Thanks so much for being here tonight for one of the most contentious consequential and closely watched u. S. Elections in history thats right Democrat Joe Biden is fighting to unseat republican President Donald Trump and the world has its eyes on america tonight and well be following every twist and turn with our team of correspondents and experts and ill be keeping you up to date with all the results as they come in and this of course is an election played out with america in crisis mode the cold food pandemic is surging and theres a stark political divide and thats raising fears of unrest but turnout is set to shatter all records lets take a look now at deadline day for American Voters. This is what us to mock crissy looks like today huge lines at many polling stations in one of the worlds oldest and largest democracies from chile wisconsin in the north. Through the city that never sleeps. To tropical florida and the south voters seem to have shown up in massive numbers even during
Is helping to save the white rhino from extinction. The man chosen to be lebanons next Prime Minister has resigned less than a month into the job most of the says he simply hasnt been able to form a government of specialists in a country where power is shared between different sects and sends the country back to square one and its search for a new stable government is in a heart of reports from beirut. Its been almost a month since most of a db was designated Prime Minister his job was to form a government independent of Party Loyalists after the previous cabinet resigned following the devastating explosion at the port of beirut last month its not easy in lebanon where the same political elite accused of pushing the country to near bankruptcy have been in power for decades i realise that the agreement on the basis i accepted this National Mission during this difficult time of lebanons history no longer exists as well as that the government line up for dispositions that i put. A deaves
Confident, yet humble, wise, yet dependent on your guidance. Give them the wisdom to cultivate a faith that preserves, keeping them from growing weary in doing what is right. Strengthen their ability to see among their colleagues your divine image. May our senators increase in favor with you and humanity. Fill them with a passion to live for your glory. We praise you for being our helper and we desire to magnify your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa is a recognized. Mr. Grassley i ask one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley quite often in our newspapers you can read about a lot of city, state Pension Funds that are in trouble. Theres
Forced to marry and convert to islam. Its endured weeks of record destructive wildfires and now americas summer of Natural Disaster could be about to deliver unprecedented flooding Hurricane Sally has made landfall in the past hour and is expected to full force over the hours ahead the category 2 storm is moving so slowly that its likely to cause days of heavy rain and with it what are being called historic floods there will be winds of up to 170 kilometers an hour and a major storm surge as well power has already been cut to hundreds of thousands of homes and after a saudi hurricane teddy is developing out at sea with forecasters now predicting could become a catastrophic category 4 storm jay gray has this update from. In alabama. Take a look if you can get there and you can see as i possibly can when. The relative. Calm that they are thats going to pick up as well and even for completion were going to feel now for the next several hours 50 year old will be with them is going to reall
Protests in the u. S. So the lack of charges for Police Involved brianna tameness death. 5 and a half weeks after mollys last president was forced to give up power by his own military and you leaders being sworn in a ceremony is taking place in the capital bamako veteran soldier and former defense minister will be installed will serve as president for up to 18 months until nationwide elections alongside him as Vice President will be a c. Me going to the man who led the coup against it with him to neighboring West African States to decide later on friday whether to lift sanctions imposed on mali after the coup. Coup is the latest event in 8 years of upheaval in mali in 2012 armed groups took control of the north and declared islamic law before being defeated by french and african troops calculator was sworn in as president a year later but he was accused of corruption of mishandling the economy and of failing to improve security and the last straw came in april when the courts overturne