today not of course is the election in pakistan voting was suspended in one constituency in baluchistan province off to dozens of people died in a suicide bombing that's going to name has mall. eisel claimed responsibility for this suicide bomb attack outside a polling station in quite doesn't kill another suicide bombing in the same province earlier this month at a campaign event killed one hundred forty nine people including a candidate in pakistan has deployed eight hundred thousand security personnel across the country below while bhutto's adare one of three main candidates for prime minister said the. voters would not be deterred the diaries mother former prime minister benazir bhutto was assassinated in two thousand and seven. in baluchistan is an attempt to disrupt the political process but people will not be affected by this they will come out and vote in full force. the story could help form a coalition government if no party wins a decisive victory opposition leader imraan khan has campaigned on an anti-corruption platform and is popular with young voters. this is the first time we've

which is in baluchistan province also saw deadly pre-election violence the military meanwhile is out in force today as millions of pakistanis guss their ballots. armed soldiers like these are some of the roughly three hundred seventy thousand troops deployed across the country not only are they guarding polling centers but are also helping with general security duties. their mission preventing incidents like this from occurring again this was the scene after a suicide bomber targeted the convoy of political candidates in the southwestern province of the looters tom one hundred forty nine people were killed in the attack that took place ten days ago. besides normal security duties officers have also been given expanded powers they can punish individuals for illegal acts committed inside polling stations. human rights groups are concerned they have already complained of the army's alleged interference in the electoral process. which is in mitigation get it out and all that but n.p. confront that and if it is it then there's one thing that you're booking as the end. of the intimidation

which is in baluchistan province also so deadly pre-election violence meanwhile the military was out in force as millions of pakistanis voted. armed soldiers like these are some of the roughly three hundred seventy thousand troops deployed across the country not only are they guarding polling centers but are also helping with general security duties. human rights groups are concerned they have already complained of the army's alleged interference in the electoral process. which is in litigation get it out and all to buckle and keep going to fund that and if it is it generation one again that you're looking at it as the end. of the intimidation of journalists is believed to have served the campaign of this man former cricket star in one count of the movement for justice party the sixty five year old has vowed to track down on corruption. what it says about it all we will deliver justice to the masses regardless of them being a hindu or christian a sikh regardless of the marine corps or from different provinces or from coffee to stock supérieure or somebody who you know of his closest

registered with the election commission of pakistan the from areas in the favor provinces baluchistan province where you saw the suicide attack this morning where more than thirty people have been killed so there have been some complaints of very good regularities but many people who we've been speaking to say that this is by and large one of the one of the most. professional elections where there were as many. political parties who have been complaining of rigging in previous to have not come out with such complaints but there was a complaint of the process being too slow three major political parties went to the election commission and wanted them to extend the pulling out was by one and the election commission refused saying that everyone who arrived at the polling station by the by thirteen hundred g.m.t. would be able to. but having said that this is this may be one of the most professionally held elections but the human rights commission of pakistan has been saying that this is one of the dirtiest elections. taking place in entire parties have been wiped out even before it began thank yo

the attack in baluchistan province is the deadliest in more than a year.o days before mr trump meets vladimir putin, a grand jury in the us has decided to charge 12 russian intelligence officers with hacking into the computers of the democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton and her party. president trump is in scotland, as part now on bbc news, the travel show.

near a crowded polling station just outside the pakistani city of cueto that's the capital of baluchistan province well the thirty people including children being killed. of af attack comes at a time when millions of voters occulting their ballot to elect a new government the jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif's brother. is leading the ruling and he's up against former cricketer imran khan who heads the center right pakistan tehreek e insaf the p.t.i. there's also the pakistan people's party led by bilawal bhutto is the twenty nine year old son of the assassinated former prime minister benazir bhutto. at least fifty people have been killed and dozens more been injured after a suicide bombers targeted a city in southern syria several attackers struck. near the border with jordan the area is government held but eisel controls a pocket of territory to the north seventy decker's in the occupied golan heights close to where the fighting is taking place according to syrian state media one suicide bomber they say belonging to ice will bloom in the market in the city of swayed us weight has been un

their votes despite attacks and political controversy voting was suspended in situ and sea in baluchistan province after dozens of people died in a suicide bombing. eisel claimed responsibility for this suicide bomb attack outside a polling station in quite dozens were killed another suicide bombing in the same province earlier this month at a campaign event killed one hundred forty nine people including a candidate in pakistan has deployed eight hundred thousand security personnel across the country below while bhutto's adare one of three main candidates for prime minister said voters would not be deterred the diaries mother former prime minister benazir bhutto was assassinated in two thousand and seven. in baluchistan is an attempt to disrupt the political process the people will not be affected by this they will come out and vote in full force. the story could help form a coalition government if no party wins a decisive victory opposition leader imraan khan has campaigned on an anti-corruption platform and is popular with young voters. this is the first time we've had the chance to defeat the t

the attack in baluchistan province is the deadliest in more than a year. the islamic state group claimed responsibility for the attack. two days before mr trump meets vladimir putin, a grand jury in the us has decided to charge 12 russian intelligence officers with hacking into the computers of the democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton and her party. president trump is in scotland, as part now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's show... iron in amsterdam tojump on board a boat which once ferried migrants across the mediterranean but now carries tourists. —— i'm. across the mediterranean but now carries tourists. -- i'm. so whenever you have a chance to help somebody, do it. it will come back to you. rajan kids to colorado to meet the people trying to save the iconic north american bison. the policy is rare much let them roam, let them be free, don't interfere. lucy is here with the lowdown on how to pick the best smart suitcase. the main difference is you can afford to bea main difference is you can afford to be a bit more ca

crowded polling station just outside the pakistani city of question that's the capital of baluchistan provinceall the thirty people including children were killed millions of people are voting in a tightly contested general election. and suicide bombers have targeted a government held city in southern syria at least fifty people are feared dead in alsa weta the city is near to a pocket of territory that is held by isis. local media in laos. reporting that at least nineteen people have died after a dam collapse on monday and evacuation was ordered after the government was notified of cracks in one of the sporting downs of many living nearby didn't have enough time to escape. all right we're going to go back now to our top story and that of course of the general election taking place in pakistan we can talk to share as predator who is in islamabad is the director of abdul wali university dan thank you for talking to us i'm just wondering as to what the overall impact could be of this attack on question where we think more than thirty people have died the death toll certainly rising whether this

hundred people were killed and many more were injured one happened in mastan in southwestern baluchistan province where islamic state says it killed a political candidate at a rally the other attack was at a rally involve news in the country's north west the candidate there was not physically hurt but he was angry. they say there is a threat to aachen car and the riot i want to ask this television channel that if you have such an information you should tell us how do you get this information and where these people come from in the middle of the violence the former pakistani prime minister flew first class to law or where federal police were waiting to take him and his daughter mario to a prison in roll pending an anti corruption court convicted the sharifs on july seventh stealing money from the treasury to pay for a luxury lifestyle corruption first revealed in the release of the panama papers now us to read has said he will appeal his conviction and ten year prison term sharif has been banned from politics for lunch the judiciary is set on rooting out corruption in pakistani politics but neithe

in baluchistan province in the south west of the country targeted at the rally of election. of a sony who was killed in the blast police say the alleged attacker a few new ones on this brother were from the southern province were members of the isolating group of the lashkar e jhangvi. at least forty people have died and a strike in can do city in northern afghanistan u.s. and afghan military planes were targeting taliban fighters the u.s. army says there's nothing to suggest that it's jets were behind the strike last week the u.n. demanded more protection for civilians after every port found the strikes have killed three hundred fifty three afghans so far this year and staying in the country two civilians and eight police officers have been killed in a taliban attack. others were wounded when the armed groups stormed a village in gaza in the province now police say they killed seventeen of the attackers. satanical criminals catholic bishops on the u.s. three targets play by nicaragua as president for the wave of unrest that has swept the country daniel ortega addressed crow

for the first time we saw a forty percent turnout for a province like baluchistan which saw their deadliest attack dad and indeed very encouraging so did the women and the young people who've made a difference. to ward who are excited about change and that of course a huge responsibility or name ron khan who promised so much the question is really be able to deliver and really be able to tackle some of the talk that lie ahead of fame ok. come all thank you. let's name to gaza now where people are gathering again near the border fence this has been happening at every friday the continuing weekly demonstrations against israel's blockade let's go now to our charles stratford who has been covering these have protests for quite some time and it's our understanding that unfortunately and all of this back and forth that there has been am at least one fatality what can you tell us charles. that's right we can confirm that one one palestinian has been killed we're unsure as to yet whether he was affiliated to any of the armed factions here at least eleven other people injured in vari

a deadly attack in the province of baluchistan where a prominent leader. sunny was gated and seventy other people also losing their lives and we are told that there were one hundred twenty day dad happening on a day when a former chief minister of the high before. also so waved an attack on his as he were leaving a campaign rally the attack in baluchistan dog cage one of the prominent leaders of the blue just on the. younger brother of the former chief minister of baluchistan province mr some raced on the and it is all happening on the day when i was sheriff . and did. international airline flight and you know ahead we're told that the national accountability bureau personnel had directed him to be taken to a llama but ray serious charges have been leveled against him he and his dog to have been found guilty of massive corruption however. his body is up all day to come to the whole episode and give him come to the security of the airport had been taken over by the better minute he felt it in order to prevent a large crowd from defending on the airport by d

election campaign rally in pakistan it was in the millage of village i'm sorry of mustang in baluchistan province near the afghan border one of the candidates for a provincial seat war was among those killed second election related bombing on friday the other one happened in the northern town called bonnie. correspondent on the line now from lahore just bring us up to date with this one coming. yes indeed come all the dishes particular tags taking a bluetooth on to much straight day a call in a meeting was underway when a suicide bomber struck that meeting we're told that over one hundred people. dead storage sixty five and likely to rise even. as you mentioned earlier in the day that was not the deadly attack andy attempt happening and by no on the chief minister former chief minister of the k.p. cage and which five people look at it he would. he gave the gag however coming back to going to just on the top leader of the blue to just on awami party won me standing for people's party who was good casting the election from much doom he did abroad to fall my chief minister all but you were just on p

polling station we saw a new train and train good repeated throughout pakistan in fact in baluchistan province hard where that deadly bombing it was unprecedented when large number of women came out in the rural areas toward despite that attack what the trend that we have seen here is the fact that fifty percent of the targets on the population in less than thirty years of age what we saw was the young and particularly the women who came out and boarded in train and did the battle and what has happened to the oligarchs who have. done the politics for decades have been wiped out by a new movement so to speak one dad was inspired by the social media the awareness campaigns on the social media on the electronic media. and because the country is confronted with problems that people realized that day for change something that imran khan was all free now he had already. go ahead mark the problem is kemal is of course all the opposition parties are claiming irregularities and therefore they're calling into question this result that you told us about which might indeed represent a generational shift i

hundred people were killed and many more were injured one happened in mastan in southwestern baluchistan province where islamic state says it killed a political candidate at a rally the other attack was at a rally in bonn news in the country's north west the candidate there was not physically hurt but he was angry. they say there is a threat to our current iranian i want to ask this television channel that if you have such an information you should tell us how do you get this information and where these people come from in the middle of the violence the former pakistani prime minister flew first class to law or where federal police were waiting to take him and his daughter mari him to a prison in roll pending an anti corruption court convicted the sharifs on july seventh stealing money from the treasury to pay for a luxury lifestyle corruption first revealed in the release of the panama papers now us to read has said he will appeal his conviction and ten year prison term sharif has been banned from politics for life the judiciary is set on rooting out corruption in pakistani politics but neither

as part of the federation old alliances have been broken and new ones have emerged in baluchistan in the provinces. nationally the ballots have been distributed and boxes are in place for one hundred six million pakistanis to vote political leaders say attempts of rigging can only be defeated if people come out and water numbers some of enjoyably dollars here a lot.

as part of the federation old alliances have been broken and new ones have emerged in baluchistan in the provinces nationally the ballots have been distributed and boxes are in place for one hundred six million pakistanis to vote political leaders the attempts of people rigging can only be defeated if people come out and water numbers some of those here are lahore. democratic republic of congo's health minister says the latest outbreak of the deadly ebola virus is over there fifty four cases and thirty three deaths in the outbreak that was declared in may health officials say a quick international response of the vaccination of more than three thousand people helped to contain the outbreak it was the country's ninth week since the virus was first identified back in one nine hundred seventy six meanwhile in the u.k. five doctors have handled handed back medals given to them by the government three years ago for their work on the a ball a crisis in west africa doctors are unhappy at the tightening of the rules in the u.k. national health service which means undocumented migrants have to pay for trea

as part of the federation old alliances have been broken and new ones have emerged in baluchistan in the provinces nationally the ballots have been distributed and boxes are in place for one hundred six million pakistanis to vote political leaders say attempts of rigging can only be defeated if people come out and water numbers. are lahore. that's what a couple hides in the he's outside a polling station in islamabad and call people just starting to fight and it's a very significant election isn't it second time that pakistan has seen a democratic transfer from one civilian governments to the next how free and fair is this going to be. where the election and just. started coming to the polling stations early. to predict where the. election people have been saying this is an election where the people will make a choice we have not seen any. intimidation as far as the water they're concerned so i think we should give it time and see where that they should indeed a fair and free election after all there are one hundred observers from the european union fifty three. will be monitoring this election so

part of the federation old alliances have been broken and new ones have emerged in baluchistan in every possible provinces. nationally the ballots have been distributed and boxes are in place for one hundred six million pakistanis to vote politically deceit attempts of rigging can only be defeated if people come out and water numbers some of enjoying the other zero lahore. that's one article hiding is outside a polling station in islamabad and glass is shaped up to be a very tight race isn't it. absolutely. if you're bored by osama all the people you're going to parties are going to be staying and obviously hoping that day will come or go on however it is not going to be easy because the political parties particularly need to rein in trains to political parties like the progress on which we know watch and up against on people's party have lost a creative ability because of the massive corruption charges that country. forward ninety billion dollars and hundreds of billions of dollars have been siphoned out of the country so indeed it is their johns that perhaps imran khan may win the election for him also

as part of the federation old alliances have been broken and new ones have emerged in baluchistan in the provinces nationally the ballots have been distributed and boxes are in place for one hundred six million pakistanis to vote political leaders the attempts of people rigging can only be defeated if people come out and water numbers simon job a dollar zero or lahore. so how can a visiting research fellow at the cato institute specializing in south asian affairs she says the elections have been marred with questions about how free and fair they are going to be. this is an election where political candidates especially have been targeted which has created sort of concerns around the security of the elections as well now when it comes to fairness this is where richard is this is also an interesting development because human rights groups the media box on the media and even some politicians have accused the military of interfering in the elections which of course impacts how fair and free they would be so i think the expectation is that these elections are very crucial for pakistan's political progr

something that is unprecedented even in the province of baluchistan the people left watered in large numbers of women in rural areas of baluchistan something you know what unprecedented in pakistan that never happened before and. for that. a government voice georgian that had not happened in every government. india election. job had scored big time because after the. mr sharif his conviction by the court. is something that in common in pakistan political leaders jump from their party bandwagon join the bandwagon this is something which is quite common so dad defection plus the change. ward after all it's the first time that the young people of this country have a right to war dad. population and women have. social media and the fact that women are all tuning into their television stations watching the debate between the politician. for change. big challenge the opposition if it does not accept this ballot and. something then obviously it could lead to more political to destabilization. that iran is also going to be. talking about. going to give a speech it didn't expected any minute

more than 100 were killed in the suicide bombing at an election rally in the province of baluchistan.st site and found people scattered, there was hardly a person who was in a good condition. we alerted our vehicles and sent 30 ambulances to help the wounded. the army had claimed that militants had been cleared from the region near the afghan border, which has been marred by ongoing violence and instability. in a separate incident, four people were killed in a bomb blast in the north of the country. another politician's campaign convoy was hit. it's less than two weeks before pakistan goes to the polls, and these attacks could trigger a new set of tensions ahead of an election already marred by controversy. lebo diseko, bbc news. more than 200 people are now confirmed dead from the flooding in western japan. 70,000 rescue workers and soldiers have been deployed to dig through the rubble, as dozens of people remain buried a week after record rainfall hit the region. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has travelled to hiroshima prefecture, where a series of huge landslides have bu

was overshadowed by a huge suicide attack on an unconnected political rally in the western province of baluchistandup to the elections becoming increasingly fraught. landing in lahore, he and his daughter were surrounded by security officials, waiting to fly them to a jail. for some, nawaz is a corrupt politician, finally being punished. for others, he is a political martyr. how the majority of the country view him will play a large part in determining the elections. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's show... i'm in amsterdam tojump on board a boat which once ferried migrants across the mediterranean but now carries tourists. so whenever you have a chance to help somebody, do it. it will come back to you. rajan heads to colorado to meet the people trying to save the iconic north american bison. the policy is very much let them roam, let them be free, don't interfere. lucy is here with the lowdown on how to pick the best smart suitcase. the main difference is you can afford to be a bit more careless in this, safe in the knowledge that your wheels will not buckle under the pr

is especially in far flung areas the situation in the cities is ok but in the areas in the province or baluchistan is pretty dire where a number of attacks have big took place in the lead up to the elections that you saw this morning that at least thirty people have been killed in the city of was the time line in terms of how much time is left for voting and when we expect the first results to appear. in a couple of. thirteen hundred g.m.t. polls will close there has been a request by the pakistan muslim league the party of prime minister minister nawaz sharif saying that the polling needs to be extended by an hour the election commission is still deliberating on whether to allow it or not their request is based on the fact that in many polling stations the process of polling is gray's low this therefore many people have not been able to cast their vote so we hope by according to the election commission's announcement it is going to end thirteen energy to be a million one hundred send it by an hour and then results will start coming in from the smaller polling stations and we will see much later i

scene after a suicide bomber targeted the convoy of political candidates in the southwestern province of baluchistan one hundred forty nine people were killed in the attack that took place ten days ago. besides normal security duties officers have also been given expanded powers they can punish individuals for illegal acts committed inside polling stations. human rights groups are concerned they have already complained of the army's alleged interference in the electoral process. which is investigation get it out and all debacle and he can fund that and if it is it then there's a lot of game that you're looking at as the end of. the intimidation of journalists is believed to have served the campaign of this man former cricket star in one count of the movement for justice party the sixty five year old has vowed to track down on corruption. what it says about it for we will deliver justice to the masses regardless of them being a hindu all christian or sikh regardless of the being poor all from different provinces all from coffee to stock soup we're going to see great movie although his closest rival i

more than 100 were killed in the suicide bombing at an election rally in the province of baluchistan.ched the blast site and found people scattered, there was hardly a person who was in a good condition. we alerted our vehicles and sent 30 ambulances to help the wounded. the army had claimed that militants had been cleared from the region near the afghan border, which has been marred by ongoing violence and instability. in a separate incident, four people were killed in a bomb blast in the north of the country. another politician's campaign convoy was hit. it's less than two weeks before pakistan goes to the polls, and these attacks could trigger a new set of tensions ahead of an election already marred by controversy. lebo diseko, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. pakistan's former prime minister, nawaz sharif, has been arrested after returning to the country. he faces a ten yearjail term for corruption. mr sharif flew from london to lahore, where large rallies were held in his support. after his arrest, mr sharif and his daughter maryam — who was sentenced in the sam

overshadowed by a huge suicide on the net and unconnected political rally in the western province of baluchistanded by security officials, waiting to fly them to a jail in robbing the. for some, no street is a corrupt politician, finally being punished. —— nawaz sharif. for others, he is a political martyr. how the majority of the country view him will play a large part in determining the elections. an iceberg the size of a hill has drifted close to a small village on the western coast of greenland, prompting fears that waves could overwhelm homes there. the village, which has around 170 residents, has been partially evacuated. it's feared the iceberg could break apart, with waves flooding the coastline. earlier, kenneth elkjaar from the greenland broadcaster knr said the movements of the iceberg were up in the air. right now, the situation is that everybody is waiting to see where the iceberg is going. the wind is controlling the situation right now. yesterday, it moved a bit towards the north because of the wind and high tides, and that was a good thing for the village, because it moved away.

part of the federation old alliances have been broken and new ones have emerged in baluchistan in every bottle club provinces. nationally the ballots have been distributed and boxes are in place for one hundred six million pakistanis to vote political leaders see attempts of people rigging can only be defeated if people come out and water numbers some of enjoyably dollars here a lot. ok let's talk to come to life for us in islamabad come on as we head to someone talking about there the military has been put in place a stand simply to assist in free and fair and transparent polls but what is the suggestion that the military has actually been influencing the outcome of this election. well if you ask the military they were. pretty tricky because the and get him government had all of the military doing headed and that of course provisions of the pakistani. and the security environment in this country really gained and already we have seen hundreds of people during the election campaign. had realised that they. would bomb dog attack the nation so the million million age group i think before we. should watch and s

on friday, a massive suicide bombing at an election campaign gathering in the southwestern province of baluchistanilled 149 people and injured another 200, making it the third dedeadliest attack in pakistan's history. the bombing targeted an election rally of the balochistan awami party. isis claimed responsibility for the attack. among those killed was a baluchistan provincial assembly candidate, siraj raisani. this is the slain candidate's brother, hajajlashkari. >> these kininds of incidentntse been happenining in our countr's history, and they are condemned verbally, but no solid measures are taken to prevent them. nermeen: it was the third such attack on election rallies in a week. hours after the deadly bombing, former prime minister nawaz sharif and his daughter maryam were arrested at lahore's airport as they returned to pakistan from london in efforts to bolster sharif's political party, the pakistan muslim league-nawaz, or pmln, one of the leading contenders in next week's elections. there arrest came after sharif, a third term prime minister, and his daughter were convicted in absentia

victims of friday's massive bombing at an election campaign gathering in the southwestern province of baluchistan. al jazeera reports up to 149 people were killed and nearly 200 more were wounded, making it the third deadliest attack in pakistan's history. the bombing targeted an election rally of the balochistan awami party ahead of the july 25 national elections. isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. among those killed was a baluchistan provincial assembly candidate, siraj raisani. this is the slain candidate's brother haji lashkari. havavee kinds of incidents been hapappening in our r counts histstory. these incidents are condemned verbally, but no solid measures are taken to prevent them. on friday night, hours after the deadly bombing, former prime minister nawaz sharif and his daughter maryam were arrested at the lahore airport as they returned to pakistan from london in efforts to bolster sharif's political party, the pakistan muslim league-nawaz ahead of the elections. their arrest came after sharif and his daughter were convicted in absentia last week in a corruption case that

of the country reports of those clashes beginning in the northern province and of course that attack in the southern state of baluchistan the tensions are high and that's what the authorities were worried about. indeed. and it's something that. because people like coming out the war so far that the. incidents are reflected to k.p. and tag just on however we've seen a larger than usual. award. people are coming out in large numbers but that women are also participating actively in this election. very young and you have to be eighteen to be awarded so did going to be an important and crucial element to see which go and. any political party would be unable to god that kind of support from a watch section all society had and also the fact that social media had added and you why bring teetered that election because everybody. the political party that you would vote for. or try and encourage more and more prepared to come out and do the national duty and they will they did the generational. is quite evident in the way that the political parties have been trying to. in the lead up to the selection . out. in fact it is a young

vapor shaped we have lost over almost eighty five people in baluchistan today with a deadly air tag and also and a high booked on a province or the government quite know very this is a critical situation indeed and we should see how this all plays out but in the next few days developments indeed how much concern is that for the security situation head of elections. and indeed a huge problem because just a few days ago a prominent leader harun below or was catered to and the five a book to inquire province today said roger a sonnie the brother of the former chief minister was targeted by a suicide bomber and much doom district eighty five. day to day another tag on the former chief minister of the high book to him. did i think go to dear lord we had all sort doored we have just received this information that islam makes stage has taken responsibility for the kids they're also closely allied to the buckets on a dollar bond and of course there are objective will be to try and separate dodge the buckets on the elections and create a row and order situation well thank you very much with all the latest from the whole kemal hi do

province was killed by the taliban pocket down there to great point two billion people and then there was another attack in baluchistan but today that i'd also been claimed by i should be remembered. and that they've. done. where did. they. claimed responsibility for the. taking place on the outskirts of the city where the police. a polling station or a number of people. over thirty were wounded some of them are said to be in pretty good condition they were told through an incident and not. to be fired. one party will go from enron con party getting. minor. we have seen pretty. good. we've seen women coming out and we believe a lot of young people participating in an election something we did not see. so good to hear that at least in islamabad it's not the threat of violence not pushing people off from taking power and as you say women in large numbers and desist justify then do you think in the minds of pakistan is this extraordinary force it with regard to the number of security forces around the streets more than three hundred seventy thousand being deployed for this election. absolutely from the word go all there