texas. our reporter joins us from houston. it's an extremely tight race in houston texas.rump won the state last time. not just donald trump, but tell us again what the feeling is like in texas and whether it could swing. >> that is a great question for this year. for the first time in more than 40 years, people are considering texas to be competitive for democrats. we are seeing that reflected in the polls in which joe biden is trailing by 3% president trump. you see it here in the ground at this polling location in houston. we have trump supporters on the side of the street. celebrating with the president just said earlier today. predicting what he calls a tremendous win in texas. on the other side of the street, we have the democrats. this heavily democratic leaning recent. we have seen the enthusiasm here like no recent year before in texas election history. similar to florida, the early voting here in texas, that has already surpassed the total turnout that we saw in 2016. donald trump did win against hillary clinton by nine points in that last election. post analysts

houston texas the state of texas really important in this election and that's where a federal judge has just rejected an attempt by republicans to invalidate more than 100000 ballots. that's right 127000 ballots cast in democratic reaming harris county and the argument from republican activists who brought the suit was that because these ballots were cast from a car in a drive through polling location which of course was an accommodation for the pandemic the republican activists say that should be illegal a federal judge who was conservative threw out that argument today siding with democrats and those votes will stand that is particularly important this year because for the 1st time in more than 4 decades texas appears to be competitive this is a state that hasn't gone from a democrat or a democrat presidential candidate in 4646 years and so democrats are pointing to a surge in early voting turnout in texas with $9700000.00 texans already casting a ballot that's already served past that total voter turnout of 2016 and much of the surge occurring in suburbs and cities where democrats ar

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on the edge of our seats waiting for florida to be projected in miami let's not go to castro in houston texas texas is closing it's. in about 45 minutes or so i believe any early indications at all heidi that. sure the vast majority of texas polls actually have already closed and the so far no surprises with these very early returns we're seeing some about 10 percent of precincts reporting and joe biden is leading thanks to a boost from votes from the metropolitan area of dallas 'd which is to be expected much of the way that texas vote counting goes as the the early voting gets counted 1st and we know that this year that was a historic number of voters did vote early and it is expected that they will tend to favor democrats now the remainder of the votes that were actually cast today those will likely be counted a little later and you'll see it on this map as more and more of the rural counties report their tallies that the number of votes according president troubles likely to take higher expectation here is that trump likely will still carry this deeply red state but the question is whethe

is in houston texas but 1st we go to our white house correspondent kimberly hockett in washington d.c. so kimberly the clock is ticking away polls will open in just a few hours for what messaging have the campaigns been focusing on on this last day of campaigning. well they've been delivering their closing arguments and their very different and competing visions of the future of the united states and both candidates have also been introducing or are once again reminding voters that there may not be a clear winner on election day in fact the latest being the biden campaign the former vice president's campaign saying in fact that they're under no scenario will trump be declared the winner on tuesday now we already know that donald trump has also said that he may not accept the results of the 2020 alexion and so what we're seeing is a very anxious the campaign on both sides kind of amassing legal teams for pairing to fight this in the courts and that has left a lot of americans anxious and nervous in fact we've already seen businesses boarding up from washington d.c. new york all the way

where i am right now voters in houston and other cities in texas lean heavily toward democrats and we have seen much for that voter turnout happening in these metropolitan areas but it is also undeniable that there is a rural fire wall that trumps campaign is counting on in texas and enthusiasm for the president to realize is certainly very strong in those rural areas so really it's going to be a numbers game as the results come in later today whether the population growth in these metropolitan areas with more latinos voting for the 1st time and more young voters all heavily favoring democrats whether those new voters out way trying very solid supporters or out in the valley. texas countryside that's a joke castro talking to us from houston texas want to bring in andy gallacher he's in miami in the battleground state of florida and he it's generally accepted that whoever wins florida is essentially almost guaranteed a road to the presidency. i'm sorry about that we seem to have lost or audio sound our audio feed from in the meantime let's go to minneapolis minnesota w

aquÍ les quiero mostrar de vanessa guillÉn, la soldado asesinada en houston, texas, y una gran cantidadengo desde washington. vuelvo con ustedes. carolina: mientras tanto el centro de comisiones de filadelfia estÁ listo para protestar un verdadero tsunami de boletas electorales por correo. podrÍa ser crucial para determinar quiÉn gana en el estado y la silla de la casa blanca. borja: precisamente vamos con esta pregunta. ¿quÉ se necesita ganar la presidencia? ya que no es el voto popular el que lo determina. la decisiÓn estÁ en manos del colegio electoral. ¿cÓmo funciona? yo te explico. ♪ ♪ arrancamos. un candidato necesita 270 votos electorales de los 538 que se disputan en los 50 estados y washington d.c. el nÚmero de votos electorales asignados a cada estado es proporcional a la cantidad de poblaciÓn pero cada estado tiene tres, como las dakotas, y el estado que mÁs tiene es california con 55 votos del colegio electoral. cuando votamos lo hacemos con una lista de lectores designados por los partidos polÍticos de cada estado que se comprometen a respaldar al candidato de un partido. e

que no estamos listos son las palabras del doctor joseph barÓn, director del centro mÉdico en houston, texassta allÁ. bienvenido a la "ediciÓn digital". ¿quÉ ocurre a esta hora en este hospital? joseph: mira, mi hospital estÁ lleno. tenemos todas las camas ocupadas con pacientes muy delicados. estamos abriendo nuevas... alas de hospital parÁ poder recibir a mÁs pacientes. borja: ¿usted dice que la gente no estÁ haciendo caso en texas? ¿quÉ es lo que usted ve? joseph: la gente no estÁ usando sus mascarillas vas a un restaurante, no estÁn siguiendo incluso las guÍas que se han dado estatales y tienen 100% de ocupaciÓn. hay gente esperando en cola para poder meterse a un restaurant. la gente no estÁ haciendo caso. no usa sus mÁscaras, en las noches sale. ves aglomeraciones de gente. la semana pasada cuando-- en la Época de elecciones bellas que habÍa grandes tumultos de gentes en las calles sin que usen ningÚn tipo de protecciÓn. carolina: usted cuenta que su hospital estÁ lleno. sin embargo, pasan las semanas se acerca la temporada del flu. ¿quÉ va a pasar cuando tengan que decir: no tenemos c

tally up their votes adrian rubble check in with you again and a little while let's go to houston texas subzero as hot as you're castro is id texas is one of the states we put a big question. in that it why it's unthinkably have gone blue how's it looking. i know what a question to consider this evening adrian because texas is yet another state that has not supported a democrat for president in well over 4 decades and currently were at some 80 percent of votes counted it appears that joe biden is still only trailing by about 3 percentage points behind president trump why is that significant well trump one against clinton here in texas of 26 team by 9 points so certainly if he were to win texas again tonight that margin of victory is narrowing and if texas were to go to joe biden which at this point still is the more unlikely of scenarios remember this is a state with $38.00 electoral votes so all of the scenarios that we have been talking about this evening thus far that would be tossed out the window if this obstat were to be pulled off by joe biden in texas there would be. there would

it was not my freshman year in college, houston texas. that may be the most religiously diverse city in the united states. see what i think that's probably true. that's where i draw hope for things like texas or you literally half a century ago. that even there the complexity, the complexion the diversity has undergone dramatic change. these issues that people have to confront identity and new ways and realize the old restriction is not going to be successful going forward by virtue with these realities. talk to some people have said in the last 30 years as of never had this kind of language. we've gone back so far so quickly. we talked with the kind of profound public awakening after world war ii, the anti-semitic language around refugees. now is a moment in which we have the same kind of profound public awakening. i hope it's a pandemic some element of that same basic humanity can rally after the country to speak out against that kind of stuff. a friend of mine once said when you attack racism, racism fights back. i think that is what w

john in houston, texas. go ahead. caller: we have a pretty good mayor here. things in houston are going pretty well. restrict -- put some of these restrictions in place. michigan, i can't believe the trump administration is telling people to push back on these requirements just to wear masks. as far as limiting people restricting people going to bars and stuff like that. you can go two or three months without going into a bar or going to a football game. i'm fed up with the trump administration. host: do you think there should be a national mask mandate? not a national mandate, every area should do it on their own. i'm tired of the administration pushing back every time these areas and cities want to put in mandates for masks just to protect people where they are having these massive outbreaks. mandatee i want a mask in the cities. host: what about people coming into the state of texas from surrounding areas? what do you do about cross-border transportation? caller: that's a good question. in.t of people, and i don't know what you do. but i'm pretty fed up. i

thank you as cross to houston texas 9 heidi to castro is there for us houston texas the state of texas very crucial in this election a federal judge has just rejected and attempts by republicans heidi to invalidate more than 100000 votes tell us more. that's right away and those 127000 votes were cast in harris county which makes up most of. the democratic argument in this lawsuit filed by republican activists was happy carbons both aircraft and a drive through which was of course an effort to expand voting access and this pandemic the republicans argue that they should be illegal while the conservative. rule today. against that argument tossing out the lawsuit certainly for a win for democrats and this is a year when those $127000.00 votes could make a big difference here in texas because it is the 1st time in more than 4 decades this state is political competitive in a presidential race this is a deeply red state that haven't supported a democratic presidential candidate since 976 but this year our record surge in early voting turnout was $9700000.00 texans having already cast a ball

. >> let's go to houston, texas, and what we have going on at the modern bistro.ave an efficient kitchen and that is what you have to do to get started. talk to us a little bit about -- you say the most important thing you can do is have an efficient kitchen. what i do is take a good amount of herbs ahead of time and i'll just store it in a little baggy, a little bit of paper towels and up can add it to your favorite dressing just take a little mustard, a little honey, red vinegar and the entire day you can spend a little time chatting with your family >> i'm sure carson's admiring your tat i am sure that he loves those. and i know that a lot of people want to give back to restaurants like yours. what is a good tip there >> well, first of all, just have a little grace, and when you are coming to us, we have had a tough year. so, a couple of things that you can do is that one thing, just tip big. our servers have been struggling all year long, and other things is that there are ways that you can definitely give back. there is national companies that you can donate

joining us live now from houston, texas, to weigh in on this is petaluma native and astronaut nicole mann. thank you so much for being on the show today. it's been almost a decade of planning that led up to this point. tell us how you and everyone at nasa are feeling right now. >> we are have very excited. it's been such a time in working from the ostronot to the commercial industry to all the engineers. everyone has really come together for this new era of spaceflight and finally it's here and happening. when we see the launch of this operational commercial spacecraft tomorrow it's the beginning of that new era. >> nicole, you are not on the mission tomorrow but you are part of the boeing star liner crew. tell us a little about what you'll be flying, and tell us the kind of training and preparation that goes into this. >> absolutely. so there's two commercial companies basic and boeing, and each of them had been contracted by nasa to develop, build then execute these missions to the international space station. you're seeing the launch of a spacex spacecraft tomorrow, and soon next

problem upstream and save one else, calling them to get a drink from a separate water fountain, houston, texas. well, how much ok, what was different about the water coming out of it found in comparison to the mountain that was of the post that grew up. i realize most people feel completely all that life based around them. when the chills, you know, there are 2 ways to address poverty. one is to try to prevent it from ever occurring in the 1st place. and the 2nd is, if it does occur to a 1000000, right? you know, provide people with assistance with child care with als. say that has to be but has to be what you have to help those who are in need now and you have to help. those might be huge. and in order to do both, you have to not only work downstream, but you know, the circumstances that got us where we are are unique. and so our approach to every person, every stanley and poverty, needs to be as unique as that person in that family. and that's difficult to do, and it's a little overwhelming to think about. but people are different. it's interesting looking back historically on what we've don

. >> hi i'm i'm johnson space center in houston, texas.odspeed and good luck to mike, victor, san -- shannon and siochi. go crew 1! >> we love hearing from those team members. it was really great to get the jaxa team included in the messages. we are following the convoys out to launch pad 39a. we understand that the crew has ride out play list. we tried and tried, could not find out what that play list was. i think that's top secret. we have some conversation amongst ourselves what they might be listening to. my personal pick will be something from queen. >> we need to have donate stop me now going here. >> perfect going to space song. >> mine will be something by with the spacesuit looking futuristic robot, aliens. >> as we're watching the crew, this is from our chase car. the road is shut down in either direction for the convoy. we are on opposite side of the road with a camera literally so you can see along with the crew every step of the way. i know we had to cut things short earlier, i imagine there's been lot of reaction to the thing

analysis your perspective simon rosenberg there in washington thank you well i do castro is in houston texas where president donald trump has been declared the winner. well that's no surprise here that president trump one texas however his margin of victory at just 6 percent as nearly all of the votes have been counted that is a surprise because it confirms that texas for the 1st time in a long time is a competitive state for democrats that margin of victory is smaller than any other president republican presidential candidate in texas in modern history and you can see that that translated to tension on the ground here as both parties fought for every vote now the question is whether or not trump most fervent supporters who are the ones that delivered him this texas victory who reside in the rural countryside of texas where some townies have gone for trump and more than 90 percent margins of victory for the president is how they will react to the president's latest statement from the white house in his premature death aeration a victory and indicating that he would contest an election result

host: andrew in houston, texas. democratic caller. caller: you for taking my call. -- thank you for taking my call. texas,gards to my state, the democrats did not do as well as we had hoped. they did not do as well in the statehouse for the state legislature. also had a couple of races of the houston area. dan crenshaw and another candidate. host: why do you think that was? why do you think that happened? caller: part of it was messaging. i think the events of the summer -- the civil unrest we saw you saw extremists from both sides in the streets. i think people in texas consider themselves to be law-abiding citizens and have a lot of respect for lawmen. that goes to our history with the sheriffs and the texas rangers. defund the police really did hurt them. i'm sure mr. lawrence would agree with me that there really weren't any elected officials from the democrats out calling for defunding the police. once again we had to battle misinformation and i would like to say to all the voters out there, democrat or republican, stand in the l

welcome to the international space station control room in houston, texas. mission control houston is the nerve center for operating the international space station, working with our partner agencies and providers around the globe. we have ensured that the station is ready to welcome crew one. we have the team inside the room with the director. there is a noticeably smaller team inside the room. the crew is currently asleep. tomorrow we will see a larger group for docking. a few hours before dragon arrives at station, the flight director will take the chair again through dragon's approach and docking. pools, lead the go-no go where the integrated operations are with mission control here in houston and also in hawthorne, working in sync to bring crew dragon home. later i will go through the work you have been doing -- we have been doing to prepare. until then, we will keep an eye on the countdown to launch and check back in with you soon. let's go back to kennedy space center. >> thank you. the astronauts will begin suiting up in just a few minutes. one of the

host: this is carol from houston, texas, on the democratic line. caller: good morning. this is about the socialism. it is great in this country, a lot of people have it, the people at the top. they get all of the tax breaks and it goes streets -- straight from the poor and the middle-class straight to them. it is great for them. that is why we do not have health care and other things we need. it would work well in these foreign countries if we did not interfere and place sanctions on people and tortured them until they have uprisings because they cannot get food. we will not let socialism take root anywhere. or communism or anything else. we go to war over that because --do not want to hear .ll of those organizations say obviously, i think i stand for my own views as a conservative and no one else, and i think conservatism provides a compelling to -- compelling alternative to women and what we want to seek going forward. for: we want to thank you coming on and talking about the record number of conser >> everyday we are taking your calls live on the air. we will discuss

castro who is live in houston texas texas a traditional republican state but it's now a neck and neck race between donald trump and joe biden their electoral college votes up for grabs in texas heidi with each election it seems it's moving closer to going democrats good that's actually turned low in 2020. perhaps fully and you know i've covered many of these elections and taxes and i can say this is the 1st time that being on the ground here you sense that real tension between these parties as both realize that perhaps for the 1st time in more than 4 decades each vote who would challenge this is a state that hasn't supported a democratic presidential candidate for so long but in 2016 president trump lead over hillary clinton here was 9 points which was much smaller than the double digit lead that republicans would normally get then we saw 2 years later in the senate race here the incumbent senator ted cruz winning over his democratic challenger by just 2 points and now polls show joe biden within 3 points of reaching president trump now that has democrats on the ground in texas very e

so certainly texas with its $38.00 electoral college votes at stake will be possibly the prize to capture or both parties in elections going forward but as you castro the latest from houston in texas heidi saying q. so to come here i'll just 0.

. >> hi i'm i'm johnson space center in houston, texas.odspeed and good luck to mike, victor, san -- shannon and siochi. go crew 1! >> we love hearing from those team members. it was really great to get the jaxa team included in the messages. we are following the convoys out to launch pad 39a. we understand that the crew has ride out play list. we tried and tried, could not find out what that play list was. i think that's top secret. we have some conversation amongst ourselves what they might be listening to. my personal pick will be something from queen. >> we need to have donate stop me now going here. >> perfect going to space song. >> mine will be something by with the spacesuit looking futuristic robot, aliens. >> as we're watching the crew, this is from our chase car. the road is shut down in either direction for the convoy. we are on opposite side of the road with a camera literally so you can see along with the crew every step of the way. i know we had to cut things short earlier, i imagine there's been lot of reaction to the thing

this is an interesting polling place in houston, texas.s is a building to service houston.ilities in it is part of houston parks and recreation. so many of these around the country, and of course, with in pub -- with important public services to the disabled. cnn reporting we are now over 100 million in, according to cnn, on total pre-voting. joins us, jon lieber with eurasia group, the u.s. managing director. an open question to you to begin . what is your number one focus as you begin to look at the mathematics of this election day? jonathan l: florida. it is going to be florida. florida counts quickly. biden is ahead, but barely. a leade total could show for biden, and that could shift to trump as a net goes on. if florida looks like it is going to go for biden, this race is over, we can all pack up our bags and get ready for the new inauguration and transition. jonathan f: you are calling, as a house, for a biden win. what do you see in the numbers that gives you that conviction? jonathan l: this has been a steady race, and biden has h

in the battleground state of michigan we have hired your castro following developments from houston in texas we have an gallica for us in miami florida tonight shall is fine developments in biden's home state of delaware but let us start with alan fisher who is covering all of this from washington d.c. alan let's start with that demand for a recount in wisconsin just explain that to us is there a margin within which you know each side becomes eligible to request the required tool does it have to provide some sort of justification i mean how does it all work . well wisconsin confirmed in the last so that they've counted all the ballots and joe biden had a lead of around $20000.00 votes that's within the one percent margin of error therefore the trump campaign absolutely within their rights to demand a recount and that's exactly what they've done so they may not be that the whole state has to recurrent it may just be certain counties have to recount but they will go back through every single those ballots that are earmarked and hopefully we'll get a result at some point today possibly to morro

even higher percentage of kids in houston, texas, are failing at least two classes. in our nation's capital, there's been a 14 percentage point drop among black students in kindergarten through second grade who met literacy standards, and just 20 miles away in fairfax county, virginia, a new survey of academic performance in schools found that f letter grades are up -- are you ready for this? 83% this year. for fairfax middle schoolers, fs are up 300%. >> your children's education, your jobs and incomes, your other responsibilities has been tremendous. we also could not be prouder of how our students and staff have stepped up to learn and to teach in new ways and how everyone has adapted to these challenges. >> tammy: wow, how everyone has adapted -- this isn't like going from a b student to a c student, this system is failing these students. it are being left behind, special needs students aren't getting the help they need, get the teachers unions want the schools to say closed. even more power under the bite administration. >> we win this election, you're going to

if the democrats are going to turn texas blue they're going to do it on the backs of harris county. the city of houston has been democrat for quite some time, but it's where they think they see themselves running up the numbers. brian, that'll be the big story here tomorrow night. and texas democrats are counting down for this opportunity. >> big thanks to shannon to chris to garret. safe travels, my friends. thank you very much for staying up for us. >>> coming up for us, businesses boarding up in cities across our country. just what is it they are preparing for? is there something we don't know we should be worry about? we'll ask our fbi veteran security analyst when we come right back. today, we are redefining how we do things. we find new ways of speaking, so you're never out of touch. it's seeing someone's face that comforts us, no matter where. when those around us know us, they can show us just how much they care. the first steps of checking in, the smallest moments can end up being everything. there's resources that can inform us, and that spark can make a difference. when we use it to improve

undeniable and so certainly texas with its $38.00 electoral college votes at stake will be possibly the prize to capture or both parties in elections going forward. with the latest from houston in texas thank you. but still to come here on al-jazeera. hobson cold last rounds as the country heads into a 2nd lockdown to try to try to drive down the coronavirus cases. it's getting colder for an awful lot of people in western and northern europe now this is the cold front cause it doesn't look much from behind it a bit of a clue from the shape of these clouds these a shower clouds over the water which indicates cold air above cont'd convection now most of the rain from it is going to be shot it's been hitting denmark recently is on to the coast of norway and then look at spain and portugal in fact revolving just the west of portugal another building area of low pressure which means a circulation of persistent rain heading into was portugal remember the flooding for a month or so ago around lisbon that could happen again so that's an active area where everybody else is enjoying the sunshine for pretty cold mornings and even by afternoon we're talking about the low teens if you're

much to watch really really close we'll see later come on let's check in with your pastor now in houston texas. which is traditionally republican as we've said but the race also very close most polls in texas will close in about 25 minutes or so from now at one g.m.t. there's been unprecedented early voting in texas heidi but there's also been attempts to suppress the vote. that's right foley that's the accusation of democrats who pointed to efforts by texas republicans the latest being a lawsuit that was filed in federal court seeking to invalidate 127000 ballots that had already being cast many of them had tried in polling locations like this one behind me in the argument of those republican activists was that because the ballots were cast from a card which of course is an accommodation given the pandemic they argue though should be illegal will the conservative judge in that case tossed it out giving a win to democrats and in typically a year of $127000.00 votes that may not make a big difference in texas which is reliably red having supported only republican presidential candidates going o

let's head to houston, texas. garrett haake, you're in your home state of texas. u there? >> hi, steph. we've seen a slow and steady line outside this polling place in the greater houston area. this is a democratic leaning neighborhood and republican-controlled congressional district. what i found from the voters i've been talking to is the take his phone away trump supporters. they wouldn't be caught dead going to a trump rally but they support the president whether it's because republicanism is in their dna coming from this part of the state or whether they just like certain pieces of his policies. for the biden campaign, the path to victory in texas includes convincing a big chunk of those folks that they are tired enough of the donald trump related noise that they're willing to back away from him. if they're going to win, they're going to do it on the back of harris county voters. 1.4 million texans have already cast their vote early. the margin here, what we're going to see over the next couple of hours is another couple hundred thousand votes that probably ne

here is a seahorse district in houston, texas. you can see it goes all around. and this is a republican district that was drawn by a republican legislature to make sure that this republican keeps staying in congress. we have to fix this. this is a seahorse district. it has no continuity at all. so we have to do that. we have men and women who are in the criminal justice system. when a person serves their time, they should be made whole. >> right. >> but in this country, if you are convicted of certain crimes, you lose your right to vote. well, if i do my time, then i should be made whole again. but worse than that, reverend, if i am fortunate to pick up a skill in prison and come out, then the law will prevent me from having a license, because i'm a convicted felon. there are so many things that are against us in this country. and that's why i along with others think we have to be there. the biden administration is purporting to be as diverse. i'm convinced they will be. but, you know, we have to look at them. i'm told that the civil rights community is looking

. >> let's go to carol calling from houston, texas on the democratic line. carol, good morning. >> calr: yes, good morning. i'm calling i regards to what were talking about about socialism. socialism is great in this country. a lot of people have it. rich people. the people at the top get all the tax break and it goes straight a then go straight to them and we pay for it. it's great. it's great for them. that's why we don't have healthcare and other things and it would work well in these foreign cntries by putting sanctions on people and torturing theell out of them until they can get food. but no, we will let socialism ke root anywhere. orommunism because w go to warver that we don't want to hear like ts lady here in cahos with the confederates sang all tho organizations [inaudible] host: could you respond for th camera? >> guest: i would say to your viewers again very passionate and i stand for my own views as a conservative, no one else. as we speak as conservatism it does provide a compelling alternative to what the left is sellinwomen and what we want t

. >> i'm ed lavandera, in houston, texas, setting aside 27,000 votes in drive-through voting locationse this one this harris county. they were cast during the three-week early voting period and account for about 10% of that overall vote during that early voting period. they say this was an illegal form of voting but the texas supreme court for the second time has ruled against in group. the legal battle is not over. an emergency hearing is scheduled in federal court to hear the same issues and that is set for monday morning. >> thanks to all of our correspondents for those reports. let's bring back cnn political analyst john avlon and sa brbri siddiqui, the most important word this week is patience. here's cnn bureau chief sam feist. >> it takes longer to count those mail-in ballots. election officials have to open the envelopes, check a signature, process that ballot, and that takes time. it takes a lot of time. we have to be patient with the people counting the ballots and our viewers have to be patient with us because it's just going to take a little bit longer. >> you know, there a

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texas. how do you castro is in houston for us heidi what's the latest from there. if only it is still too close to call here in texas which in itself is surprising typically by this time of the night on election night the u.s. network would have said that texas is solidly red in favor of the republican presidential candidate but what we're seeing here is that this very close results thus far with some 60 percent of votes be reported and trump is edging ahead by a mere some $1300.00 votes at last check of course is still early in the night so we're still expecting some of the border counties and el paso county to repeat reporting their results later they are the last polls to have close and they are democratic leaning so certainly there's still a fighting chance here for joe biden which is a highlight in itself for democrats we saw that this 1st time in a long time texas being competitive. interpreted as a large voter turnout especially among the urban cores of texas and large metropolitan areas and in the suburbs and in particularly the suburbs surrounding austin te

born in north carolina, he spent most of his life in houston, texas. he died on the streets of minnesota, his neck pinned under the knee of a minneapolis police officer. the video of floyd pleading for his life for more than eight minutes shocked the world, under lockdown by the covid-19 pandemic and sent tens of thousands into the streets in protest. joining me now, black lives matter activist, former member of president obama's 21st century policing task force and an msnbc contributor. brittany, it's very good to have you paback on the show despite this unhappy milestone. more so for floyd's family having to relive these final moments on an anniversary level. when you think back on this flash point and how it possibly changed the world, what comes to mind? >> i think we've been seeing a steady build over the last six or seven years of what these flash points havemen meant. when we saw trayvon martin be killed and mike brown jr. be killed and the ferguson uprising come out of that, all over the world people started to wake up and this is exactly what

edging forward and you get to go in miami let's check in with what is your castro then who's in houston texas where polls closed in the last hour heidi and if by would it take texas that would be a political earthquake how's it looking though. a jury and it's still pretty close and usually by this time of night on election night the pundits would have called texas are ready for the republican candidate because it's only gone republican for more than 4 decades so the fact that as the votes are coming in joe biden is still within reach of overtaking tromp who is at the at this moment leading in texas democrats are not throwing in the towel yet and that in itself of course is making headlines in this state and we saw in driving voter turnout here in texas which is one of the lowest turnout states in the country will this year some of these suburbs specifically turn out of well over 70 percent which is really phenomenal in this state all of this is this change is driven by the demographic changes happening in the metropolitan areas like houston where i am now in dallas and austin and in their sub

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more than 40% of students are failing at least two classes in houston, texas, middle and high schoolax, virginia, saw an 83% increase in fs. the list goes on and on. how damaging are these trends? >> this is a national emergency. that's the only way to think of this. it's unconscionable that we have tens of millions of kids who are outside of school. the risks from covid-19 in schools are manageable. the risks of kids out of school are escalating rapidly every single day. you mentioned a few of these here. we have reductions in kindergarten enrollment, decreases in literacy. this is happening around the country n addition to these academic impacts we see things like missed meals, a billion missed meals this spring alone from kids out of school. we see impacts on these virtual dropouts. hundreds of thousands of kids who just we don't know where they are. they're lost in the system. so we have these massive cost of kids out of school yet we know how to keep both kids and adults safe in school. this is the number one most urgent priority we have in this country is getting kids back into

certainly be a deciding factor in the outcome of the election all right thank you very much from houston texas i do joe castra. it with the news out live from london much more still to tell you about on the program we're focusing on tanzania the opposition presidential candidate that and his party's chairman arrested after calling for protests against last week's disputed election. there are also at least 20 dead and tens of thousands of homes destroyed in the philippines after the country is hit by super typhoon connie. $22.00 people have been killed and $22.00 others injured after gunmen stormed kabul university sparking an hours long battle with security forces students were shot in their classrooms as they tried to flee the scene i still is saying it was behind the attack which comes as the afghan government holds peace talks with the taliban in cata contre free reports now from kabul. as students rushed to get out of kabul university gunshots could be heard. witnesses say attackers answered the campus through its north gate and started shooting indiscriminately because i want to know didn

he's the chief of staff of the united memorial medical center in houston, texas. doctor, how many straight days have you worked now. >> today is going to be 251 continuous days. >> 251 continuous days. and the reason is, because there is a need, because with this pandemic, there is so much need for your services. as we see the hospitalization rate for the coronavirus hit new records, 15 straight days in a row, more than 88,000 americans hospitalized and rising, give us a sense of the situation you are seeing and what your concerns are for the next few weeks? >> for the last few days, we've had a steady increase in the number of cases. there are no questions that the patients are coming into the hospital. they're waiting longer to come to the hospital. they're tired of corona. they have what i call the corona fatigue syndrome. everybody is tired of corona so they wait longer. my concern is that if we don't do things right, america is going to see the darkest days in modern american medical history. we're having the largest number of patients. we have been helping t

modi like each other a lot you could see that in these huge welcomes the threw for each other in houston texas in september last year when your right president when prime minister modi was accused of endorsing and now the trump presidency and and also the welcome that prime minister modi threw for president trump and. the despite big good relationship trump administration the trump presidency has not necessarily been good for india's trading relationship with the u.s. where the u.s. with a trumpet ministration removed india from the list of developing countries which received special trade status trading status or the trump administration imposing the many restrictions on a type of working visa which indians are the biggest beneficiaries of so i think the indian government will be looking to see whether any of those policies whether they'll be a change in any of those policies with a change in administration but they will also be wary because joe biden and coming to have us have been speaking on the campaign trail they have been very critical about the situation in indian administered kashmir