hurricane zita hit full swing later in the day.y and she left some parts of louisiana without power for days. oh, yeah, that's, like, proper american news crews and everything. and then we rock up... laughs it's polling day and we're in baton rouge reporting for newsbeat. important question here, daniel. why should people here in the uk care who becomes president? well, ben, it's a short answer. you become arguably the most powerful person on the planet so the decisions that the president makes here can have global consequences. in the evening, we went back to new orleans to watch the results show at a covid—safe outdoor watch party. i've had that coffee. it's tastier than you billed it to be. but it is now 11:06pm. and it was time to work through the night, as results started to come in from across america. people in america have been voting... a few hours later, i was back on air with the country in a sort of strange results limbo. let's go straight to our politics editor, daniel rosney, who's live in louisiana for us. it's too e

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