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Come out and taken advantage and i hope that will continue. >> you tripled -- i want to make this clear, you tripled the number of early voting locations so part of what were seeing you guys just made it a lot easier to vote early like in-person early voting was expanded by 300% under your administration and then this drive-through voting, which is fascinating and obviously very useful in covid times what is drive-through voting, how does it work and up just have a lawsuit. tell us what happened...

There was no overall covid impact in this list of european countries. in others, the virus only had a low impact. there was a medium impact in france, the netherlands and sweden, and a high impact in belgium, italy, spain, england with wales and scotland. the health system pivoting to focus almost entirely on covid—i9 in that first wave will have had impacts on mortality for patients with other chronic conditions such as cancer, heart disease and dementia. but what is also true is that the ful...

Indoors or outdoors — that includes homes, private gardens and hospitality venues. people are allowed to meet in groups of six or less in certain outdoor public spaces, such as parks. pubs and bars must close unless they provide what‘s called ‘substantial meals‘. quite hard to keep up, isn‘t it? maybe we will test you later. not true that many of us would pass! anyway... wherever you are across the uk, if you want to check the rules in your area now — you can search by postcode — t...

Sunday, 4am on sunday the 18th of october will now need to self—isolate for two weeks as the countries are removed from the travel corridors a list. and that tweet that we were shown you earlier from the transport secretary. so from the transport secretary. so from 4am on sunday the 18th of october people will have to self—isolate for two weeks if you are arriving from those countries. but passengers arriving in england from crete, the greek island of crete, will no longer need to cite isola...

Here on texas. it has not voted for a democratic presidential candidate since 1976, a democrat has not won statewide here in 25 years, but voters are saying pay attention to whats happening here this year. >> i know that we are typically a red state, but our culture climate i have no idea how things are going to turn out, but there is a potential shift. >> i think there will be more blue voters in texas than people realize. >> i think this is probably one of the most important elections we have ...

To their health and whether, in some cases, this might be fatal. 0ne measure is excess deaths — the total from all causes above the long—term average. a new study looks at the numbers between february and may and finds there was no overall covid impact in this list of european countries but, in others, the virus only had a low impact. there was a medium impact in france, the netherlands and sweden and a high impact in belgium, italy, spain, england with wales and scotland. its absolutely the...

Chronic conditions such as cancer, heart disease and dementia. but what is also true is that the full effects of that will not be felt until six, 12 months and even years down the line. british hospitals are far from alone in considering cuts in routine medical work. in the czech republic, some general hospital wards are being converted by builders into covid—19 departments. hugh pym, bbc news. in france, president macron has announced a state of emergency to try control the rapid spread of co...

In harris county, texas, which contains houston, early voting records were obliterated today. the previous record was 68,000 votes on the first day of early voting. that was broken by 2:00 p.m. with five hours still to go. the number as of right now is about 115,000 with an hour left. harris county is the most populous county in texas. its one of the focal points of republican efforts to restrict the vote because county officials wanted to set up absentee ballot drop-off boxes in a dozen locatio...

As we see record breaking early voter turnout in texas there is an intensifying battle over one way people vote via drop boxes. a federal appeals court ruled texas can limit absentee ballot drop-off spots to just one per county. to put it in perspective, in harris county 4.7 million people live there. now, they only have one place to go to drop off their ballots. for many of them its a long drive. joining me now a beto orourke who has been leading a push to get out the vote in the state. mr. oro...

All of the enthusiasm, after waking up to news much a late-night ruling upholding governor abbotts directive to limit drop boxes to one per county, an issue where voters can spend more than an hour driving just to cast their vote. >> more to 50 miles in some cases to drop off mail ballots. its unfair and prejudicial and dangerous. >> good morning, everyone. >> reporter: the day not without mishap. >> there have been glitches in our boarding system. >> reporter: counties extending hours by two ho...