thank you so much for coming on roshni nedungadi.polls. and as you can see, democratic challengerjoe biden is currently ahead with 51% while president trump is on 42%. you can find all the details on our website, bbc.com.news. 0r or you 0ryou can or you can download the bbc news app. scientists in liverpool have started trials of a new treatment against coronavirus. the antiviral drug is one of several potential treatments aimed at curbing infection in the early stages and reducing the risk of people developing serious illness. our medical editor, fergus walsh, went to meet some of the first volunteers who'll be receiving the experimental medication. the preparations are meticulous. symptoms of covid which began within five days. safety para mou nt. mention clinical trials, and many still remember when six volunteers in london fell dangerously ill within minutes of receiving an experimental drug. that was 1a years ago. it is probably quarter past 11, the first patient. now, doctors must wait 24—hours after the first person is dosed.

closer look at voter turnout, democratic pollster and hit strategies co—founder and partner, roshni nedungadit now in people who are going out to early vote. we're seeing younger voters, people of colour, women, white women in the suburbs going out to early vote right now all around the country. and all of these groups of people are favouring joe biden in their polling. we recently conducted a poll of black voters nationwide and 43% had already voted. and of those people who had already voted, 88% said that they would supportjoe biden versus only 3% who said they would support donald trump. the interesting thing i suppose, the interesting question perhaps unknowable, is that are these voters people who would have voted on the day anyway, or are they new, extra voters who wouldn't have voted on the day so could actually make a significant difference? yeah, that's a question that i'm not sure we will quite know the answer to but what we do know is that we're seeing large groups of new voters who didn't vote in 2016. about 25% of voters who have already voted in both florida and arizona — florid