The Freeman Foundation. By judy and Blum Kovler Foundation pursuing solaions for amerneglected needs. And by cpbtributions to thistation from viewers like you. Thank you. Anchor this is bbc world news america. Ngi am repor tonight, and texas has voted more statewide in 2016, and we still have four days to go. Staying out west in arizona, native americans dying from coronavirus disproportionate hi numbers. Locals say that the pandemic means instant death. Knowing that those people are laying there and they are here because of covid, it is heartbreaking. Laura an earthquake off of the gean coast strikes and hundreds are dead. How one neighborhood in britain is bursting with terriing, spooky decorations. Laura if you are watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to bbc world news amera. The sheer volume of early voting taking place across the united 80 million have already voted early. 60 of the total votes cast in20 with four days still to go. Texas is shatterin turnout records. More than 9 Million People have voted early. Democrats are sending joe bidens running mate Kamala Harris there today hoping to pull off a surprise winar in the ok and state. Polls suggest that President Trump has the edge. Arizona is a battleground state andook like a tossup. Joe biden is hoping to flip the state. Weve been hearing from the native American Population hit hard by covid19 its only different ways. In our culture, as a navajo annative american, it is something that we are not evsupposed t do, to deal with death. Reporter but dealing with death is his calling. In the worst corner of the worst country for covid19. As covid patients, weal norm do not get involved. Reporter n undertaker, he prepares bodies for burial in the navajo lands of northern arizona. Living in the largest of the native american territories, t navajo have witnessed more deaths than any 50 states of the unio there was a point, where i nt into our storage units, i saw all of the bodies laying there. I did not do them, so it was a hard time for me. Knowing that those people are laying there, and they are here because of covid. Brit was heaking. Report Navajo Nation is one of the poorest parts of america. Mask mandates anin curfews were oduced early in the pandemic. The virus had already taken hold. With few health care facilities, many were left at the mercy of covid. This is tent city in phoenix. Sthousand homeless, and some losing their jobs due to the pandemic, d now losing their lives. This pandemic is instant death. Reporter james wright is 62. They have a big ass middle Medical Center either. When you have covid9, and they nn help you, it is death. Reporter social distancing is tough int tty. It is tough, here is well at this rally. But why . R in thieply polarized country, wearingt wearing a Face Covering has become a political statement. This is chris and his family. This pandemic is still out there. Reporter the do not worry you being with all those people there yesterday . No. It did not bother me one bit. Reporter do you think it is un american to force someone to wear our mask . I do. It is unamerican to make anyone wear our mk if there is no reason if the person is not sick. It is part of our culture to take care of people. It is always the w nativring masks. A lot of nonnatives are not. We as a people are diligent. So this is the start of covid. Hiyou openarea here. Reporter an Navajo Nation, they have had to build a new cemetery to take on the dead. The presidenal above all is a referendum on donald trus handling of the pandemic. Lever wins, must guide this country out of the darkness. Clive myrie, bbc news in Navajo Nation, arizona. A la the bbcs Anthony Ivanka has been following the president to the rallies he joins us from the Washington White House now. Coronaviru is on the rise, 9 million allections espec in the battleground states. How does the president deal with this as he tes to get a second housen the White Reporter he says that it cld be much worse, that 2 Million People could have died. Also, he says that we are roding a corner, that things are Getting Better because of what he is doi. Then he sometimes downplays the severity of it. Yohe say will get it, and you will get better. At a florida rally yesterday, he says that he got it and got better. Heays if i got it, then you can get it and get better. He obviously knows that this is an issue, and he is trying to addresit. Strategies of how to handle it. Laura nw mle, early voting has been off the charts, especially, anthome, in your tate of texas. At is driving that . Reporter the first thing is that people are voting early because of the pandemic. The do not want to be and crowded polling places on election day. Theres is also enthusiasm through the roof. We do not know if that is for joe biden or for donald trump in texas. I will say that 25 of the new voters, 25 of those who have voted so far our n voters. That is a remarkable number compared to 2016. Laura this weekend, we have seen both mpaigns practically bumping into each other in the midwest. What is that all about . Anthony i think that they see this as the real battleground. The democrats and joe biden see that as the path of least resistance to victory. If they can reform that blue wall that we talked about in 2016. Michigan, pennsylvania, it willt get the eal majority even if they win the Hillary Clinton states. Trouble is happening there agads because he nhose states. Trump is campaigning there again because he needs those states. Laura joe biden is bringing out barack obama this weeken is that supposedly his secret weapon . Anthony i suppose it could be. Barack obama is still immensely popular by the biden camp. He is trying to appeal to young otmale blacks. Brock obama is making his pitch directly to them and trying to get them to turn out in numbers larger than Hillary Clinton, particularly in these key midwest battleground states. Laura briefly, what about the senate races this weekend . What do you redo into where the candidates are going . Guest the senate races an lot of key battleground states. That takes lanes why biden went to georgia and is going to iowa. They realize that the fate of the senate is as much on the line as the presidency. Laura anthonys orca, thank you so much. Al this week, weve been looking at how the outcome of the u. S. Election will affect millions of people around the world. Tonight we will return to west rica focus on nigeria. A recent poll shows th nigeria ranks fourth in how trump has the Trump Administration h targeted nigeria with tougher immigration rules. A planned change to visas could changelans fer nns to study, even if their studies are planned for longer. Fo more, we are joined by a west african correspondent who is in lagos. Why is there this apparentr support e president in nigeria . How do you explain that . Correspondent his conservatism plays well with conservative africans. The business acumen that he claims to have brought in the office is a big issue for nigerians. Busiigss is here and people are always trying to set up business, maintaint, and make it grow. The fact that donald trump has gone into the white house, claimed to make a deal and make that deal happen. It is played out well. For exec, the peace treaties that have been broken that the evious admissions have not, that is impressive to nigerians. Otthr thing that might be of interest to nigerians right now in particular is to do wit the in sarsrotests that have dealt with a cl and demand to the end of police brutality. They have been asking for better governance, and the Trump Administration has just oned over the last coupl of months some politicians that mike potato that have been complained as being rich. Nigerians are lookingha the Trump Administration is looking to sanction those who have power. Laura how much interest is there in joe biden and hisal running mate k harris, making history as the first kbl woman to be the first black ve president candidate . Correspondent if joe biden wins, this could really cnge for how americans treat nigeria. Kamala harris is not being talked about probably as much as you would expect, if she makes such a historical claim in the ite house. Across the 54 countries of this continent, there are a number of women that hold quite powerful position in office, heads of state and so forth. Kamala harris is of interest for being a black woman candidate. Nkhowever, i t most people are waiting to see who is going to win this race. Will beriends, or will it be foe . Laura s i the u. S. Still somewhere that nigerians want to k,study and wespite these tough visa regulations ander the truministration . Correspondent indeed, it is still the pinnacle of the place of the pce that people want to get to to have a better education and a better standard of life. In most cases, they want to learn skills and bring them back to nigeria in order to flourish over here. Eramerica is still that nune place culturally, financially, educationally, for nigerians to try to get to. With these new vsat restrictions, and might be harder and harder for them to get to america. S visiting local doco see if they could with update potion or two tory to get them closer to a better nbc interview people will try anything to get to america, the golden land. Whether that happens it is all up to the next administration. Laura fascinating. Thank you so much. R a marthquake has struck off the coast o turkey, north of the island of samos. The quake was felt from athens the awful power ofuake. Captured orthis multist building disintegrated into dust. On the streets of izmir, there was a and panic there was fear and panic. I saw people crying, change to reach o to theiroved ones. Everyone was shocked. It was a very chaoc moment. Porter about 20 buildings were taught about 20 buildings were brought down and newer ones stayed standing bill after the last earthquake that was here in 1909. They claimed about 70,000 wives. In 1999, 70,000 wives. People were searching desperately for neighbors and loved ones. Diand there were extraorry moments. Here, a woman emerges from the wreckage. Initially she comes walking out in her bare feet. Then, she is helped the rest of the way. More than 70eople have been rescued, lucky to be alive. Foral some, emoti reunions. Turkey sits on active fault lines, so there is always fear here of the next big one. This was big enough to be felt in his temple and the greek capital athens. Danger came from the agn which from the aegean d the impact was felt in turkey and e greek islands. Two nationsmally deeply divided our sharing this moment of loss. Laura terror there in turkey and the greek islands. In france, the countri interim minister says that more attacks are likely. This follows the fatal stabbing of three people and a knife attack at a church in nice. A memial has been set up, with candles for the victims. Itol is the second such ce into weeks in france. You are watching bbc world news america. Still to come on tonights program, faces from the front line. Uncertain future as a conflict with azeaijan grinds on. Laura taiwa legalized samesex marriages last year. Now the first have taken plac this is a major step forward for e lgbt, as taiwan has primarily maintained the pandemic. Reporter over the last decade, taiwan has become an increasingly liberal democracy. The Defense Ministry called same section marriages and open and progressive move. I made the decision to get married here in thet hope t more gay couples in the military could have t out, knowing that our countrys military is openminded. We are all equal in the name of love. Reporter there are still some restrictions on gay marriage in taiwan. This movemen ins military ia big step for the lgbt q community. Laura our media azure by john have been at war armenia and archer bars on have been atqu wr foe some time. We are hearing how the families have been tornpart. Here is a report from and it may contain scenes that you might find distressing. [eaking Foreign Language] reporter the blessing on the ont. These arminian soldiers are the latest to fight in a conflict. They prayed that they can see their families again, thathe t battle will not drag on through winter. [speaking foreign lauage] reporter m youen, facing the horror of the trenrses for the fitime. It is hardw to know many have died here. It says that 5000 people have now been killed. Like those before them, the soldiers must face the agony of burying friends. In this fight, funerals shed. Misery [speaking Foreign Language hree cease fires agreed, three ceasefires broken. Her husband is missing. Her family is desperate to know where is happened to him. [speaking Foreign Language] the fight has touched every family here. Her brothers, [indiscernible] [speaking Foreign Language] rtre as fighting intensifies, the armenian population fear is that history is repeating itself. [speaking Foreign Language] reporter another generatiownhas been dranto the battle. Anothe generation of armenians and azerbaijanis left to face the trouble of war. Ur the english there for bo families on the side of the the anguish fore oth sides of nflict. With halloween tomorrow, we have been advised not to hand out sweets tomorrow. In the u. K. , families are determined tmake the evening ecial. Reporter love it or loathe it, us. Loween is very nearly upon i really like theuites and the decorations. Reporter y a spoail has been set up around the city. Thouseholds can m indoors and outdoors in groups of six. I love halloween and i do is i do a display every single year. I want a safeway for people to sees hou that are still decorated and spread cheer during this time. Reporter so far, 250 families have signed up. We want it to look special. Reporter just around the corner, we meet the cole family. With the year that everyone has had, it is been rubbish for them. Everything has been canceled. Holidays, events. Halloween i something that they cannot stop. Reporter a few streets away, the pirates have taken over. M not surprise you that this took six months of planning. This is mchristmas. We love halloween so much. Orthe house is ded yearround for the next howling. For the next halloween. Reporter with people coming up with creative ways to keep people safe, captain hook has designed ts socially distanced to for the suites to shoot down. For the sweets to shoot down. Laura brilliant. You saw tsesweets shootin down, and there is one that has been a favorite for ickortreaters for more than a century. It is National Candy corn date here in the united states. Candy corn has been around since the 1880s. Back then, they were called chicken feed. There was a need for rebranding as america moved from a ral to urban society. Candy corn is mostly made from honey, sugar, and cornstarch. Ey are more popular than ever. More than 30 Million Pounds are produced each year. 9 billion pieces of candy corn keeping you busy. Happy halloween. I am laura narrator funding fof this presentationis program is provided by. Language specialists teaching spanish, french and more. Raymond james. The Freeman Foundation j y and peter Blum Kovler Foundation; americas neglected needs. 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