Up on beaches is being used to help fight the spread of corona virus. Live. And its the most advanced mars mission yet but nasa is already tackling a Technical Glitch on the perseverance rover. Donald trump is being condemned by democrats and Senior Republicans for suggesting a delay to novembers u. S. President ial election many states want to make postal voting easier because of Coronavirus Health concerns but trump insists without habitants that mail in voting will lead to a rigged result of White House CorrespondentKimberly Hauck that has more. Even by his own standards his tweet was nothing short of astonishing on thursday u. S. President donald trump suggested the november president ial election should be postponed alleging potential fraud associated with mail in voting truck tweeted delay the election until people can properly securely and safely vote the president has no Legal Authority to change the election date leading even members of trumps own Republican Party in congress to scoff at the prospect. Well never in the history of the country through wars depressions and the civil war if we ever had a really. And well find a way to do that again most nov 3rd no way should we ever not hold an election from claims that voters identity cant be verified and that a voter might cast more than one ballot i dont want to delay i want to have the election but i also dont want to have to wait for 3 months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesnt mean anything this was going to happen see if its common sense so were asking for a lot of trouble and no do i want to see a day change no but i dont want to see a crooked election but President Trump may have had another motive for his incendiary tweet up ending negative News Headlines its been another week of gloomy economic numbers for a president hoping to cruise to reelection on a Strong Economy now a blitter aided by business shutdowns caused by cold it like team poll numbers are also not trumps favor most show him trailing the Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee joe biden by double digits on thursday will biden didnt address trumps push to delay the election he did blame trump for the historic job losses that have left more than 20000000 americans without work. Because trump so badly mishandled the covert virus and caused you spyros you curve there is no money to be able to keep necessary people employed its not the 1st time trump has expressed reservations about the outcome in president ial election earlier this month he said he may not accept the results of the november poll can you give a direct answer you will accept feel like i have to see you i have to see you know im not going to just say yes im not a sinner and i did last time either with less than 95. 00 days until election day the president suggestions are causing consternation for an already easy electorate looking to uphold the american tradition of a peaceful transfer of power can really help get aljazeera the White House Former u. S. President barack obama has been speaking about tom severs to discourage man in voting joining the pandemic without mentioning him by name obama says the same forces that oppose civil rights are now working to restrict black americans from voting it was speaking at the Funeral Service of civil rights icon chong lewis we may no longer have to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar in order to cast a ballot. But even as we sit here there are those in power who are doing their darndest. To discourage people from voting by closing polling locations and targeting minorities and students with restrictive id laws and attacking our Voting Rights the surgical precision even undermining the past based service in the lead up to an election. Thats going to be dependent on mail in ballots so people dont get sick. It is about high income is an associate professor of american studies and Political Science at the George Washington university she says chums comments erodes trust in the democratic process he certainly trying to. Divert attention from the fact that his own poll numbers are very low that economy is doing badly which is partly what he thought he was going to be able to run on to secure a 2nd term and we also know that trump personally i think at big difficulty actually accepting failure or taking responsibility for things so i already said that if he to make claims about voter fraud its another way for him not to have to take responsibility for it 7 for whether or not hes actually going to do it for the election but we do know that this kind of rhetoric even if its being used as a deflection tactic can have very dangerous effects because it continues to undermine Peoples Trust in the democratic process the trust that has already been raised do you know theres also as obama had mentioned a huge amount of Voter Suppression that were seeing up loath things like where polling places in minority neighborhoods where there used to be 50 you know 50 polling places lets say 10 years ago are now down to 5 polling places and so were seeing that shrinkage particularly important minority neighborhoods and combined with a lot of that attempt to restrict voting there are you know serious concerns about Voter Suppression there usually for the groups who have already been marginalized from u. S. Politics donald trump suggesting that the president ial election should be delayed came minutes off to news of the sharpest done turn in the u. S. Economy since the 1940s ross amassed a product shrunk a 9. 5 percent in the 2nd quarter as a country struggles to contain the pandemic another 1400000 americans have filed jobless claims last week i was on to has more from new york. To see how badly the u. S. Economy is doing all you have to do is look at this parking lot full of empty new york city taxis because of the pandemic and slow economic recovery ridership was down over 90 percent last month. There are 15000 taxis in new york city 4 out of every 5 of them are parked because of a lack of passengers leaving thousands of drivers without a livelihood nobody is working because nobody in the road. Is not a normal life in april congress pumped trillions of dollars into the u. S. Economy with the expectation that come july coronavirus would be over and there would be a major upswing in Economic Activity that as it turns out was a miscalculation and didnt happen even in new york city the normally bustling streets remain mostly quiet with Economic Activity way below its prepared to make levels this even after new york wants to cope with epicenter but no more unlike much of the rest of america the virus is mostly contained in new york with a one percent infection rate the lowest anywhere in the u. S. Still for ashok kumar even though his flour store reopened after being closed for months during the shutdown things are not back to normal far from it still bad i have. Got to put 30 to 40. 60 percent of the loss the business because all of that stuff that everything is for now few people have money to spend and those who can choosing not to and an economy still in deep recession gave rosendo to new york. U. S. State of florida is reporting a Record Number of covered 19 deaths for the 3rd straight day another 253 people have died with nearly 10000 new cases florida is one of the worst hit states but its republican governor is refusing to impose widespread lockdowns the state has shut down some Testing Centers because of the Tropical Storm which is due to hit land in the coming days ok let me take you to hong kong a prominent activist joshua wall is speaking there now hes among multiple prodemocracy candidates whove been barred from standing in the upcoming Legislative Council elections now were also hearing reports that the government may put on those calls until next year because they say of the coronavirus that critics are just disputing this for being the real reason the move to ban candidates from septembers election is coming a day after Hong Kong Police arrested several student activists for allegedly committing the new crime of secession under the new security law and just before this press conference that woman speaking at he is quoted as saying that barring him from running in the election would not stop the calls for democracy in hong kong is also saying that the disqualification reasons are invalid and ridiculous and the says the National Security law is a legal weapon to be used against dissidents well have more on this in our next bulletin at 5. Prayers are being held in turkeys high vs sophia mosque for the 1st time in more than 80 years hundreds of muslim or sherpas have flocked to the site to mark. But theyre keeping their distance from each other because of coronavirus restrictions landmark was built as a cathedral 1500 years ago before being converted into a mosque and then into a museum in 1904 the court ruling turned the World Heritage site back into a mosque. And tens of thousands of muslims are gathering the mosque islams 3rd holiest site to celebrate eat how they fall since going to be joining us there in occupied East Jerusalem the people. There have been going through a succession of closures and a real openings weve also had the coronavirus how are people feeling at this time. Oh yes you have to remember that the last 80 dont fit so after the end of ramadan at that stage the luxor mosque compound known as the temple mount to jews it was still closed because of the coronavirus or tricks and so this is the 1st time that theyve been able to have a major muslim holiday the major muslim holiday of the year in the grounds of the al aqsa mosque compound and so as you can see behind me thousands are currently flooding out after those door and prayers and thousands tens of thousands we believe did indeed go inside and pray at this 3rd holiest site people we spoke to were saying that they were very grateful for that fact that they were able to find some solace amid some of the difficulties that theyve been experiencing both economically and health wise in recent weeks and months but that this wasnt really a regular or even proper aid for many people because of the fact that that so many been hit very economically hard by the pandemic but they were grateful to to do what they could to try and and pray and commemorate and celebrate this occasion the hobby obviously you can see youre wearing a mask and i can see the people behind you as well many of them are Wearing Masks to just talk us through some of the restrictions that are in place. Yes the the moscow authorities the people from the islamic walks which which runs the mosque they were saying that the elderly and children should not come i had to say that wasnt exactly observed in any great numbers of sort a lot of children a lot of elderly people also telling people to bring their own premises and to try to socially distance as much as possible but weve heard from inside the compound that the sheer crush of numbers made that very difficult that people were outside largely but that there was not much room to try to maintain space from each other during the prayers but yes mosque wearing differently from when the luxor mosque reopened after those weeks of closure earlier in the year has been almost 100 percent just anecdotally from what ive seen from what ive been hearing from inside so people are trying to do what they can to minimize the risk but at the same time theres obviously a huge will to be at this very holy site like a faucet talking to this might sound like some mosque in occupied East Jerusalem how many thanks a lot still ahead on his iran john lewis will be a founding father of that polar bear. Daughter of her. Former president s pay tribute to 2 of true pioneer of the us Civil Rights Movement. Hello there very wholesome mostly dry across much of the middle east the last few days a scene touches rising close to 52 celsius across into baghdad there skies are clear the winds have been fairly strong but of course also very hot and dry that weve seen also some flooding across the southwest of yemen we could see more of ass on friday these rains really very heavy at times some very torrential downpours so santa once again could see the streets under water but look at these temperatures up to 50 degrees celsius those winds us to say coming through the interior and also kicking up dust friday knows as hosts into 37 degrees celsius about 38 on saturday the winds there coming from a different direction coming from the south so it will feel very humid indeed a more of that sound and dust and how much is maybe a little bit lower in baghdad still holds the high there over 45 degrees then down into Southern Africa the usual shastri central areas but were seeing something a clearing across much of madagascar over the last couple of days and well see want to but hopefully nothing i have yet than that and then along coastal areas of south africa again its fine and dry the temperature has come back up in capetown a high of 20 degrees celsius that but we could also see these coastal. Taking those showers with those winds up through mozambique and pushing north was as we go through saturday through much of kenya and on towards somalia. Japan is building a massive c. One to protect against devastating tsunami one o one east investigated nature can be can time or if the walls will expose could be used to greater danger. On aljazeera. Every generation has a higher purpose. Ours is to stay close. To o. E. Cool. Were watching our visitor a reminder of our top stories this hour donald trump has been condemned by democrats and Senior Republicans for suggesting a delay to novembers u. S. President ial election trump insists without evidence that expanded the mail in voting is vulnerable to fraud. John selection remarks come as new figures reveal the u. S. Economy has shrunk 9. 5 percent in the 2nd quarter thats a record shattering fall another 1400000 americans filed in jobless claims last week. The prayers are being held in turkey i use a fear mosque for the 1st time in more than 18 years a court ruling a lot of the istanbul landmark to be converted back into a mosque. Millions of people in chile by dipping into their Pension Funds to help them get through the financial fallout from the pandemic the government approved changes to the law so those whove lost jobs can withdraw up to 10 percent of their savings a latin america editor this year newman reports from the capital santiago. On the 1st day the chileans were allowed to withdraw up to 10 percent of their Retirement Savings and funds which be not so wasted no time queuing outside of his private pension fund office. I dont like to dip into my pension but we cant depend on the government for everything so i want to access my own money especially since the private Pension Funds have filled their pockets at our expense for decades but nothing is more unpopular in chile in the mandatory a. F. P. s or private Retirement Funds which with rare exceptions deliver what most described as starvation pensions. The a. F. P. Untouchable to last week when Congress Approved a landmark constitutional amendment allowing people to access some of their contributions for the next year but if they then my 5 been a medical. Since march and i havent received any government benefits im not getting my full wages to pay for my medicine and my upcoming surgery so this is very necessary for me. Outside of this fund mainly migrants queued for hours to ask for a password to access their accounts many of them a haitians out of work and desperate for cash. I have no work anymore but have to keep paying their rent and beg necessities without money you cant survive. The moment the process is supposed to be totally online so that people wont have to queue especially under the lockdown that still in force in most of the country but with more than a 1000000 people trying to access their money simultaneously on just the 1st day the process is painfully slow as im finding out right here in some cases the funds web pages have crashed completely or in this case it says there are more than a 1065000 people ahead of me. Whether its in line or on line people are being told to be patient something not so easy when resorting to your life savings has become your only option. To see a new bin al jazeera sent out. France is reported nearly 1400 new coronavirus cases for a 2nd day in a row theres also been an increase in patients admitted to intensive care for the 1st time in 4 months the vessel said the virus is spreading faster since france is lockdowns and may. Theres been the highest daily jump in cases in spain since the fighting its locked down last month more than a 1000 infections were confirmed for the 2nd day in a row 1200 cases were recorded in thursday mostly from catalonia and out of the regions in the northeast. U. S. Congressman and civil rights Champion John lewis has been laid to rest in atlanta the battle ends almost 2 weeks of memorials for the 80 year old who died of pancreatic cancer former president s george w. Bush bill clinton and barack obama but among those paying respect while brunells reports. In the black church Funeral Services are sometimes called home going. John lewis went home on thursday one of the great figures of the Civil Rights Movement he was mourned and celebrated as a true American Hero someday when we do finish that long