn't even determine election outcomes we're the only democracy in the world that doesn't kill the popular vote and the bitter irony of america's winner takes all system in which the outcome could literally be the opposite of what most people voted for is that it's called the electoral college.

so no matter who you vote for it's unlikely to make much of a difference unless of course you live in a swing state and these states the popular vote is usually up in the air meaning they almost always determine the election outcome to give you an example no republican has ever become president without the critical swing state of ohio iowa michigan minnesota and north carolina are among those no less important swing states it's created a political situation where candidates will go to any length to please these specific voters i will be calling on the florida attorney general to launch an investigation into mike bloomberg. potentially engaging in bribery and vote buying in the state of florida bloomberg raised over $16000000.02 pay the legal fees of

nearly $32000.00 black and hispanic felons in florida the democrats know how important a swing state is but so did the republicans at a recent florida rally trump demanded votes from the residents of the nearby island of puerto rico i'm not going to say the best but i'm just about the best thing that ever happened to puerto rico you better vote for you but unfortunately for trump he clearly didn't know they can't vote the caribbean island still has the political rights of what many consider to be a 1900 centuries calling puerto rico's 3200000 u.s. citizens aren't the only ones who can vote for the country's president american samoa the northern mariana islands and u.s. virgin islands are also vote lists u.s. territories even many people who live on the mainland have the right to vote but faced serious obstacles something human rights groups are calling a mockery. now we are moved to exercise it because their own

these barriers not enough centers missing from voter guides that are complicated to say you don't live in a territory and voting booths are accessible to you it's not like there's much of a choice everyone knows 2 parties run the show in american politics and even if a 3rd one does end up on the ballot it's not like it would have much of a chance to compete the polls show that about 2 thirds of the american people would like to see another major already an alternative to the 2 major parties that we have now and despite all these problems with america's electoral system washington still claims the country is the world's beacon of democracy. well at least 100000000 americans have already made that choice using in possibility voting as well as man and ballots now figure is actually twice as high as the last election back in 26 states now as those votes take longer to counties have to compare signatures it's likely to mean significant delays so in some states many about it's

can't be opened until election day and into pennsylvania and north carolina they can even be accepted several days off to the voting has officially ended now donald trump has claimed the system is vulnerable to fraud and suggested he might not recognize the result and the democrats are hinting the say the only way we're going to lose this election is this the election is rigged remember the only way we're going to lose this so look for joe biden should not see 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. let's go live now to kate a moral person who has a new york for us came up because polls start closing in just

a few hours so can you give us an idea of how the voting has gone today so far. well here in new york people have been voting all day long we haven't had the long lines here in new york that other states have experienced because of the early voting procedures here now there have been reports from the new york post about individuals here in new york city who were caught voting under the names of people who have already died now those reports are coming out however potential fraud isn't really expected to affect the results here in new york state because new york state is a stronghold of the democratic party and its electoral votes are presumed to go to joe biden anyway now what is interesting and quite an important development is that a federal judge has recently ordered the u.s. postal service to inspect several processing facilities in swing states and one of them is in pennsylvania and as

a result of this postal ballots will not be counted for several days until after the official vote has ended according to the supreme court's decision now during his scheduled visit to the republican national convention and next u.s. president donald trump he spoke about this and he said that there's actually undermines the transparency of the election take a listen. winning is easy losing is never easy enough for me it's not you have to have a date and the date happens to be november 3rd and we should be entitled to know who won on november 30th and if somebody comes along and puts a ballot in wally which a very dangerous decision for this country what they did with pennsylvania now pennsylvania the state in question is also the state where joe biden recently ended his campaign now i here in new york city there is a bit of a tense situation people are bracing for protests and unrest in the aftermath of

a potential result however we did take to the streets to find out if people could tell us the differences between the major candidates there's so much division but the people really know the real differences between trump and biden and their proposed policies take a listen. carnivals . come from the other. government experience. for you and from peru it has a near 0.0 so you just put them in the work so everyone close your heart let me see has a post. from the truth is. yes i really. did sit tight and i'm going to say don trump but it could be pirated.

now there's a very visible police presence on the street of new york city tonight and that is in anticipation of protests that have already been called in the event of a potential result a number of leftist groups as well as right wing groups have called for protests in response to results that they do not favor and at this point we've seen a number of store owners who are boarding up boarding up their stores to protect the windows in case of windows being broken now we also have a report that i apparently according to one report at least one luxury apartment complex has hired armed security guards to protect it for the cvs being so quite a bit of tense feelings here in new york city and throughout the country as many fear that the potential results of this election could create kind of an explosion . doesn't look like anyone's expecting a quiet night that was capable of reporting from new york many thanks. well to

delve into this a bit father were joined now by my correct involved who is a liberal studies professor and author of the book beyond woke now michael welcome to the program thanks for taking the time to speak to us i want to start fast food just picking up on what kale upset about the idea of social unrest that of course we are going through because of coronavirus everyone globally going through an economic crisis in your opinion who is the best candidate to deal with these issues . well it should be known that you know extending the voting process and the counting process you know days and weeks beyond the election only provides greater soil so this on a rest to ferment and so the fact that you have the campaign manager of saying that. there is no way of the trump can declare victory on tuesday means that this is going to go on for weeks and likely will include the legal battles and

physical violence in the streets so this only adds to the run a virus tension that people have been muzzled and locked down for in parts of the country and also the violence that rampage the country has for 6 months all american cities so i think that if you're looking for the difference between which candidate would say well the violence you have to say trump because camp is actually encouraging it and in fact they bailed out protesters that have been arrested they have been very slow to condemn violence they have suggested that this notion of and tif is an idea rather than people burning down houses and buildings so you know you'd have to say trump on that score i want. some have said that i mean with all campaigns like fettle football or trying to get something has anyone but trouble in your opinion is if

a vote football i don't actually have or is it just against. that's all it is you're right exactly this is trump or not trump this has nothing to do with biden it's just a placeholder in this election all the enmity is focused on trump and it's just a matter of whether somebody does dislikes or distain strop or not there really is no other criteria here because biden hasn't people were wondering what his policies were there are they haven't been really made clear. there are there are behind the website but they haven't been really made clear on the campaign because you haven't really campaigned very much that's also. been average i think during this election cycle the electoral fraud and that's something that obviously troubling has been talked about at every single rally. how likely is the possibility of force and do you really see this as undermining the integrity of this election i wouldn't

say voter fraud it's the question really it's a question of harvesting an electronic vote fixing these are really the issues it isn't so much the voters themselves who are trying to cast you know illegal ballots as maybe the parties in this case the only thing up here and that is the harvesting of ballots absentee ballots. possibility of electronic. interference in the electronic voting processes i don't think voter fraud itself is really that is really the issue it's rather it's it's more like voter. theft parties and finally i also want to ask you about both candidates i mean. the little spring chickens let's put it like out that bait in the seventy's what role do you that running mates play in these elections and does that factor into focus decisions today. i think so in the case of biden in particular because he showed

many signs of shall he states that he get that at least it's not something it's much more intimate serious so you know a lot of people were are saying basically that a vote for biden it's effectively a vote for his running mate camelot heris in the case of trump it's not really as big of a deal although i've seen reports of people saying that they feel more confident. in his vice president pence than they do and come out and you know perform here in that debate by all measures so it really isn't a big factor where trump is because actually people that are supporting trump are supporting trump not the ticket they are trump and there is a huge contingent of them why i can see that your speaking toss from pennsylvania a lot all eyes on you all state today that's going to be a big one and we're going to wait for that thank you very much that was a liberal studies professor michael writes involves respect many thanks for the

insight thank you. but according to mainstream media it is very important to know which candidate is preferred. takes while a tongue in cheek. 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 hour but. you'll never be able to find out how exactly it works behind these red walls but the fact that it's russia that's deciding 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 but the north because i can see trump is here too but i don't see biden. by the west yet. but you're a fool for the most stupid you know 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. so it's time to hear from the right total bullshit different. from. the pentagon you wish.

you can just look at them but actually they're done with the thing but if we can see in the globalists. to keep your support for you jason stay. when the night falls. is the scheming put on hold now. the average of every. one of the stories you feel the way you do the. boys that you cannot see in the future. good. night or day rushes taking old town. 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 a bit of such rules. is a libertarian you say sure we need to get uppity to the sound of that. but very very conservative certainly and they can be good. to do these things alone. but also those lines are good i mean if we're going to be doing . these things something important cherami you. well stay with us throughout the election day and of course beyond for more mainstream coverage of the vote for the big seat in the oval office. and finding the terrorist group islamic state has claimed responsibility for

monday's much shooting in vienna a gunman killed 4 people marry a synagogue before being shot dead himself by police he's been identified on the as an islamic extremist who was released from prison last december let's take a look at how the 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 be running away from. me and my friend we were in the back. in the city center and then we heard him shootings and we were very close and mandrel staffs nice place he started he started to scream everyone please come inside inside and went to the 2nd

floor we tried to hide ourselves so it's been sound switching here around right next to us and soon we all saw i. might need bursts. she's very scary 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 attempt back in 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. the homes being raided by the police 14 people taken into detention for further questioning the austrian chancellor has condemned this act which he calls an act of islamic terror. yesterday the republic of austria and our people with the target of a terrorist attack 4 defenseless civilians were murdered at close range in cold blood it is now been 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 austrian people stressed this cannot become a battle of them vs all spits wien the muslim and christian communities inside of austria he did announce that 3 days of national mourning are going to be taking place the center of vienna 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 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. or the

u.k. it's raised its terror level to severe after the latest terrorist incidents in both austria and france that means that security services consider an attack to be highly likely and the home secretary has said there will be more visible police. all across the country the french president in the meantime has expressed his solidarity with australia after the mass shooting during a visit to the austrian have the same mind while my chrome said europe will not give in to those who attack its values france has been cracking down on radical groups in light of a series of deadly incidents recently. while

that's all for now to worry there because we will be here all through the day and night bringing the latest updates as they come out of the us to please keep checking back for those all head on i. was a pandemic no certainly no borders i'm just delighted to nationalities. as a. judge learn as commentary this is. something. we can

do better we should be. everyone is contributing each of our own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges create the response has been so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. the u.s. has a history.