Millions of americans voting in the most divisive president ial election in decades with record numbers already cast in early voting well look at the choice facing the United States of america. Im brinkerhoff its good to have you with us austria has declared 3 days of National Mourning after 4 people were killed in a shooting rampage in the capital vienna a gunman opened fire at multiple locations in the city center hes been identified as a 20 year old a sympathizer of socalled Islamic State police have arrested more than a dozen suspects in the hunt for possible accomplices of the killer. An ied required on the streets as the city of woke up to sense if dry it. I did not sleep i feel i still feel the panic. Nervous i live in the neighborhood next to ours from there you could hear a lot police have regained control over the city center after the dramatic shooting on monday night chancellor Sebastian Cordes condemned what he called an islamic terror attack. Its it was an attack out of hatred out of hatred for our financial values out of hatred for our way of life out a favorite for our democracy people are equal in rights and dignity. But one thing is clear we will not be intimidated by the terrorists. Until monday i had been spared large scale terror attacks motivated by religious extremism urged his country meant to remain united in the face of this new threat. We must be aware that this is not a conflict between christians and muslims or between austrians and migrants know this is a fight between the many people who believe in peace and those few who want. To thank the 1st gunshots rang out shortly after 8 pm the gunman was killed in the ensuing fight he was later identified as a 20 year old man with both australian and north citizenship he was jailed last year after trying to join the Islamic State in syria he was later released. The police are knows with going through videos sent in by eyewitnesses to determine if he was a lone shooter. The video no indication of a 2nd perpetrator however since the evaluation has not yet been completed we cannot finally say how many put up to try to sign actually responsible for the crime found me seems. Consequence went to the site off the shooting to pay respect to the victims declaring 3. 00 days a few National Mourning. And for more now im joined by journalist shade in vienna good evening to you steve theres a lot to sift through here lets start with the number of attackers weve got authorities saying that they believe there was one gunman but weve also heard that there may have been a more than one maybe to a 2nd attack or what do we know why so much uncertainty now. The theory of. Came from the police being inundated with a massive amount of video footage and eyewitness accounts soon after the shooting took place the police appealed for people to not put their videos on social media but to send them to a platform controlled by the police they received 20000 videos and by today late in the afternoon they had only managed to go through about half of that as they look through all of that video footage and the picture became clearer they were becoming more and more convinced that they were dealing with a single who. The shooter who was shot dead by police we understand had been through a deep Radicalization Program and had even earned Early Release when you think about that and consider what happened yesterday i mean are there is there going to be consequences for this apparent lapse in judgment. Most certainly there will be consequences and that was a huge topic of discussion during the multiple press conferences we have witnessed the police did their job they did it well he was arrested he was in prison and then he went through this new Radicalization Program and managed to convince people in the program and a judge to release him early from prison so theres that issue and theres also the very problematic issue that this is homegrown terrorism this was not imported from anywhere this is a kid who was born in austria he had dual citizenship with austria and North Macedonia but this is a homegrown terrorism case and there is now friction between the interior ministry and the Justice Ministry and lots of very clear statements being made that this should not be allowed to happen again. Austria is now looking at 3 days of mourning this is clearly the people there in austria hard. Hard but the response has now rapidly developed into a feeling of unity starting with the declaration of 3 days of National Mourning a large presence of political leaders in the country and from the leading parties and opposition showing up at the site of the sooting in unison and then the message coming out that love is stronger than hate and people working together and so whatever division the shooter hopes to so whatever mrs whatever message from the Islamic State group of trying to create friction and so division has completely backfired leaders have been very quick to say that hatred will find no Fertile Ground in austria and religious leaders of come out from all beliefs and said this is the opportunity to remind austria that we need to Work Together we need to live together. With the leaders tonight from the steve thank you. Or in this take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world that britain has raised its Terror Threat level to severe its 2nd highest following attacks in austria and france severe means that an attack is considered likely highly likely the home secretary says that the decision is a precautionary measure and not based on any specific threat france says 854 people have died from the corona virus in the last 24 hours thats the highest daily death toll since mid april a huge surge in cases is being reported more than 36000. 00 new infections today alone a month Long National lockdown is now in force the ugandan singer and opposition politician bobby wine has been arrested again just after being accepted as a candidate in next years president ial election he was dragged from his car amid scuffles between police and his supporters as you see right there mr y. Names to challenge president of any who has been in power since 1986. Well now to the United States where in person voting is in full swing in one of the most polarized president ial elections in the countrys history voters are heading to the polls in an election that is expected to shatter voter turnout records around 100000000 americans cast their early votes and that was before todays polling day democratic hopeful joe biden made a last Minute Campaign stop in his child with hometown of scranton in the crucial swing state of pennsylvania hes ahead in National Polls but the race in many battleground states is expected to be tight meanwhile President Trump has been visiting his Campaign Team to thank them for their efforts and while he was there a reporter asked him if he has prepared and acceptance speech and a concession speech you know im not thinking. Concession speech your acceptance speech yet. Hopefully you will be only doing one of those 2 and you know. Waiting is easy losing is never easy now for me its not. But i think we have one week when you see rallies the likes of which in the history of this country probably in the history of the world nobodys ever seen before. Theres a tremendous love going on in this country and theres really a tremendous unity. And surprisingly somber sounding donald trump there lets take the story now to our washington d. C. Correspondent Stefan Simons good evening to you steph i get the u. S. President there not as sounding as upbeat it as at least the donald trump that were used to do you think that trump will cling on to power is he preparing us for that or is he preparing us for the reality that he may have to concede defeat. Given thiS Performance of the president s of the last few weeks of the last 2 weeks ray went on a mad dash across across the states critical states for him florida pennsylvania wisconsin minnesota and so on its not to be expected that the president is actually really putting a focus on the concession speech and when he said like oh he would you know he doesnt really want to prepare one of the other i know Everybody Knows the president from wants to prepare the the succession speech of course now will it be the case that he is only he is the best advice but only really preparing for success for winning this election no hes not and why is that because as you mentioned in the intro here 100000000 plus people already have voted in they pass judgment on the president S Performance before the last 2 weeks before the mad dash rally frenzy of donald trump and before the president is now striking some more conciliatory tone at least use you said almost 100000000 votes have been cast that was in early voting what about today election day i mean whats the turnout look you want so far. Record breaking be i big big big big turnout really across the country in the in those states where polling stations are open now long lines everything seems to go fairly smoothly no victor no reports of any any disturbances in one case or another one little problem and that is with the United Postal Service there is a federal judge order now that orders the Inspector General of the Postal Service to sweep specific postal post offices who are under performing in delivering ballots mail in ballots voting ballots in time so thats a little bit disturbing hopefully the Postal Service takes care of that theres a deadline from the federal judge but overall major turnout in on site and day also voting today we know that their business is in washington where you are but also in other cities new york city for example businesses that have been boarded up why are people preparing for unrest. Well the quick answer is because this is still a country divided there is division in this country there is polarization in this country and thats why Authorities Department of Homeland Security local authorities expect really the worst that it doesnt matter who is going to end up winning this they will be the other side who will be not happy who will be angry and who is maybe prepared to take matters in their own hands in a in a very unpleasant way that means riots and on rest in the streets and thats why you see those preparations being made thats unfortunate this day here and those 100 something 1000000 votes cast it already thats a celebration of democracy no doubt and that should be celebrated now we will see how this is going to turns turns out one way or another to night when darkness falls on the rest the unrest thats there we will see and we will be covering it live throughout the night on this election day in the u. S. Stephanie so im is on the story for us in washington thank you stephanie. Well its not just at home that donald trump divides opinion with his america 1st policies and his brazen style on the diplomatic stage hes also polarized opinion else side the u. S. Has been asking people around the world who they hope will win i suspect that the United States can find they really are shit in this moment because we are facing up to me here in costa rica we depend on the reason for example leaving we have. The frontiers open again when it is going to be i hope biden wins because when trump things are not going very well i hope that with biden triumph relations with mexico will improve in chicago still to come i think well win he won so surprisingly last time as well for many no one an expense thats why i think he will win the election. Here are given to someone who doesnt win i dont want trump to win because. He has been hiding because things really badly when it comes to managing but a day at school weird situation but any kind of scenarios that erupted in last one year. Im expecting anything even a civil war anything can happen. More news coming up at the top of. The fight against the corona virus pandemic. Has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. Information and context the coronavirus update coming. On t w. N n geminids devarim at any time any place in the names. Of the crop songs to sing along to you to come from super bowl win seats. For. Interactive exercises. Everything is online and interactive learn german to for 50 w. Isnt that hard to wear a must. Its not if youve lost a loved one to cope at 19 and understand the gravity of this pandemic but for people with no connection to the coronavirus its easier to say that all these Health Precautions are over the top and despite the science. And then there are surveys that show men are less likely to wear masks than women some claim it robs their manhood. Experts put it down to talks it masculinity. In the west they said mosques start really protect you then they said they do and youve got to wear them whatever the case if it means im less likely of passing on something ill do it a lot of other men and so willing there are lots of selfish people in this world but what about when the masculinity in question here is that of the most powerful president in the world if you dont use mirror very afraid as this report. On election day the u. S. Is battling enough a surgeon coronavirus cases the number of new delhi recorded cases has been reaching record highs. Some i. C. U. Units in the us are already approaching 90 percent of a capacity. Well things are very very bad in the United States right now we are having some of the largest outbreaks that weve had during the entire and i think 910 months into this pandemic we are still largely not quite prepared the u. S. Doesnt top the list when it comes to fatalities among those who tested positive for the disease but its much higher up when it comes to kind of the deaths per 100000 residents. So you can what went wrong the links to the trumpet ministrations Crisis Management test critics say the white house hasnt had a proper sense of emergency especially at the beginning of the pandemic. Its going to disappear one day its like a miracle it will disappear on a point and by referring to 2 as the china virus the u. S. President may have been trying to shift responsibility away from his government damage control instead of Disease Control and treatment ideas without any scientific evidence. Supposing we hit somebody with a tremendous whether its. Just a very powerful way. And i think you said. Supposing it. Can which you can do either through the skin or. In some other way. I think you said you. Think President Trump also ignored medical advice to wear face masks for a long time instead he made fun of his democratic rival joe biden who wears mosques in public we will speak but youve got to be prepared to deal with future biden is soft and weak and too scared to be predators want to be president lets face it. But many Trump Supporters admire the president s aggressive style and see him as a model of mild dominance. He is here this is why were going to fight for him this is why hes going to have another 4 more years because he has not and bring their. Critics have pointed to trumps response to the pandemic like downplaying its dangers as an example of stereotypical masculine behavior. But that may have come at a high price for the u. S. With his approach potentially contributing to more than 230000 deaths in the country. Is a professor of sociology at State University why do you believe mosque warings become such a gender issue especially in the u. S. Its really interesting to see a virus become a political issue as well in every search we found and its not just an gender issue its all so partisan for example democrats and United States are more like you know republicans the where there is also if you generate issue women are more likely to wear masks its not just a desperate gender but its about gender right when we asked matt how masculine they are the ones who say that they are very masculine are the most really refuse to wear masks can you tell me what its got to do with masculinity i mean not washing your hands off to going to the bathroom is just disgusting and theyre responsible. It is but we also know that men are less likely to wear whereas it also washed their hands in a symbol of traditional best urine it isnt out softness its about being just into the higher areas its about health and hes especially and in most of the western world we do define traditional that even if you throw good health in there really so a virus cant really get you down where you need to get the higher. You want to even see it so argument is a judicial masculine eve really very harmful. I guess it doesnt help either when the president compares manhood with invincibility absolutely a traditional masculinity and i think yes the masculine you are at play there as well so when we think about like that your president reagan had president s who were cowboys that wrote this is a clear book so this is actually one of these ideas of that go back to that and this is also something that really harms if you know candidates running for office so it really doesnt help that the president is a part of this as well 50 but if we just go back to the cowboys and the pioneers of the United States taking protective measures is a survival strategy yet mosque averse men prefer to risk what deaths from a virus that expose their vulnerability. Absolutely private research actually shows that they are less likely to go to the doctor theyre less likely to seek up Preventive Medicine and even if they have. Theyre less likely to ask for help so their definition of health is not really a very healthy but so similar to the need to fight it you know its in their best interest and best interest of their families and children to communities theyre like less likely to wear and thats ok were very individualistic society and i think you know where you got that is really going against that. And has to protect my community and other people in this case traditional mask is a little bit more individualistic exactly all these men are invincible but theyre also irresponsible i mean does this some have something to do with the fact that in many western nations the individual is more important in the community you get very different opinions in china absolutely i didnt even realize it was a big part of this and im not just wearing the mask protect myself i am wearing protect you and in my community and this really goes against the evils of individual this and that i can be a book. And this is a problem of our community that is off together but this is something i saw myself very much ok weve been talking a lot about man what about the women who refuse to wear a mosque i know if you know that. Few of them are theyre going oh most of them Research Shows that are going to be more republican and then they also used the n signs a little is a menace trust us im. Among women so you know we do see that its some of them are questioning science and they dont really believe in all likelihood he will get the virus. Yes and what about you on a personal level how does it annoy you when you walk down the street or i dont know where ever you are if you go and people are Wearing Masks or on sticking to the rules i dont go to many places these days im going to. Im going to be you know going to these days but hashtags saying why do i need that might i do you i know you said it i enjoyed it because it lets me go out and be the new normal for my family and im like i like seeing people in my community wearing that mask and we hope to be the virus. As my desk because you know thank you very much for joining us today a professor of sociology at montclair State University pleasure talking to thank you so might you get it. If youve got any questions on the coronavirus then feel free to write to us on our you tube channel to tell you science correspondent Derrick Williams will look into the. What impact on National Health will reopening schools have at this stage of the pandemic. Ive been sitting on this divisive question for a while to watch how things develop as kids in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere including my own returned to schools schools can act as super spreaders sites and with classrooms being closed areas where there are lots of kids gather for extended periods of time you would have expected to see spikes in cases within societies as a whole in the few weeks after they reopened a couple of months ago but a lot of current data indicates that didnt happen numbers of cases in both the u. S. And europe have of course risen dramatically since then but many experts believe that isnt down to reopen schools but to other factors a number of studies from Different Countries including ones that collect extensive Contact Tracing information they are painting the picture that although kids can of course catch the virus and of course they can give it to others they dont seem to be driving Community Transmission but instead mostly reflected especially younger children who appear to be less likely to infect others than older kids but all in all based on what were seeing so far clusters seem to develop pretty rarely when schools thats at least one of the reasons why the German Government for example has decided to leave them open even as spiraling numbers of infections across the country have now set it back into a november lockdown thats closed many businesses how long schools will remain open here though is anyones guess as a scientist. Never tire of telling us were in a dynamic situation. Finally culture makers here in germany say the government is silencing the arts with its new coronavirus rules musicians around the country have posted silent protest videos against germanys you partial lockdown including the hamburg for the monic and conducting can not at all is weak germany shut down concert halls theaters museums and cinemas till at least the end of the month while allowing Retail Stores and other businesses to stay open the culture sector was a ready looking at hundreds of millions of euros in losses after the last lockdown. And then fizzle in for any developments on the virus go to our website at the dot com slash code 19 its just practice that mask wearing see if it takes away my masculinity. After 6 match days theyre on top again. By a new wins in cologne putting it at the top of the table. After 6 match days to leave empty handed. Losers now for the bottom of the table no points no. Next d. W. 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