back in february. >> look at the number on the screen. >> katty kay -- here you have, katty kay, a president who mocked and ridiculed jeff mason for wearing a mask, ordered that he took off a mask later. once again, this is -- what, this is some sort of macho thing getting a ball-peen hammer and hitting yourself in the front of the forehead? he might as well do that, look how cool i am, hit yourself in the head with the hammer and he's suggesting that other americans do the same thing. that somehow there's machoism is defined by how reckless you are with a pandemic that has now killed twice as many americans than died in world war i. >> yeah. and the cdc's own guidelines are clear on this. if you are in a crowded space particularly indoors and we all know the oval office is small and they were crowded you try to social distance, you wear a mask and this is coming from the government itself. at the same time, that there's a brand-new study out from nature medicine saying that if we had universal mask wearing in the united states we could save 130,000 lives potentially. all it would take is fo

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katty: i'm katty kay in washgton and this is bbc world news america.onald trump is leaving hospital 72 hours after he first checked in. his doctors aren't quite giving him a clean bill of health, but they are confident he is ready to go. >> you've seen the veos and the tweets and you will see him shortly, he is back. katty: he returns to white house ha-hit by the virus. his press secrery is just the latest staffer to test positive. the news continues to get worldwide attention. we will be in brazil with the reaction from another country whose leader caught the disease. and the african nation that has received international praise for its handling of the pandemic. we take a look at what senegal has been doing right. ♪ katty: welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. donald trump is getting ready to leave message to the country about having the coronavirus. i feel great, and tre is really nothing to be afraid of. doctors treating the president have told reporters that he hasn't had a fever and more than hours and said he would remain on

katty: i'm katty kay in washington and this is bbc world news america.ow to fight the pandemic -- china embarks on testing an entire city in just days and we will be live in sweden to find out if that country's controversial approach was the right one. confirmation hearings begin for u.s. supreme court nominee amy coney barrett -- is the controversy surrounding her legal, political, religious or all three? we report from the devastated region of nagorno-karabakh as a cease-fire comes under pressure. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. as the u.s. and u.k. struggled to test even a fraction of their populations, china today embarks on the ambitiousoal of testing an entire city this week. they launched an aggressive campaign after just a hanul of new cases were discovered -- 9 million people will be tested over the next five days. the response comes after 12 new cas were reported on sunday. most of the latest cases were linked to a single hospital. earlier this year, china completed a similar mass testing in wuhan, saying 11 million p

here's what some voters in miami told my colleague katty kay.as here at seven o'clock in the morning. actually around 6.30, seven o'clock. brought my friends here to vote. ijust dropped off my box because i didn't want to put it in the mail. i had my ballot all checked out and i dropped off in the mail. and you knew you wanted to vote early? oh yeah, yeah this can be crazy. i can tell, look at the people here. it was bigger when i first got here. it's a very important election and we have to get the vote in and i think the more we show as people that we want to exercise our right to vote, the better we are. i know a lot of republicans who are voting for biden this year. at the same time the rallies scare me. and it seems a lot of folks are overlooking the disgusting things that we see coming out of the president's mouth. and they are voting because they care more about abortion or gun rights than they do about the president being presidential. i'm very happy. i don't care rain, i don't care. i came at six o'clock this morning. rain, i don't care

katty kay is there for us. a particular voting block that is getting a lot of attention from both presidential candidates. who are they? katty: yeah, of course, latinos make up a big part of florida's population. there are 17% of registered voters. one of the fastest-growing groups are actually venezuelans. who fled from their home country to escape famine, political unrest. between 2008 and 2018 the number of venezuela eligible voters in florida grew by a staggering 184%, which makes up about 2% of the total latino voting population. that might not sound like a lot but their votes in a tight election in florida can be very tight, could decide who is elected the next president. how are venezuelans going to vote? i spoke to a venezuela native and journalist who now lives in florida. we heaa lot about the cuban vote in florida and how important it is. but this election it seems to me that theenezuelan vote could also be important. >> especially in must win florida. it will come down to the wire and this is a stat

here's what some voters in miami told my colleague katty kay. seven o'clock in the morning. actually around 6.30, seven o'clock. brought my friends here to vote. ijust dropped off my box because i didn't want to put it in the mail. so i had my ballot already checked out and i dropped off in the mail. and you knew you wanted to vote early? oh yeah, yeah, this is going to be crazy. i can tell, look at the people here. it was bigger when i first got here. it's a very important election and we have to get the vote in and i think the more we show, as a people, that we want to exercise our right to vote, the better we are. joe biden this year. at the same time the rallies scare me. and it seems like a lot of folks are overlooking the disgusting things that we see coming out of the president's mouth. and they are voting because they care more about abortion or gun rights than they do about a president being presidential. i'm very happy. i don't care rain, i don't care. i came at six o'clock in the morning. six o'clock in the morning? rain, i don't care

hello, i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. there's been a seismic collision of forces in recent hours involving a pandemic, the personal health of an american president and a healthy dose of politics. at about 1am last night here in washington, as many of us were sleeping, president trump tweeted that he and first lady melania trump had tested positive for covid—19. that kicked off an avalanche of events that are set to continue through election day. now, we should note, democrats and republicans, world leaders and others have come out to wish the president a speedy recovery. but this is a president that initially played down the seriousness of coronavirus. he's held large rallies. he's made jokes about masks. and yesterday, despite being told that senior aide hope hicks had tested posititive, he went ahead with a trip to new jersey anyway. here's our north american editorjon sopel. as you know, tonight's al smith dinner.... last night, one of the great pre—election traditions, the president attending the al smith dinner, wher

let's go to my colleague katty kay.th about a month to go into the election there. yeah. samantha, we're the bbc and we are covering this pulse will as well, so it is just american networks interested in what is happening to the president. everybody around the world is going to be interested, notjust because there is an election coming up but because he is the president of the united states, the biggest economy in the biggest military in the world, and his health is a matter of international importance. it's also a matter of national importance and there are growing calls here for some kind of press statement or press c0 nfe re nce some kind of press statement or press conference from the white house. you can see the live pictures of marine one, now getting towards... it is a nine minute flight towards... it is a nine minute flight so i reckon they must beating towards walter reed medical facilities in bethesda, marilyn. it looks like coming into land at walter reed. —— bethesda, maryland. there used to taking dignitarie

i'm katty kay in washington.al 72 hours after he first checked in. and while his doctor warned that he's not out of the woods yet, the message to the public was one of reassurance. i think you've seen the videos, and now the tweets, and you'll see him shortly. he's back. he'll return to a white house hard—hit by the virus — his press secretary is just the latest senior member of staff to test positive.

hello i'm katty kay in atlanta, georgia, christian fraser is in london.e've talked about whether the polls are wrong and whether trump can still win this election. but there's another possibility — a huge repudiation of donald trump's presidency that sweeps democrats into office across the country. we're not saying it's going to happen, but with the polls as they are, it is a possibility strategists from both parties are talking about. and, if there is a big blue wave, georgia will be the crest — the sign of a very good night forjoe biden. nationally — in the polls — joe biden is ahead of donald trump by an average of 9 points. and that lead has helped tighten the polls in georgia a new new york times polljust out has them tied at a5. georgia has 16 of those essential electoral college votes — no democrat has won it since bill clinton in 92. and this year, unusually, there are also two senate seats up for grabs in georgia both races too close to call. enthusiasm is high — 1.7 million georgians have already voted. texas is the biggest southern state that d

i'm katty kay. thanks for watching. hello there.nate the weather over the weekend, and that means there's more rain in the forecast, perhaps some stronger winds as well. on friday, the strongest winds were around storm alex. it brought gusts of over 100 miles an hour in the northwest of france, gusts of 60—70 miles an hour in the channel and the channel islands. alex has weakened considerably and is essentially getting swallowed up by another area of low pressure, which will drift closer to the uk and push rain in and strengthen the winds as well. so over the weekend, wet and windy weather quite widely. i think it's going to be the rain that the issue, though. there is likely to be some flooding and some travel disruption, but there will be some areas of stronger winds, too. and of the windiest weather probably on saturday is going to be towards the southwest of england. we've got rain developing more widely across england and wales, and it's turning much wetter in scotland as well. northern ireland looks largely dry, and we may act

jon kay, bbc news, bristol. kattyi think i just talked winte into thinking this was going to be ok and then i watched that piece and rlizedre this could be everywhere and it is going to be a long time. but i will still be keeping in touch with all of you. n the main officer chargede killing of george floyd was released today on a million-dollar bdel. k chauvin is scheduled to face trial inarch alo with three of his former colleagues. footage p of himssing his knee on george floyd's neck caused protests around the world. president trump has lost his latest bid to shield his tax returns in a federal appeals court. the manhattan district attorney says its office can enforce a subpoena. a lawyer for mr. trump says he will take the case right up to the supreme court. you are watching bbc world news america. the migle east is experienc a covid induced economic coma that has caused the recession and now tens of thousands of foreign workers are forced to return home. hcoronavirus restrictions have join rest of the country ath

jon kay, bbc news, bristol. kattyi think i just talked myself into thinking this winter was going to be ok and then i watched that piece and rlized this could be spread everywhere and it is going to be a long time. but i will still be keeping in touch with all of you. the main officer charged in the killing of george floyd was million-dollar bail. derek chauvin is scheduled to t faal in march along with three of his former colleagues.e foot of him pressing his knee on george floyd's neck caused protests around the world. mppresident truas lost his latest bid to shield his tax returns in a federal appeals court. e manhattan district attorney says its office can enforce a subpoena.a lawyer for mr. trumpe wise take the right up to the supreme court. you are watching bbc world news america. the middle east is experiencing a covid induced economic coma that has caused the cession of thousands of foreign workers are forced to return home. been lifted in auckld, which joins the rest of the country ae the alert level. social

and from bbc world america, katty kay is with us this morning. so president trump was discharged from walter reed medical center exactly one week ago and many details of his recovery are still unknown. in another interview yesterday on fox news, the president claimed that he's now immune to the virus. >> the note that you have revealed from your doctor which says you are no longer considered a transmission risk, does this suggest you no longer have covid, sir? >> yes, and not only that, it seems like i'm immune. i passed the highest test, the highest standards and i'm in great shape. i feel fantastic and i feel good by the fact, you know, the word immunity means something having really a protective glow. it means something, i think it's very important to have that. >> protective glow? if he really has that protective glow it raises the question as to whether he had it knowingly during the presidential debate that he showed up late to. >> he didn't have the glow during the debate. he looked bad during the debate and he performed so badly during th

i want to say katty kay brought up the president's tweets.ffect of the president getting covid, one positive side effect has been his grammar is far better. his writing far more fluid. an ability to actually string together, i think, effective sentences with correct punctuation. here's one. if you want a massive tax increase, the biggest in the history of our country and one that will shut down our economy and jobs, vote democrat. here's another. virginia voters, your governor wants to obliterate your second amendment. i have stopped him. i am the only thing between you and your second amendment. working hard in virginia, it's in play. better sproet fvote for your fa president, or wave good-bye to taxes and gun rights, and then a series of all caps, pro-life, vote, space force, vote, and one of the richest and most ironic for a president who has been trying to eliminate pre-existing conditions his entire presidency, and in fact at the supreme court trying to to that along with republican attorney generals across the united states of america,

>> hello, i am katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london.e should start by saying the president is likely to make a full recovery, but it is still sobering that the leader of the free world is suffering from mild symptoms of coronavirus. over 200,000 people have already died in americarom this disease. tonight, 32 days before a tight election, where he is behind in the polls, the president is locked in the white house under the watchful eye of his physicians. >> there have been messages of support as well as the inevitable schadenfreude being expressed on social media. donald trump has been playing down the seriousness of coronavirus. he has campaigned in defiance of public health guelines and yesterday, he leard en route to a fdraiser in new jersey that his senior aide, hope hicks, hadested positive. he went to the fundraiser anyway. mr. trump: as you know, tonight's -- >> last night sal smith dinner one of the great pre-election tradition the president delivering a message that now appears to be grim irony. mr. trump: i just want to say th

i'm katty kay.sident trump is due to leave hospital in about half an hour's time, after his medical team said he could return to the white house, where he'll continue treatment. donald trump's personal physician says they are cautiously optimistic. here's our north america editorjon sopel. it's being dubbed the covid joyride. last night, the president — who's still infectious — decided he wanted to wave to his supporters outside the walter reed hospital. the six—lane highway was cleared, secret service guards filed out, and then the unmistakable sight of the presidential motorcade moving towards where we were standing. this is quite an unbelievable scene. the president, who's being treated for coronavirus, part of his convoy has just come down this busy road. all traffic has been cleared and the president is waving at his supporters to say thank you for coming out to back him while he is meant to be in the hospital. and you can see all the vehicles of a presidential convoy accompanying the president

hello, i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london.er day, i was asked by someone in france if this was going to be a boring election becausejoe biden seems to have it in the bag. my answer was no, it won't be and no, he doesn't. yes, mr biden has had a steady stream of encouraging poll numbers recently and the media is, in turn, reflecting the view that he is likely to beat donald trump. but as we learnt in 2016, making bold predictions about us elections is a risky business, especially when there are also some very positive signs for mr trump. take a look at these numbers. voter registration patterns in key battleground states show that republicans have done way better than democrats in adding new voters to the rolls, as is the case in florida, pennsylvania and north carolina. lots to go over. let's bring in senior political writer for the polling site fivethirtyeight, clare malone. thank you very much forjoining us. we have seen digestionjoe biden is almost untouchable and we see these voter registration numbers —— suggestions. repu

hello, i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. almost eight years since american journalist james foley was kidnapped by the islamic state group in syria. he was murdered by his captors. so too were alan henning, david haines from britain, peter kassig, steven sotloff and kayla muellerfrom america. some of them forced to appear in propaganda videos pleading for their lives before they were killed. today, two of the alleged members of the gang, that were dubbed "the beatles": alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh, were flown from an airbase in iraq to the united states. they become the first defendants to be prosecuted in a us court, for the beheadings of the american and british hostages. in all, thejihadist cell was responsible for the murders of 27 people. the ringleader was the former west londoner mohammed emwazi, who appeared as a black—masked executioner, the man we knew as "jihadi john". he was killed in 2015 in a us drone strike in raqqa. kotay and elsheikh who will be tried in a federal court in alexandria, virginia, have

hello i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london.hree weeks from today, americans go to the polls. there are actually voting in dozens of states, weeks before the actual november three election date. by one count, nearly 11 million voters have already cast their ballots. but the campaign has kicked into new high gear because donald trump is back on the road after recovering from covid. back from the dutch on the road and basking in the adulation of the crowds. he has a booked every night this week. yesterday it was florida, tonight it's pennsylvania. both key states. jon sopel reports. # and i'm proud to be an american... he's back and, oh, is he relieved to be on the road again, tossing out facemasks, perhaps an unusual choice, seeing as he wasn't wearing one and neither was most of the audience. though probablyjust as well, seeing as what he expressed he wanted to do to them. ifeel so powerful, i'll walk into that audience. i'll walk in there, i'll kiss everyone in that audience. i'll kiss the guys and the beautiful women and every

hello, i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. it's getting hard to keep track of how many people in the trump administration either have the coronavirus orare in quarantine in case they have it. the president himself, freshly back from hospital but technically in isolation for another week, is reportedly itching to get back into the oval office. and it's notjust the white house that's a covid hotspot. the pentagon too has been hit by the virus. several of america's top military officials are now quarantining after the vice commandant of the coast guard tested positive on monday, and don't forget the senate, which has been temporarily closed after three senators tested positive. the status of the us government in a pandemic, a month before an election. here's our north america editorjon sopel. dramatic music plays. when donald trump left the white house last friday, he appeared dejected, fearful. but wow, his return last night couldn't have been more different. the former reality tv star knows how to make an entrance, and so had t

hello, i'm katty kay in washington, james reynolds is in london.my coney barrett promises to apply the law as it is written, not as she wishes it were. which sounds entirely reasonable and ought to reassure democrats that the judge does not intend to use a seat on the supreme court to further her own, conservative philosophy. except, they clearly don't really believe her. democratic senators — who are in the minority in the senate — think coney barrett will tilt the highest court in the land to the right, potentially for decades to come. but, there's little they can do about it. republicans control the senate and have the numbers to confirm her. aleem maqbool reports. if confirmed, amy tony barrett will play a huge role... the stakes are that high. the republican chair of the senate committee making the decision once promised not to try and confirm a supreme courtjustice in the last year of a presidential term. but he has reneged on that. this is going to be a long, contentious week. i would just ask one thing of the committee. to the extent possib

katty: i am katty kay in washington, and this is "bbc world news america."ens of millions of people tune in to watch one is been described as one of them was chaotic and angry u.s. presidential debates ever. we will get global reaction. the world watches with alarm as the two candidates descend into chaos. we will be in toronto and london. as lebanon struggles politically and economically, more families are embarking on a dangerous journey as they try and flee to europe. katty: welcome to "world news america" on pbs and around the globe. president trump and his democratic challenger, joe biden, have returned to the campaign trail a day after one of the most ill-tempered presidential debates in american history. both the republicans and the democrats are claiming victory, but the question, as ever, is what the voters made of it. our north america editor jon sopel watched the debate in ohio. jon: coming out on stage and not hitting each other was more or less the most dignified thing about last night. this was an exercise in ugliness, with donald trump determi

hello, i'm katty kay in miami, christian fraser is in london.e back in florida — and we promise it's notjust because it's getting cold in washington and we wanted some warm weather. come election night, all eyes will be on this state — for several reasons. for a start — it's a big state. to win the white house, the successful candidate needs 270 electoral college votes — florida has 29 of them. so that's a good haul. it's also a state that flips between democrat and republican. barack obama won it twice. donald trump took it back in 2016. and to give you an idea just how tight the race can be in florida, cast your mind back to the 2018 senate race, the republican rick scott defeated the incumbent bill nelson but by the tiniest of margins — there were just 10,000 votes between them, in a state with m million eligible voters. yes. now, out here, we found yesterday, we were driving around miami, it is certainly true that president trump supporters are very enthusiastic. we were driving along, came to our highway, suddenly in a traffic jam and it ca

hello i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.ald trump is getting ready to leave hospital with a message to the country on having the coronavirus — i'm feeling great, there's really nothing to be afraid of. if we were expecting mr trump to emerge from his brush with the pandemic as a convert to masks and social distancing, it seems we were wrong. doctors will tell us to mask up, wash hands and keep six feet apart. mr trump has another take... it would be wrong not to point out that mr trump had the best possible treatment the country can offer. and — that 210,000 americans have died of this disease. here's the president's physician speaking in the last hour. right now, there is nothing that's being done upstairs here that we can safely conduct at home. we are in a bit of uncharted territory when it comes to a patient that received the therapies he has so early in the coui’se. therapies he has so early in the course. so we are looking to this weekend, if we can get through to monday with him remaining the same or improving, but he

i'm katty kay. thank you for watching world news america. good evening.st of this week. wet and windy weather at times. this deep area of low pressure with when surrounded, touching 100 mph and way out the north atlantic, not coming to close and it is through this with a front which tonight, we'll linger across the northeast of scotland in the best luncheon by the day and said to go through the night with clear conditions in its wake, but relatively warm for this time of year and that means shower clouds billowed up and we'll keep going throughout the night or on some of these western coasts and there could be on the heavy side to the english channel. central and eastern areas where the clear skies and a cool start to tomorrow morning. tomorrow will be a story of sunshine and heavy thundershowers with those blustery winds blowing all the way across the atlantic and whipping up some pretty rough sees to the west and highest of the waves to the west of ireland with the could touch around 35 feet or more. so, over ten metres. dangerous ease, be wary of that.

and i'm katty kay in washington. bring you all the latest, live from utah. they're often run of the mill affairs but, with president trump suffering from covid—19, and joe biden family old, this debate becomes the most important of its kind in history. will their performance swing any votes? we'll have analysis of the debate with amanda renteria, former national political director for hillary clinton in 2016. doesn't that seem a long time ago! and republican strategist ron christie. hello and welcome to our special coverage — for 90 minutes the american political world will focus on a stage in salt lake city, utah for a vice presidential debate like no other in history. for a start, this one actually matters. usually no one pays much attention to the number two candidates but, with donald trump in isolation with a virus that has killed 210,000 americans,

katty kay is in florida today watching early voting in miami. >> i woke up this morning and i was expectingice florida sunshine date. it was pouring with rain and holland with win. i assumed people would not have turned out. they oped at seven, this polling station and the line went round the block. people incredibly enthusiastic to get out on the first day of polling. i spoke to one state representative, a democrat, who said he always votes on the first day of polling. he likes voting early. but he had never seen a line before. so, that would imply that enthusiasm is up. i've spoken to democrats and republicans during the course of the last couple hours. pele votg for joe biden, people voting for donald trump. they do not agree on many much but they agree on one thing, florida is on a knife's edge. >> record 28 million ballots have been cast across the u.s. so far democrats appear to be leading the way in some states. anthony zurcher drew our attention to nevada. hillary clinton won the state in 2016. early voting began on saturday. and half of those who voted so far, more than 49%, are re

hello, i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.iden is rolling out the biggest weapon in his campaign arsenal — his old boss barack obama. 13 days before the election, the former president is holding his first in—person campaign event, in philadelphia — underpinning the importance of pennsylvania in the race for the white house. one of the three rust belt states that donald trump snatched from democrats in 2016, wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania all turned red. but with 20 electoral college votes pennsylvania is the biggest of the three and vital if donald trump is to stay in office. again this time he is behind in the polls, but not as much as he was at this point four years ago, and republicans still believe it is in their grasp. tomorrow nightjoe biden and donald trump will hold their final debate in nashville, tennessee from where oui’ in nashville, tennessee from where our north america editorjohn soper reports. joe biden onstage in north carolina onstage in the weekend. the last preparation done so he can repairfor tomorro

hello, i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.ould begin our coverage this evening with a reminder that the odds of a full recovery are overwhelmingly on donald trump's side. but it is sobering, nonetheless, that the leader of the free world, a 74—year—old man, is now suffering the mild symptoms of coronavirus. we know the risks, more than 200,000 people have already died in the united states from this virus. and tonight 32 days before an election, behind in the polls, the president is locked in the white house under the watchful eye of his physicians. there have been global messages of support today as well as the schadenfreude expressed on social media. for months donald trump has played down the seriousness of coronavirus. he's campaiged throughout in defiance of the public health guidelines — and yesterday despite being told — en route to his fundraiser in newjersey — that senior aide hope hicks had tested posititive, he went ahead with the trip anyway. there are many questions that we will get to this evening — but first here

coverage of it — here on bbc world news — in a special programme starting in about 20 minutes with katty kay now: the nigerian president has called for an end to protests against police brutality, which have led to widespread unrest. in a short televised address, muhammudu buhari made no direct mention of the shooting of demonstrators in lagos on tuesday, which has been blamed on the military. mayeni jones reports from lagos. firing live rounds in broad daylight. armed men in police uniform roaming the streets of one of africa's largest cities. the roads of lagos, usually lively with activity, are now tense. despite a round—the—clock curfew, vandals still move freely enough to cause havoc. the smell of smoke still hangs in the air around the high court here in lagos island. this is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city, but this symbol of law and order was left to burn overnight, with neither security forces nor the fire brigade showing up. authorities here seem to have completely lost control. it's not clear who burned down this 70—year—old building, but eyewitnesses say it wasn't pr

earlier he told the bbc‘s katty kay and christian fraser how much it would help to win the commitmentd russia. it will be very important to have the commitment of all countries. some countries have already announced that they will have made available their own vaccines also to developing countries and this is part of this process. we believe that they will be an effective coordination of the covax, the facility that was put in place. with those countries that will not only produce for their own citizens but are ready to produce also to citizens of developing countries, and we strongly appeal to those that will be able to develop their own vaccines to be part of these efforts. i am not asking for countries not to protect their own citizens, because it is the duty of these countries to protect their own citizens, but everybody will only be protected when the countries in the developing world will also be able to vaccinate their citizens. the united kingdom is at a critical moment in the battle against coronavirus according to prime minister boris johnson, who's warned that he won't hesi

hello, i'm katty kay in washington, james reynolds is in london.or democrats, the state of florida is like an unreliable friend. they never show up just when you need them the most. and republicans will be hoping that the political analogy holds in this election too. president trump has lavished attention on florida, a clear marker ofjust how important the state is to his electoral strategy. florida has 29 electoral college votes. it's the biggest swing state. latest polling suggests that joe biden is very slightly ahead. in the past two days, florida has been at the centre of a flurry of campaign events, culminating today in tampa, where both donald trump and joe biden are holding rallies, within hours of one another. today, mr trump talked up the economy, after news that american gdpjumped a record 33% in the last quarter. that's a tricky it represents only a partial recovery from the sharp declines we saw earlier in the year. still, the president preferred to focus on the positive. this is historic prosperity. another major tax cut to go along w

and we'll have full coverage of it — here on bbc world news — in a special programme with katty kay andeen. there was some sunshine to get out and about and enjoy some of the rather spectacular autumn colours on offer, but it was just a short weather window because, looking out in the atlantic, this swirl of cloud you can see here is the next area of low pressure that's going to be bringing rain across our shores for friday. and then further west, a developing area of low pressure. that's going to rapidly deepen to bring some strong winds across the uk this weekend. so, before we get there, a lot of cloud around at the moment. we've got some patches of rain working across from southwest england into the midlands, east anglia, probably see some in the southeast as well, and then this more general area of rain that's bringing some wet weather to northern ireland. that's moving into scotland, western parts of england and wales early friday morning, before pushing eastwards. notice, though, the rain band does weaken significantly. there might be some areas across the midlands that escape th

hello, i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the last full week before the presidential election and it has come full circle — after months of protests, and fires, and tax scandals — this vote is still a referendum on donald trump and his leadership in the pandemic. in these closing days, the coronavirus is now back at the centre of this campaign. the numbers in america are alarming. the 7 day rolling average for new cases of covid—19 has peaked at its highest level since the pandemic began, and the us saw a record number of new infections on both friday and saturday, over 80 thousand on both days, the highest figures on record, according tojohns hopkins university. this is not where president trump wants to be a week out from the election. he has been insisting the country is turning a corner. yesterday — his chief of staff mark meadows revealed the administration's current thinking. we're not going to control the pandemic. we are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigation... why aren't we

i'm joined now by katty kay in washington. thank you, samantha.ll stop you will bear with us, it isa all stop you will bear with us, it is a very busy newsday for all of us. is a very busy newsday for all of us. wejust is a very busy newsday for all of us. we just want to tell you that the president is now at walter reed, he recorded this short video and tweeted out, let's take a quick listen. i want to thank everybody for the tremendous support. i am going to walter reed hospital. i think i'm doing very well. but we are going to make sure that things work out. the first lady is doing very well, so thank you very much, i appreciate it, i will never forget thank you. president from just before leaving the white house. antony, i'm watching that, he's wearing his suit, he looks well, perhaps a little pale but that's all i'm seeing. a little pale. perhaps he wasn't wearing the makeup that he sometimes does that gives him a little more colour. looking perhaps a little uneasy, but given the circumstances, i can certainly understand that. the "i think i'

hello i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london.re one week away from election day. an election that feels very different for a host of reasons. donald trump is one of the country's most unusual presidents ever. the pandemic has made it one of the strangest campaigns ever. and more americans have voted early than ever before. almost half of the number of the votes that were registered in 2016 — have already been cast. and as campaigning enters its final frenetic few days, national polls still havejoe biden ahead. the democrats have been swinging of the big guns, obama has been campaigning in florida, hammering away and their key message about the covid pandemic. more than 225,000 people in this country are dead. more than 100,000 small businesses have closed. half a millionjobs are gone in florida alone. think about that. and what's his closing arguments? that people are too focused on covid. he said this at one of his rallies. "covid, covid, covid class. " this at one of his rallies. "covid, covid, covid class." he isjealous of cov

katty kay is in washington it was probably a wash and since joe biden went into it ahead in the pollshead in the polls, then what is a draw translates in debate turns into a win at this stage in the election. if those polls are right. this is what gets us back to 2016. how confident is the biden team in those battle ground state polls and do they have enough of a lead that a draw in this debate is ok for them? donald trump behaved better though interestingly cbs news, our partner station here, just put out the kind of stats surrounding the debate. donald trump interrupted joe biden 25 times. joe biden interrupted trump 12 times. he did the lion's share of the interrupting. both men got about the same amount of speaking time. it was more substantive and the fact checkers will work over what donald trump and joe biden were saying. a lot of them are pointing out that more things that donald trump said that we re that donald trump said that were not true then joe that donald trump said that were not true thenjoe biden said. i thought that was actually particularly noticeable around the co

washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. good to have you all. i think we're grabbing kasie for a bit of conversation. >> yeah, kasie, i heard her say at the end of "way too early" about the warning from the biden camp. and it is an important warning with 19 days to go. we'll show some polls that show joe biden far ahead but if you talk to the biden people, they do say it's much closer and there's a great article this morning in "the times" by tom ed sell and he talks about how much closer this race could be. first of all, there are a lot of white voters without college degrees who are registering who didn't vote in 2016 and also he quotes dave wasserman data in florida since the march primary, 195,000 republicans have been added to the rolls. only 98,000 democrats. in pennsylvania, republicans plus 135,000 and democrats only 57,000. in north carolina, republicans up 83,000. democrats only 38,000. and arizona is the exception where democrats are outperforming republicans, but etzel lays out a few data points that should give a lot of democrats re

. >>> joining me, charlie savage, journalist with "the new york times" and katty kay. both are msnbc contributors. i'm happy to see both of you. it's good to see you. you are an inside outsider. you are british but you cover the u.s. what's on your mind as the president is heading back out on the campaign trail this week, even though his doctors have not declared him officially free of the virus? >> i think everyone would like to know whether the president has had a negative covid test. generally speaking, people are cleared to go back out to their activities after contracting covid when they have had the negative test. the doctors are saying, he is fine, he can go out. i'm not sure it's going to change the race very much. we had the president doing a ton of rallies before he contracted covid. basically, the poll numbers have not shifted very much. can the president do anything over the course of the next three weeks? can he say anything? can he adopt any kind of attitude towards the coronavirus that's going to change people's minds? if this is a referendum on presiden

washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. good to have you all.kasie for a bit of conversation. >> yeah, kasie, i heard her say at the end of "way too early" about the warning from the biden camp. and it is an important warning with 19 days to go. we'll show some polls that show joe biden far ahead but if you talk to the biden people, they do say it's much closer and there's a great article this morning in "th

and katty kay is in florida today, watching early voting in miami.y. it wasn't like that. it was pouring with rain and howling with wind, and so i assumed perhaps people wouldn't have turned out. but we were here when it opened at 7am at this polling station and the line went around the block, people incredibly enthusiastic to get out on the first day of polling. i spoke to one state representative, a democrat, who said to me he always votes on the first day of polling, he likes voting early, but he had never seen a line before, so that would imply that enthusiasm is up. i've spoken to both democrats and republicans during the course of the last couple of hours, people voting forjoe biden, people voting for donald trump. they don't agree on very much, but they do agree on this one thing, that florida is on a knife edge. a record 28 million ballots have already been cast across the us. so far, democrats appear to be leading the way in some states. our north america correspondent anthony zurcher drew our attention to nevada. hillary clinton won the sta

i'm katty kay in washington and this is bbc world news america.gest step towards conservatism in almost 30 years with the confirmation of amy coney barrett. it was a key election promise, so what has happened to the president's famous border wall? we have a report from arizona. he from arizona. made a promise, was determined to keep he made a promise, was determined to keep it and thought if he kept it, he would get re—elected. and why patches of hidden water could take us one step closer to a permanent base on the moon.

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