Thanks so much for being here tonight for one of the most contentious consequential and closely watched u. S. Elections in history thats right Democrat Joe Biden is fighting to unseat republican President Donald Trump and the world has its eyes on america tonight and well be following every twist and turn with our team of correspondents and experts and ill be keeping you up to date with all the results as they come in and this of course is an election played out with america in crisis mode the cold food pandemic is surging and theres a stark political divide and thats raising fears of unrest but turnout is set to shatter all records lets take a look now at deadline day for American Voters. This is what us to mock crissy looks like today huge lines at many polling stations in one of the worlds oldest and largest democracies from chile wisconsin in the north. Through the city that never sleeps. To tropical florida and the south voters seem to have shown up in massive numbers even during
Gives people of color an excuse to try to not drive hard this idea of color blind liz its in the here at least its. A very warm welcome to you youre watching R T International with me in a chair and. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims a 2nd covert wave is now inevitable in the u. K. I could mean another National Lockdown on the way the announcement book protesters into Central London where they made their feelings clear about any new restrictions. I. Demonstration 6 place despite a ban on large social gatherings some skirmishes with police were seen with activists forming human barricades to prevent officers from making arrests of the 30 arrests have been reported by police so far. Meanwhile elsewhere in Europe Countries are witnessing record infection rates spain is currently the worst affected its reimposing a partial lockdown in madrid from monday that news was greeted with fury on friday with hundreds demanding the resignation of the regional chief is the early looks now a
Reopening on hold. The bank of japan is expected to leave policy unchanged later while reassessing measures already taken to help the virus hit economy. Look at how take a markets are doing on boj decision day. We had that ricocheting session in the u. S. Overnight. If you needed further conviction as to the hand the fed intentionally has when it comes to showing up market demand, you have the announcement from the fed really causing that gain back into positive territory after we had declines of more than 2 in that trading session for the s p. Futures are looking positive. About. 25 in the green. We are looking at chicago nikkei futures trading higher by about. 3 . We are expecting just more operational steps from the bank of japan in terms of providing support to Small Businesses to be able to ride out the pandemic slowdown. In sydney, we are looking at a pop at the open. 2. 5 higher when it comes to futures, with indicated upside of two point 5 when the cash trading session begins,
A 2nd time. And reunited after 32 years among those fine to find who was abducted as a toddler. And in sport n. F. L. Owners back to rule change designed to increase diversity in the leak teams will now have to interview at least 2 minority candidates for head coaching positions. Now a powerful storm is expected to make landfall in the hit eastern india and bangladesh within 2 hours cycling on point is bearing down on the bay of bengal with winds of up to 170 kilometers an hour its already bringing heavy rain and strong winds to india where hundreds of thousands of people have been moved to shell says there are also been reports of injuries and a 2 month old baby has. Science for the neighboring bangladesh just desperate efforts are underway to protect vulnerable coastal regions from the expected storm surge the government is attempting to evacuate millions of people to safety 1200000. 00 will hinder refugees and coaxes bazaar have also been asked to stay indoors until the site plan pa
And i will try to contain my enthusiasm until i get to the end of the introductions. The four most powerful africanamerican women in politics share the story of their friendship and how it has changed politics in america, the lives of black women in american politics are remarkably absent from the shelfs of bookstores and libraries. For colored girls who have considered politics is a sweeping view of American History from the vantage points of 4 women who have lived and worked behind the scenes in politics for over 30 years, Donna Brazile. [applause] yes. Yolanda. [applause] absent is bishop leah dultry and menyan moore. [applause] group of women who call themselves the colored girls. Like many people who have spent their careers in Public Service they view their lives in fouryear waves where president ial campaigns and elections have been common threads. For most of their work on the president ial campaign of walter mandel, michael decacus, bill clinton, al gore, barack obama and Hill