Ethiopian egypt are expected to restart talks on the controversial nile dam project the President Donald Trump warns could lead to military. So with exactly a week to go now before the u. S. Election theres been a surge in early voting in part due to end in spite of the coronavirus pandemic more than 63000000 americans have voted by monday night already 4000000 more than all the early votes cast in 2016 the National Polls are giving democratic contender joe biden a solid lead although its a lot tighter in some battleground states the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast this shadow over proceedings infections is surging with some states concerned about the lack of hospital beds nearly half a 1000000 cases have been confirmed in the past week alone with more than 225000 deaths since the pandemic began stop. Markets in the u. S. Saw their biggest day one day drop in a month as concern grows that failure to contain the outbreak will hurt the economic recovery a rescue package remains held up in congress with democrats republicans deadlocked over the details lets cross to kimberly how could he joins us live now from washington d. C. Secondly it is the final count down one week away and polling suggests not looking good for the old truck but he is in the world think back in 2016. Yeah but there are a couple of differences this time around and bad is what is worrying republican strategist number one. Back in 2016 the polls were starting to narrow in terms of Hillary Clinton the democratic challenger that times lean were not seeing that this time we see numbers that are pretty consistent and the other thing thats concerning is of course that early voting that you outlined because more than 63000000. 00 have cast their ballots its believed that favors joe biden and its also concerning given the fact that thats worse than voted for donald trump in 2016 so these are worrying signs still the campaign is pressing forward donald trump is set to leave the white house shortly hell be traveling to some of those battleground states where its certainly tight in terms of the lead for joe biden the so thats what theyre hoping is that they can try and capitalize there on this in the next 7 days but again this is a challenge will be traveling to michigan wisconsin and also in nebraska but joe biden feeling semi confident about this lead but still taking nothing for granted hitting the state of georgia why is he going there if thats where donald trump has made some inroads particularly with africanamerican men so this is something that the Biden Campaign is theyre weighing in on but overall the numbers looking more favorable for joe biden and with 7 days until november 3rd then for donald trump so those who do not really isnt it is to keep him company keep flowing here there and everywhere. Yeah what hes counting on is for the early voting for people to start to show up in person and for example here in washington d. C. Today is the 1st day that i can physically go and cast my ballot person as opposed to the mail in voting that this occurred prior to this so darn tough is really trying to keep people spirits up you see this on twitter he sent out a spate of tweets yesterday today telling people to ignore the polls essentially we always say the only poll that matters is the one on election day but donald trump reminding them that there are some polls that say that hes in the lead by at least 3 Percentage Points in the battleground state of pennsylvania so Many Americans not sure who to trust getting out there casting their ballot in record numbers particularly when it comes to young people again not good news for donald trump in the strategy of all of this what we do know is that donald trump today on the campaign trail will be touting what he sees as a major win and that is that confirmation of Amy Kone Barrett to the Supreme Court this is a major promise kept by donald trump hes had 3 appointments now to the high court something that conservatives were counting on him to do and he delivered so expect that well hear a lot about that and also the optimism hes trying to project going into this final stretch of the u. S. President ial campaign or a camry thanks so much. Well the u. S. President s victory 4 years ago was partly due to the upsets in the usually Democratic State of michigan to be reelected next tuesday told trouble need to win in the states law if you count 2 such as mccomb in the suburbs of detroit and some of the voters that have been the splitting 2 of the series john 100 which issues are on their mind. Mccomb county in suburban detroit is auto country its also home to the reagan democrats who switched parties in 1980 to vote for Ronald Reagan and after voting twice for barack obama it switched again in 2016 devoted republican donald trump. Mccomb county which sits between 2 great lakes lake huron in lake erie is scenic patriotic middle class and overwhelmingly white in the last election trump resonated here and 2016 pledged he would not cut Medicare Medicaid or Social Security very different from other republican candidates and i think that combined with a lot of his appeals to white identity politics really i think really appealed to a lot of people in mccomb county trump inspires tributes on land and water and a rare devotion among supporters to the greatest president weve ever had in my lifetime he has made so many promises and hes kept more promises that hes made which is never happened ever as i believe in his policies hes gotten the job done so far hes prolife hes everything i believe in. The 2020 election will test whether hes still popular here despite the coronavirus and an economic collapse his democrat joe bidens Campaign Workers canvassed the county early train out our camera for more he leads trump handily in recent polls whats changed is this mask the epidemic here as been very difficult we have lost over a 1000 people to call the president doesnt have a plan doesnt pretend to have one he wants more people to die joe biden will have a plan that will fix this code so that we can try and get back to normal wife. What has also changed is a growing political conflict within the state. Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer as aggressive Pandemic Response led armed protesters to force their way into the state capital and it led to the arrest of 13 militia members who allegedly planned to kidnap or in trump has been fanning the flames you got to get your governor to open up your state. For donald trump to win again in 2020 he will almost certainly have to win michigan and to do that he will likely have to win right here john hendren aljazeera mccomb county michigan. 3 of our series touring some of the battleground states in americas midwest john 100 reports from ohio very much a swing state to find out what matters to voters thatll be on wednesday right here on pounds is there now the chairman of the African Union is calling for Peaceful Elections to be held in tanzania as it prepares the whole president ial and parliamentary elections with the semi autonomous island of zanzibar the leader of the Main Opposition Party has been arrested and 5 people who took part in protests were reportedly shot that by Police Police fired tear gas and live ammunition at demonstrators who said that ballot papers had been pretty mocked ahead of the vote catherine soy is in nairobi and she has the latest. Today is ali voting advance voting for special groups like Security ForcesElection Officials people would just disappear and so want so when police who are asked to. Safe they said that he had no business being in a polling station this is that he is not a special group so hes still under Police Custody but hes lawyer has been allowed to see him. Safe is a very to better on politician very influential who has been in this game for decades and 2015 during the president ial election he claimed victory. Paul was annoyed this election was annoyed by the Zanzibar Electoral Commission and save himself refused to participate in the repeat election and this time he has been telling his supporters not to accept a stolen vote we are seeing some of the supporters on the streets this morning protesters took to the streets lighting tires blocking roads throwing stones a saying that they see that this process is already not transpire and they say they want a credible election so theres a lot of tension in zanzibar and the island off as well where another incident happened yesterday where police fired tear gas and live in relation on protesters according to the opposition a several people were killed over also seen a statement by the Inspector General of the tanzania and police force saying that the situation in both islands contained and the police have arrested 42 people. A bomb blast in a Religious School in northwest pakistan has killed at least 8 people more than 100 others were injured in push hour as a device was detonated in students gathered for lessons for torah going to be houses reports. Up to 500 students were packed into this room when the bomb exploded as. They were listening to a lecture by a prominent scholar at the jimmy is a very Religious School impish hour of it eventually out of budgeting it was 8 oclock in the morning the teacher was giving a lesson we just heard a big bang and all the students are running here and their. Police say the bomb was hidden in an abandoned bag in the main hall pakistani an afghan students teachers and other members of staff are among the dead and injured several are in a Critical ConditionPolice Expect more fate tallaght. The injured were taken to the citys main hospital where relatives gathered waiting for news. Of the attack comes days after pakistans Intelligence Service warned that armed groups could target public buildings including Religious Schools across pakistan Prime Minister imran khan condemned the bombing. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack the Pakistani Taliban condemned the bombing and denied involvement the group has targeted schools mosques and the military since 2001 when pakistan supported the us invasion of afghanistan that these dives are going garment. And women. More than 1000 students were at the school when the bomb went off police say most of those killed were young people in their twentys Victoria Gate and be algis they are. Still ahead here on aljazeera we gain exclusive access to operations at the biggest u. S. Military base in the gulf. There will be look at how this chinese online payment helps to shatter records on the stock market. And i throwed east asia things according down there is there are 2 extremes as one developing winter up in the far north east and in the South China Sea as a tar figure which will probably catch the south coast a child but in between the 2 apart from british spreading finger of cloud rain which is coming to virtually nothing its enjoyable sunshine and the exception is going to be the north west coast of honshu and hawkeye there was snow on the mainland you got a cold chuck of wind coming in shes still 17 degrees in sendai and 20 odd in tokyo and thats reason warm but were back through china as well but hong kong will catch the edges the showers just turn up from the South China Sea until that easily breeze sets in and then humidity drops a bit and the skies tend to clear now so the active was in the South China Sea there is a typhoon well off its a big typhoon this one a major one moving fairly quickly its going to make the coast of vietnam as a landfall in the dark hours and thats tonight and as its coming in with such force and strong winds weve seen for a while now the damage is potentially quite high evacuations are taking place at the moment itll fall apart during 30 minutes westwoods through thailand beyond that Standard Practice through malaysia and indonesia scattered thundershowers. Amidst a climate of violence and paranoia. Theres still willing to dream. In honduras dennis seeks a Brighter Future for his son and community. Using art to reclaim the city. And chance following the very symbol of past oppression. You find in latin america liberating a prison on aljazeera. Were going to watch the ideas or her mind about top stories this hour and one week out from the u. S. Election and more than 63000000 americans have already voted the coronavirus continues to cast a shadow over the campaign with nearly half a 1000000 new infections recorded in the past week alone. That is about as Main Opposition Party says its leader has been arrested and 5 people shot dead by police who were reportedly killed during preelection protests that will try to say ballot papers have been primo had a vote on the way this day. An explosion at a Religious School in pakistan has killed at least 8 people more than 100 others were injured in the city of bashar. Donald trumps pick for the u. S. Supreme Court Justice has been sworn in Amy Kearney Barrett took the oath of office at a late ceremony at the white house shortly after the Senate Confirmed her nomination or appointment gives the top court a large conservative majority of fisher has more. 30 days after her nomination him equally valid became the one justice on the u. S. Supreme court they held an event at the white house. Now. The initial 70 was a super spreader event for covered 1000. 00 with many attendees including the president contract in the virus that didnt deter President Donald Trump who wanted a political victory so close to the election this is a momentous day for america for the United States constitution and for the fair and impartial rule of law the speed of the process is upset democrats the see the choice of a new justice should have been left to the next president may win this vote but in the process he will speed the precipitous decline of faith in our institution our politics the senate and the Supreme Court you will give an already divided an angry nation a fresh outrage the democrats tried to bring public pressure to stop the vote the argued there were more important things they argued that the republicans wouldnt even consider a democratic nomination for the Supreme Court in an Election Year 4 years ago but the reality is the democrats never had any real power to stop this nomination going through at elections have consequences. And what this administration and most republicans. Is actress. The power that was given to us by the American People amy corny but it will replace Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg who died last month her appointment solidifies a 63 conservative majority on the court but she insists she will not take her own views onto the court the oath that i have suddenly taken tonight means at its core that i will do my job without any fear or favor and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences democratic president ial nominee joe biden says if he wins the election hell look again at how did you decide branch of the American Government operates were just a group of serious charges of dollars have a number of ideas how we should proceed from this point on having no been sworn in just this county but it starts work immediately exactly what the republicans wanted alan fischer aljazeera washington. The Fatal Shooting of a black man in the city of philadelphia has led to violent overnight protests 27 year old victim was later identified as wallace the Police Reportedly asked him to drop a knife off which they shot him several times security cars and dumpsters were set on fire was pretty struggled to contain the crowds. A major wildfire is burning its way through parts of Orange County in Southern California more than 60000 people have been forced to evacuate his powerful winds continue to help spread the blaze fire and rescue Officials Say the wildfire covers an area of more than 2700. 00 hectares of forest. But the u. S. Election just days away military personnel are voting from their bases worldwide include the biggest u. S. Military base in the gulf here in qatar the only day to have bases in the middle of a multi 1000000000 dollar upgrade i reporter Stephanie Decker joined a fighter jets refueling mission. To leave catch her behind and head out across the gulf. Weve been given exclusive access to join this refueling flight on a validated air base near doha it will be topping up the tanks of american f. 16 fighter jets already out on missions my job is pretty much to refuel other aircraft in the air so they can stay airborne longer its all going to take place here at the back of the plane and you have to get down low so this is where the refuting happens its called the view college and its in the belly of the plane to you to lie on your stomach to be able to fit now what were going to witness is the boob operator is going to connect with the fighter jets that are going to approach the aircraft from here. The 1st f. 16 approaches. These are multimillion dollar fighter jets. Out on active mission and were not told what where that is. They get so close you can clearly see the pilots. The entire process only takes a couple of minutes we spend around 4 hours in the air while the crew fumed 5 and sixteens with the fighters we do a lot of cargo aircraft we can pretty much refuel anything as long as scout of them are sceptical they also refuse allied aircraft not just american on the day the air base hosts a variety of nationalities back on the ground we speak to Brigadier General daniel tani whos the commander of the 379th air Expeditionary Wing is here at a Central Location in the south of command a. O. R. Very strategic location so were engaged up in afghanistan still with our forces on the ground up there up in syria and iraq and then out in the gulf forward to touring iran and were partnering with other nations to ensure the free flow of commerce the government of qatar is in the process of upgrading the air base so the base is being expanded so fav to say youre here to stay i would say we are here to stay i would stay away from the word expansion were actually up. Creating a modernizing what we have is already a huge facility its one of the largest power projection platforms in the world i think but here to stay its probably a Fair Assessment americans are about to vote for their next president will also be their commander in chief back in the sky i mean if you vote i have course i have been watching if im not flying despite the unpredictability of this president ial campaign for these men and women at least appear it seems and for now its business as usual Stephanie Decker aljazeera in the skies above the gulf sudan ethiopia and egypt are expected to resume negotiations over a controversial dam project on the river nile after 3 months of spence and a statement from egypts president Abdel Fattah Elsisi said that egypt and sudan had a firm to reach a Binding Legal agreement the African Union mediated talks followed the u. S. President s warning that the project could spot military action from egypt if he appears he cuse donald trump of inciting war now 3 said egypts might blow up the. Well if you have built the ground relations dam on the blue nile which is the source of most of the horses egypt and sudan downstream depend heavily on it and fear their Water Supplies could be put at risk youth says the project power of the jews is essential for its economic growth. Well the 4600000000. 00 project has caused nearly a decade of tension between all 3 countries ethiopia denies egypt and sudans claim that its dam will control the flow of africas longest river the nile and aims to provide electricity for 70 percent of its population growth cairo in khartoum fear this will restrict the only source of water they rely on for nearly 150000000 people the main disagreement is the time it will take to fill the reservoirs which will affect the flow of water downstream ethiopia says it will take 5 to 7 years spread egypt has proposed 12 instead and while egypt and sudan wants a final agreement to be legally binding and to refer future disputes to 3rd party arbitrary ethiopia prefers to settle through negotiations among the 3 countries our senior lecturer in lord Kiel University and he says negotiations will depend on whether countries go into them in good faith. The video new rule intervention by the u. S. President sexually calling on egypt to blow up a very Important National project in a sovereign Country House to go to the commotion and saw the president also love to who is also the chairperson of the African Union announced it that is option all talks today the parties are talking there really the question of whether or not the sea countries in particular if you are being an idiot would agree the kind of call outstanding issues depends again in way that of this this 2 parties negotiate in good faith and a spate of corporation and the brotherhood issues that are in dispute between the 2 countries that issue that of significant importance to the 2 bows both countries fields according to a discount of schedule the initial stage rather only being done without any reduction to the floor whatever but there are also other issues such as for example the nature of the argument between use countries each ok hes hesitant to enter into a binding agreement that is has been for example to have a dispute resolution mechanisms that is international so it once for example an african to dazed disputes with the regime and that it gives once the Permanent Court of arbitration to set of. A set of torah in the event of a dispute between the 2 countries. Bangladesh is the latest muslim nation calling for a boycott of french products the growing protests over french president. Recent controversial comments on the photos the beheading of a french teacher who showed cultures of Prophet Muhammad in class america has defended the characters and says hell tackle what he calls surfaces in for. Your search your state has pledged support for india against threats from China Defense secretary marcus but already india is seeking to boost military cooperation as part of a 5 day trip aimed at strengthening strategic ties in the face of a growing chinese influence in the region has withdrawn and has more now from new delhi on the defense relationship between india and the United States. This time around they managed to sign the 4th and final of whats called the foundation no Foundation Defense Agreements between the 2 countries this one which allows the sharing of high end military Technology Maps and satellite data is one thats eluded previous u. S. Governments because the previous government in power and via the congress. To sign such an agreement they thought it would be giving up something of its strategic autonomy but the trumpet ministration is one thats very close to the government here and dia and they decided that to expedite the signing of this deal when President Trump wants an india in february so this is very much of the defining of the defense relationship between the 2 countries of course its coming at a time when relations between india and its neighbor china have been at an almost all time low that something that secretary of state might refer to in his address he referred to the killing of 20 indian soldiers in june the 1st death along that border in 45 years and he said that the u. S. Stands with the people of india really interesting both the u. S. Officials singled out china spoke about what they said but chinas increasing aggression destabilizing moves in. Officials didnt use such language they said things like that asia had to be multipolar and that was not surprising given that talks between indian and chinese officials are ongoing to try to resolve that border standoff. Chinese Payments Company and group says it will be the biggest stock market flotation in history the tech firm behind chinas Largest Online payments for its price to share launch at 10. 30 each and that leaves the company at around 34000000000. 16. If all goes well the launch will previous record set by a saudi aramco last december at around 29000000000. 00 shares are expected to begin trading on the hong kong and shanghai stock exchanges next month so can clark as chairman of b. V. A. China an Advisory Firm serve investors in Chinese Technology and consumers sectors and he says the group in its online Payment System have transformed personal finance. Its very much focused on not only young users but young users love it because its a game of fight theres lots of games you can imagine your bank having a gaming application but also its accessible to all and investment you know helping chinese consumers diversify away from the traditional put money into you know the foreign bank and buy property and this is introducing them to a whole new range of Financial Products its really an innovation engine for the future and you know china actually is more innovative than you would think as the government is taking more risks than we see in the last partly because they know they have to make changes theyve been trying to deregulate and get things going to allow people to save last and spend more and find out products and you know they have state owned banks that really control the Financial Sector and theyre allowing technology to kind of push reform where policy and so they are warning that if we give credit you know this this balancing act between the private sector and the Public Sector is very interesting and. The big theme today in china is domestic demand for goods and also shares as well of course as International Investors who want to buy into the chinese economy which is really one of the few in the world to be growing given how theyve handled recently the very. Boring us of a quick check of the headlines here our knowledge is here and one a week out from the u. S. Election more than 63000000 americans have already voted the current of our us continues to cost a shadow of the campaign with nearly half a 1000000 new infections recorded in the past we can learn how the White House Correspondent can be helped it has more now from washington d. C. Some of those battleground states where its certainly tight in terms of the lead for joe biden the so thats what theyre hoping is that they can try to capitalize on this in the next 7 days but again this is a challenge shall travel be traveling to michigan wisconsin and