A pop Art Exhibition in london endemic truth. It is election day in the United States after months of campaigning and Divisive Political rhetoric donald trump and joe biden brought their campaigns to a close polling booth is open in just a few hours but the candidates have again suggested they might not accept the results and thats led to Business Owners to board up their stores in anticipation of unrest a White House Correspondent can be how it begins our coverage. U. S. President donald trump wrapped up his Reelection Campaign still behind in the National Polls but convinced hell pull off a victory and i think were going to have a tremendous victory truck rally in 4 different battleground states but made his last rally in michigan as he did 2016 with an 11th hour pitch to voters but if biden and harrison the radical left gain power they will collapse our economy and send our nation into a very steep depression trumps rival former Vice President joe biden focused on the Northeastern State of pennsylvania calling in celebrity artists like lady gaga to wrap up the final night in. Pennsylvania is the same state where bidens campaign started and also where he was born stabs tearing up a dirt track. Where your dough this year be better than what we burned. Youre big. Youre an idiot states of america as the candidates presented their closing arguments the number of americans who have voted prior to election day has set new records nearly 100000000 people have cast their ballots in early voting. Both polls show early mail in voting favors biden but trump believes his supporters are waiting until tuesday to cast in person votes but in the final hours of the campaign both candidates signaled they may not accept the results on election day sheeting can happen like youve never seen this is their dream and they are they are known for trouble even called a recent Supreme Court decision allowing an extension to count votes in pennsylvania as dangerous twitter flagged the tweet as potentially misleading with an immediate result on election day in doubt both candidates are preparing potential legal challenges to the results under no scenario while donald trump be declared a victory a victor on Election Night casting widespread uncertainty over poll results now appears to be a tactic employed by both campaigns you know weve already seen challenges to extended deadlines for allowing a mail in ballots that have been postmarked by election day but that arrive a few days later they have been challenges to adjustments in the law as American Voters are anxious hoarding food. And boarding up businesses from new york to Los Angeles Joe biden will be in pennsylvania on election day donald trump will be watching the returns come in from the white house were to additional fences have been erected around the perimeter in anticipation of. Civil unrest can really help get aljazeera the White House Well to small New Hampshire towns were the 1st to open to voters in a 6 year old tradition the stroke of midnight local voters headed to their polling stations near the Canadian Border and the results already in jail biden has won the 5 votes in Dixville Notch one and mills filled 20 kilometers to the south President Trump on 16 votes to bidens 5. Now a record 98000000 americans have already voted and many of them have done it by mail before election day its largely due to some reluctance to vote in person during the pandemic but across the United States theres no single uniform procedure for processing and typing 1000. 00 those votes reynolds has more now from los angeles. Theres been a tremendous surge in mail in and absentee ballots cast in this election were going to see tens of millions of more americans vote by mail than have than any other former president ial or any election really this despite president Donald Trumps repeated false claims that mail in voting is rife with fraud no theres theres no evidence of widespread fraud the process catch is that the process is to bahrain to catch these sorts of issues percentage is about 0006 percent of all ballots cast 9 states plus the district of columbia send ballots automatically to all active registered voters in the rest of voters may request absentee ballots despite fears that trump appointed postal officials were engineering a mail service slow down observers say delivery time has not so far been an issue weve actually been hearing good stories about very quick delivery when will all these ballots be counted well it depends on the state all across the spectrum of the United States you have a variation in the rules of which the voters need to abide by the way in which ballots are counted be the the laws and policies and procedures or the type of equipment that theyre using most states begin processing and preparing mail in ballots for tabulation well before november 3rd that means theyll get results quickly its just a handful of states that dont allow that processing to occur until election day or after but that handful includes the crucial swing states of wisconsin and penn. Sylvania ballot counting there could delay knowing who won if were down to the wire and its all contingent upon a couple of states we may not know the projected outcome and tell long after election day a couple of days maybe a week and as millions lined up for early voting armies of lawyers from both sides are poised to dispute the results in the courts there have been more than 300. 00 lawsuits around Election Administration so far this year just days ago the Supreme Court ruled against republicans allowing pennsylvania and North Carolina to continue counting ballots after election day look im im a former Elections Official litigation can reach havoc in the election process specially in the middle of the conduct of the election there are many variables but the bottom line is have patience unless one of the candidates wins in a landslide americans and people around the world may have to wait a while before they learn who has been elected president of the United States robert oulds Al Jazeera Los Angeles yes the United States has a unique way of electing as president its called the Electoral College system its complicated and its contentious if youre talking about who actually got the most votes so each state is given a share of electors in that shed depends on the size of the states population in their for the number of representatives in the house so populous states like california texas new york and florida they have more Electoral College votes and that entire nation wide Electoral College is made up of 538 members once hoffa 538 is 269. 00 which means that kind of its need a minimum of 270. 00 to win that is the magic number so during an election when people vote for their preferred candidate theyre actually voting for these electors who in their turn give their votes to the candidates so the states have a winner take all so. You get the most votes at the ballot box you get all the Electoral College votes for that state except maine and nebraska they split their Electoral College votes and in america its possible to get fewer votes from the population and still win the population its happened 5 times and twice in the last 5 elections including 2016 when Hillary Clinton got nearly 2900000 more votes in donald trump but trump flipped some crucial states with high electoral vote counts and got passed a critical 270 number before she could well with 38 Electoral College votes at stake texas is one of the most important battlegrounds in the country it hasnt supported a democratic nominee for president since 1976 but polls suggest that joe biden is trailing donald trump by just 3 Percentage Points raising hopes among democrats there is a chance for victory i need your castro has more. I mean that day of the dead raid organized by democrats and showcasing this tradition of the texas Latino Community thats growing in political strength but tinos make up 40 percent of the population in texas and 10 so favor democrats but historically have struggled with motor turnout that perhaps not this year because Record Number of new voters have passed a ballot many of them hispanics in fact more people have already cast their ballots early this election than all of the votes in 26 week but perhaps the Biggest Surprise is that polls show joe biden within striking distance of winning in this state which is unheard of texas has not supported a democratic candidate for president in more than 40 years but while biden support in places like houston and other big cities is strong in the basque rural areas of texas the support for president front remains. Political analysts say its unlikely that biden will win texas this year but he could come close and that in itself could cement this state new status as the biggest political battleground. Well the outcome of this years election could come down to florida which is considered the biggest one in the state 4 years ago but it was little more than one percentage point to go to her explains why florida is just so important. It seems like every 4 years when a president ial election comes around we end up talking about florida the state of course has a long history of razor thin elections that have a Huge National impact but what makes it so important well the demographics in tend to reflect those of the entire nation about 20 percent of voters are elderly and theres a very large latino and hispanic population here but perhaps more importantly this state has 29 Electoral College votes only texas and california has more interestingly no republican nominee has ever made it to the white house in almost a century without winning this state now voter turnout here has been huge shattering all records but coded 19 has been a massive issue in this state but one thing is this whatever happens on election day in this state really matters. In other news at least 3 civilians have been killed and 15 others injured in the austrian capital of vienna in whats being called a terrorist attack several men armed with rifles opened fire starting outside the citys main synagogue on monday night austrias interior minister described at least one of the attackers who was shot dead by police as an isolated sympathizer neighboring countries germany and hungry are assisting special forces and border checks so there. Is huge demonstration comes against the game the identified perpetrator was heavily armed with an Assault Rifle and a suicide belt which turned out to be fake the attacker was a supporter of the terrorist group i saw right now intensive investigation that measures are underway where the attack happened mckernan dad said at the moment we cant rule out that there are still other attackers out there so thats why we are investigating the environment of the attacker and also all of the in order to make sure whether there was just one perpetrator or 2. To the ivory coast where president. Has been declared winner of the president ial Election Electoral Commission said he secured 94 percent of the votes but the opposition says it is ignoring the result and is creating its own Transitional Government theyve been boycotting sundays election in say that president or shouldnt have been allowed to stand for. The mission of the National Transitional council is to prepare the framework for the organization of transparent and inclusive president ial elections to set up a Transitional Government in the next few hours and to convene the mashable conference for the national become silly ation with a view to the return to definitive peace in ivory coast. Still ahead here on aljazeera the w. H. O. Warning of a critical moment is the pandemic 2nd wave companies. And the green shoots of recovery in the slums that could help feed some of brazils worst. We got something of a change of the weather taking place across western parts of europe over the next few days at the moment you can see we have still got plenty of clatter rolling in from the atlantic tightly packed ice about its west and windy but at least it is mild further east we have got so High Pressure in shots High Pressure down across the meadows well here is fine and sunny spring a set to stay that way as we go on through choose the at least down towards the south and showers running across the remaining a ukraine pushing up towards the western side all russia heavy rain there into southern parts of germany says by and of cloud right sinks this way for the south with some even Southern France and in day pushing across spain portugal will see some wet of weather blustery showers on the chilly when continue to roll in across the northwest of the year up so the British Isles london temperature of around 11 degrees celsius and 4 wheeling if anything as we go through the next few days but notice the winds will fall i say High Pressure started to push its way in that way some fog and frost but at least it will be dry and fine for the most part further south some very heavy rain there coming in the cross central and eastern parts of this by say as fine a dry course know the past of africa some showers into central areas big downpours that towards gabon stretch for west africa. Frank assessments if American Public opinion is betrayed by social media platforms after november this would be because if you believe that there are corrosive to our democracy one obvious solution is to break up informed opinions look at checkers dont go anywhere the protesters arent going anywhere either its ability to kill revolution. Indepth analysis of the days global headlines who is it thats really out there on the street inside story on aljazeera. Are you watching aljazeera or mind of our top stories this hour after months of campaigning from joe biden have brought their campaigns to a close polling booths open in just a few hours but the candidates have again suggested they may not accept the results. At least 3 people have been killed and 15 others injured in the austrian capital of vienna the interior ministry has called you a terrorist attack several men armed with rifles opened fire starting to the citys main synagogue. Ivory coast president carter saying what has been declared the winner of the president ial Election Electoral Commission says he secured 94 percent of the vote the opposition has rejected the result. At least 20 people have been killed by the most powerful storm to hit the philippines this year and a large cleanup operation is underway after super typhoon going on with one region reporting 90 percent of its roads and buildings damage 2000000 and this is. Helen pitino was inside her home with her 2 children when flash floods swept them all away they held onto each other and climbed onto a floating matches nearby they all survived but ended up hundreds of meters away from their home helen went back the next day were home to it this is all thats left of it now. It took me years to be able to build this house but i am grateful because i feel that goddess given me another chance this is the town of give the baton by one of the areas in the philippines worst hit by typhoon gone be the most powerful storm this year of farmland community now mostly reduced to rubble at least 300. 00 homes have been destroyed here across the region of luzon the damage is staggering to. The beagle region was once hailed as a model when it comes to an Emergency Response not this time thankfully gone he was just too powerful to rescue energy of all operations are almost entirely dependent on machines like this one those in search for missing loved ones say they know that the situation is desperate but they remain hopeful they will still find family members alive beneath the rubble but so far the women rekers world has collapsed he fears his wife and daughter have been buried in the mud his sons body was found lifeless several kilometers away. We are holding on to each other but the other sort o. Powerful and i was pushed back when i got out i didnt see them anymore or heal that somehow their bodies can still be found and be given a proper burial survivors here tell us they were able to leave with just the clothes on their backs but they have lost Everything Else their homes their livelihoods there is so much grief and sadness here. Well germany has just sent this update from melbourne province which is seen some of the worst in the biko the region has always been a model for Emergency Response but this has proven to be extremely difficult not just for the call but all the other areas that was called by this wide. The country has been reeling from the impact of the economic crisis brought about by respond and of cou