A Religious School in pakistan and well tell you why a new abortion law in poland has triggered mass protests across the country. Thank you very much for joining us with exactly a week to go before the u. S. Elections says been a surge in early voting partly due to when despite the coronavirus pandemic more than 63000000 americans had voted by monday night thats 4000000 more than all early votes 4 years ago National Polls are giving democratic contender joe biden a solid lead although its a lot tighter in some battleground states but the coronavirus pandemic continues to overshadow the campaign infections are surging with some states concerned about the lack of hospital beds 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 on monday as concern grows that failure to contain the outbreak will hurt the economic recovery and rescue package remains held up in congress with democrats and republicans deadlocked over the details lets go straight to our White House Correspondent kimberly how it gets so kimberly one week to go until election day opinion polls not looking good for donald trump whats the Campaign Strategy as it makes its closing pitch to voters. Because president s just left the white house he is headed to the midwest where the u. S. President trying to shore up support but in terms of strategy what dollars what was trying to do is hang on to the socalled blue wall that means states that had previously voted democrat and 2016 voted for donald trump he needs to hang on to those few was to secure a reelection victory and this is where they are watching the polls very carefully as you reported they are in fact very tight and not looking promising for donald trump but they continue to try to remain optimistic saying the polls are wrong in 2016 and they are counting on them being wrong in 2020 again and meanwhile joe biden is in georgia former president obama has been stumping for him in florida which is of course an important battleground state this is obamas presence good for biden. Its absolutely good because till now i mean and it remains that brock obama is one of the most charismatic politicians he is really adored here in the United States by so many democratic supporters much more so we would say than joe biden and so when brock obama gets on the campaign trail he electrifies that Democratic Base and that is what the Biden Campaign is counting on now its obviously irritating the u. S. President because he delayed his departure to watch barack obama as he was on the campaign trail in florida that seem to bother donald trump of course that is his backyard where he has a home so he was tweeting about it and also as he left the white house was criticized in saying what he believed is that there have been lagging crowd numbers for joe biden as a result they had to call him barack obama and he once again touted his crowd size at his rallies 25000 the president says of his latest one but the bottom line is this just because you get someone to a rally does not mean you get their support at the polls still this is what donald trump is counting on encouraging his supporters to remain optimistic thank you very much for that kimberly hocket live at the white house. While Donald Trumps victory 4 years ago was partly due to the upset in the usually Democratic State of michigan to be reelected he will need to win in the states the launch of counties live to john hendren in chicago for his john the midwest very important michigan of course does the president still have a hold on the midwest or have things changed in the last 4 years. Well in 2016 just ahead of the election about the time we are now week ahead the polls were showing donald trump well behind in the midwestern swing states these are the great great lakes states of pennsylvania ohio sorry pennsylvania michigan and wisconsin he flipped all of those states on election day and ohio which he was expected to win that time around so as you heard kimberly say his campaign is confident that he can move on with the numbers hes got but hes hind in the polls and the way he did this last time was. The republicans tend to do well in the rural areas the democrats tend to do well in this city so he captured the suburbs and in places like pennsylvania and mccomb county michigan that is where donald trump won so we went to mccomb county this is a swing county that voted for barack obama and then donald trump and we asked voters what they thought to take a look. Mccomb county which sits between 2 great lakes lake huron and lake erie is scenic patriotic middle class and overwhelmingly white in the last election trump resonated here in 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 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 going how are they missing work he leads trump handily in recent polls whats changed is this mask the epidemic here as been very difficult we have lost over a 1000 people to call 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 life what has also changed is a growing political conflict within the state. Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer is aggressive Pandemic Response led armed protesters to force their way into the State Capitol and it led to the arrest of 13 militia members who allegedly planned to kidnap or in trump has been fanning the flames you got to get your governor to open up your state. So donald trump is behind in the polls and playing defense trying to keep those states that voted for him last time today hes campaigning in wisconsin in michigan and in the solidly republican state of nebraska all states that he won last time around joe biden meanwhile is playing all fence hes going to georgia a usually republican state so hes trying to expand the map while donald trump is trying to hold on to those states that hes already that he won in 2016 and are not looking good there was one released by the university of wisconsin at madison they put him at 10 Percentage Points ahead in michigan 9 Percentage Points ahead in wisconsin and about 8 Percentage Points away in the other d great lakes swing state of pennsylvania there are pollsters though who say that donald trump might do considerably better the polls generally come closer together close to election day although as youve been pointing out more than 6060000000 people have already voted but there are apparently shy voters according to some pollsters people who dont respond to polls but come out on election day and those people some pollsters have been suggesting could give trump an extra one to 2 Percentage Points but you heard those polls he is farther than that behind in several states thank you so much for that john hendren reporting there live from chicago and in part 3. Of the battleground states in americas made wes. From ohio where much which is very much a swing state and find out what matters to voters there thats coming up on wednesday right here on the air. Now on to other world news and the chairman of the African Union is calling for Peaceful Elections in tanzania and its semiautonomous region of zanzibar several people have reportedly been shot dead by police in zanzibar while they were protesting alleged voter fraud and the main Opposition Leader there was arrested early tuesday but has since been released Catherine Story reports the these protesters in tanzania semi autonomous region of zanzibar are mostly supporters of st sharif from that the main opposition president ial candidate was arrested in the Early Morning at a polling station during advance voting special groups such as security personnel Election Officials and people with disabilities he was related released. Its been tense in the last few days of the island with fighting between opposition supporters and police after a political rally at the cannes tanks and troops from the tanzanian mainland have also been deployed voting continued at the polling stations despite demonstrators alleging that the election will be reet. Its a few protesters who wanted to cause destruction and. We have arrested some of their criminals everything is going well there is no major problems of the. In another island in the archipelago several people on are reported to have been shot and killed and others injured after attempting to block the distribution of voting material they said some ballot papers had been remarked. Elections in zanzibar have often been contentious and violent in voting during the 2015 president ial call malim safe sheriff claimed victory for the Electoral Commission a nod to the results and the opposition courted are repeat an action. Some analysts fear that an unfavorable result for the opposition this time could trigger another violent fall out with the ruling party. Is known for its vibrant culture but many people say theyre feeling increasingly marginalized others want more tanami from tanzanias rulers in direct lump and Everyone Wants to benefit from the resolves of natural gas discovered off the coast catherine soy aljazeera early i spoke to david makali an observer at tanzania elections watch he says these elections are far from being free and fair. Possible of course the environment or the level or the group the playground her is not level both in terms of the institutions which are governing or managing this election as well as the conduct of the security agencies are in the run up to the selection a lot over a period of the opposition have been constrained by the actions of the state through the police especially there is a been stalked movement of the main Opposition Leader to listen has been stopped a couple of times and this was a raise a lot of concern about the fairness of this election but most or the bigger question was the disqualification of a lot of the candidates that were participating in this election. From the position which has created a lot of fear that of course this election is not be fair and free is voting on the ballot semiautonomous silent as well theyre voting in a National Election but also at the local level and we know that van de bar has a history of Election Related Violence contested polls by the opposition in stand by also usually very very strong do you think the ruling party can succeed in taking control on the island well that of course is that is a have the ruling party and hes tried its best to control that particular island as happened every election i mean in 2000 the election was extremely violent and a lot of people. We are hoping that this time tomorrow there will be no violence but there are very serious indications that they could be whelans because the determination by the ruling party to take over the island when they are going to very strong opposition because actually thats where the opposition is strongest in this election. Plenty more ahead on this news hour including a new pact between the u. S. And india as the 2 countries know to strengthen military ties its al jazeera games exclusive access to operations at the biggest u. S. Military base in the gulf and the head of World Football tests positive for corona virus joe have the details in sports coming up later. A United Nations delegation has made its 1st visit to several camps in syrias deadly province since march it follows a russian airstrike that killed at least 70 turkish baths rebels in the region on monday russia and turkey back opposing sides in the conflict the Syrian Special envoy at the u. N. Is urging corporation between moscow and ban correct to end the conflict when i speak to our diplomatic editor jane spaces at the United Nations for so james there was an open Security Council meeting on syria and the fighting in italy about to the u. N. Delegations visit to camps there what was said at that meeting well the u. N. Special envoy patterson expressed his real concern about the situation in it live following what was the deadliest attack since that shape she truce came into force that was brokered between russia and turkey back in march that was an attack we think almost certainly carried out by a russian strike only opposition that killed we think about 50 opposition fighters and following that the green fighting from opposition areas shelling of government controlled areas the special envoy is very worried things could deteriorate further these dynamics colonel rubble the previous calm achieved through possibly russian turkish got ration corp which already faces junctions even that joint patrols have remained stalled for all models. I appealed to both the russia and turkey europe to contain the situation so what to russia and turkey have to say they both spoke at the meeting turkeys Ambassador Says his country remains fully committed to ensuring a lasting cease fire in for the russians and the russians happen to be the president of the Security Council this month so the vacillator benzema was presiding but in his own speech he said in the it live deescalation zone the implementation of the russian turkish agreements continues but then theres the important bit he added added that terrorists in his words constantly organize provocations that given all thats gone on in recent hours is worth reminding you that the backdrop is a really bad humanitarian situation both in a glib and across syria came space at the United Nations thank you. A bomb blast at a village a school in northwest pakistan has killed at least 8 people more than 100 others were injured in a shower when a device was detonated as students gathered for lessons gate in the house more. 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 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 when pakistan supported the us invasion of afghanistan that starts out on a Good Government run. So there. And then meant. 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 algis they are. And rallies have been held across pakistan to show solidarity with the people in indian administered kashmir october 27th is known as blank day a what many call the force occupation of the jungle and Kashmir Valley kamau hyde i was at one of the ranis in the capital islamabad. Across bogas song people have been marking 27th as a black day now it was in 1947 that angry and supporters came and told me rally and i go against orders contravention of the partition plan under which majority muslim area should have fallen on the progress on the main crisis or watch me as registered rewards and today the people of kashmir and bhagavan are telling the International Community that relevant un resolutions must be i dare to be been talking to leaders from the course really community most of the ones on the indian side or in indian administered kashmir and under incarceration most of them are in bad health and there are concerns about Grave Human Rights Violations india has carried out its own propaganda and its narrative against pakistan against the citizens of the moon fish meat we obviously see them marking the martyrs of freedom as militants and it is not going to die out even to appreciate. Flashpoint for world war 2 in my b