War in yemen is taking on children u. N. Says tens of thousands are suffering acute malnutrition and the risk of death is high. Im going to ask over the sport as paralympics printhead breaking his appeal to use prosthetic legs to try to qualify for the pics but he plans to fight the decision which he believes is based on the basis well. So then with exactly a week to go now before the u. S. Election theres been a surge in early voting in part due to and in spite of the coronavirus pandemic more than 63000000 americans had voted by monday night already 4000000 more than all the early votes cast in 2016 and National Polls are giving democratic contender joe biden a solid lead although its a lot tighter in some battleground states with a coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a shadow over proceedings infections surging with some states concerned about the lack of hospital beds and nearly half a 1000000 cases have been confirmed in the past week alone with more than 225000 deaths since the pandemic began stock markets in the u. S. Saw their biggest one day drop in a month as concerns grow that failure to contain the outbreak will hurt the economic recovery or rescue package remains held up in congress with democrats republicans yes. Deadlocked over the details lets go straight away to convey how could he joins us live from washington d. C. And so you can really there we have its one week to go in the polling suggests things not looking good for donald from. 7 days and counting to november 3rd a official election day in the United States and youre right those polls not looking good for donald trump what we see here that is different from 2016 is by now the polls in terms of the gap even though Hillary Clinton had a lead back in 2016 that gap was narrowing and that is not what were seeing this time around in 2020 joe biden a solid double digit lead in the National Polls and in those battleground states well it is tighter biden is still leading so what we know is that donald trump will be heading to one of those battleground states the u. S. State of michigan he is set to leave the white house shortly hell also be traveling to wisconsin and nebraska for joe biden he is traveling to the u. S. State of georgia and why is that notable well it signals a little bit of vulnerability on the part of the Biden Campaign the fact that there is a heavy africanamerican population in georgia it signals that donald trump has been making some gains particularly with africanamerican men and as a result that is somewhere that the Biden Campaign feels that it needs to target but again that number that you mentioned off the top nick that 63000000 and counting in terms of early voting its important to note that is more voters than voted for donald trump in 2016 so that is a concern because the early voting according to most to adolescent the United States seems to favor joe biden right yeah interesting so what about the trauma strategy a flowing around all over the place blitzing companies are going to keep doing that right up to the war. Yeah absolutely and weve been told by the campaign that it may even by this weekend he may be hitting 5 different locations in a single day so what we expect the said ministration to do particularly today or rather the campaign is to focus on a bit of a victory that it scored last evening and that is the confirmation vote for the Supreme Court of any kone barrett it cant be underscored that this is a major promise kept by donald trump on the campaign trail in 2016 its notable he now has appointed one 3rd of the courts leaving it decidedly more conservative this is something that his base wanted and he delivered big time now donald trump is counting on those very same supporters to show up at the polls in the next 7 days in fact donald trump still trying to keep optimism among his supporters he just tweeted that they should not look at the polls the only poll that they should look at what we always say is the what im voting day but also one that shows that he is leading he believes this is translating into voter enthusiasm as we hit this final stretch yep its the final countdown kimberly we will be talking move the show thanks a lot. Well the u. S. President s victory 4 years ago was partly due to the upset in the usually Democratic State of michigan to be reelected those choose they dont trouble need to win in the states knowledge of counties such as mccomb in the suburbs of detroit some of the voters that have been explaining to aljazeera is 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 devote 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 has never happened ever as i believe in all 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 has democrat joe bidens Campaign Workers canvassed the county early drained out our camera for more he leads trump handily in recent polls whats changed is this mask the epidemic here and has been very difficult we have lost over a 1000 people to call that 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 and 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 jazeera mccomb county michigan. Will have another part of done hundreds reports in part 3 all series will be turning to some of the best battleground states in americas midwest john 100 reporting from ohio very much a swing state finding out what matters to voters right now and thats on wednesday an officer. No the chairman of the African Union is calling for Peaceful Elections to be held in towns in areas that prepares to hold president ial and parliamentary elections with the semi autonomous islands of zanzibar the leader of the Main Opposition Party has been arrested and 5 people who took part in protests were reportedly shot by Police Police fired tear gas and live ammunition at the demonstrators who said the ballot papers had been premarked ahead of the vote lets join Catherine Sawyer whose life was in nairobi so katherine youve been following events so whats the latest. Well lets start with zanzibar town and thats arrest of the main Opposition Leader the president ial candidate of a. C. T one of the lendell. Fave sharif amid who was arrested this morning at a polling station today is our early voting advance voting for special groups like Security ForcesElection Officials people with this disability and so one so when police were arresting 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 on the police cassidy but hes a lawyer has been allowed to see him. Safe is a very to better and politician very influential who has been in this game for decades and if you remember in 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 he said that hell call for mass action if theyre an election is really didnt already were seeing some of the supporters on the streets this morning protesters took to the streets lighting tires blocked. Can 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 of bamber as well where another incident happened yesterday that you mentioned in the intro where police fired tear gas and live ammunition on protest is according to the opposition a several people were killed also seen a statement by the Inspector General of the Tanzanian Police force saying that the situation in both islands contained and the police have arrested 42 people. It is slightly complicated is that was in zanzibar residents of the islands leaders including the election of zanzibar the president and as well as in times in is not. And whatever across tons of it everybody wants a free and Fair Election will they get it. Well it depends on who you speak to right now in the mainland we are just waiting for president muggle food to. You know address a president ial hes giving a president ial speech at a convention as we speak so were waiting to hear what hes going to say throughout the campaign hes been saying that these elections should be peaceful tanzanians should protect the peace hes been saying its going to be free and fair of course the Electoral Commission is going to say the same thing but if you look at the opposition already Opposition Leaders are saying that they did not believe that this election is going to be free fair or credible the main opposition candidate to least some direct hes having his final rally there but over and over he has said and he speaks hes spoken to aljazeera directly and say to us in a previous interview that he does not believe that the election is not credible and he has aust hes people hes supporters to come out to the streets to protest in mass protests if hes election ease stolen he believes that hes going to win if the election is free and fair weve also spoken to human rights organizations who are quite concerned about the human rights record a lot of people are a lot of them including Opposition Leaders accusing you of being dictatorial accusing his government in the months leading up to the election of tailing freedoms of the media freedoms of this speech as well so theyre saying all of this a signs that the election is going to be credible so really there are tense times elections in the past in tanzania have been violent people are afraid that even the opposition rejects the results then we might end up seeing a violent clash with the ruling party. Voting coming up tomorrow wednesday cut through story following or going events in times square thanks will. A bomb blast in a Religious School in northwest pakistan has killed at least 8 people more than 100 others were injured in as a device was detonated as students gathered for lessons for target and since. Up to 500 students were packed into this room when the bomb exploded. They were listening to a lecture by a prominent scholar at the jimmy is a very a Religious School impish hour that eventually out a budget 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 faith 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 and pakistan supported the us invasion of afghanistan that these dives out on the gun and. So then. Any element. 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 al jazeera. A car bomb blast near a special forces unit in eastern afghanistan has killed 2 people fighting is ongoing in the city of cost afghanistans interior Ministry Says 25. 00 others were injured in the attack including 9 civilians no group has claimed responsibility. For more still ahead on the news hour including one month old since fighting flared armenia and azerbaijan accuse each other of violating the latest humanitarian ceasefire. In. The controversial confirmation they make only parent to sworn in as u. S. Supremes Court Justice shifting the court further to the right. And premier league clubs are set to decide whether to scrap the controversial policy of charging fans up to 19. 00 to watch a match on t. V. But thats what jones sport. The u. S. Sector state my pompei has pledged us support for india against threats from china from pay and defense secretary mark esper are in india seeking to boost military cooperation as part of a 5. 00 day asia trip and aimed at strengthening strategic ties in the face of a growing chinese influence in the region. The challenge of defeating the pandemic that came from will also fit into a robust discussions about the Chinese Communist party. Our leaders and our citizens see with increasing clarity that the c. C. P. Is no friend to democracy the rule of law transparency in order freedom of navigation the foundation of a free and open and prosperous indopacific im glad to say that the United States and india are taking steps to strengthen our cooperation against all manner of threats and not just those opposed by the Chinese Communist party. Were live with. A different relationship between india. And this time around they managed to sign the 4th and final of whats called these foundational Foundation Defense Agreements between the 2 countries this one which allows the sharing of high end when the Tree Technology maps and sascha is one thats eluded previous u. S. Governments because the previous government in power and via the congress was for locked and 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 b j p government here and dia and they decided that to expedite the signing of this deal when President Trump wants in india in february so this is very much a sin 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 pompei referred 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 the Indian Officials didnt use such language they said things like that asia had to be multipolar and that is not surprising given that talks between indian and chinese officials are ongoing to try to resolve that border standoff. Tension has been growing between india and china in recent years they have a decades old border dispute that flared up again recently 20 indians and an unknown number of chinese soldiers were killed in a skirmish and you india has restricted the actions of Many Chinese Companies at dozens of popular chinese apps including we chat and to talk of being banned over security concerns and Chinese Companies face restrictions when it comes to government contracts china also shares close ties with indias other major rival thats pakistan beijing is pakistans main supplier and the 2 have long had a Close Military and security relationship thats an hour from the 10 whos the founder and editor of strike news he says that china is concerned that the u. S. Is forming a bloc of allies to try and contain its function. Thats something that china has been getting very old and has been warning on countries without naming them sometimes jennies official newspapers