A pandemic recession. So millions of voters in between afonso casting their ballots this sunday in an election, which is taking place under the shadow of violence and allegations of voter fraud. President obama is seeking a 2nd 5 year term in office, but 2 of his challenges have accused him of trying to rig the vote. Hundreds of thousands of people in the north and the east will be unable to vote in sundays elections polling stations. There are closed for fear of attacks by armed groups. Lets talk to following the elections from nigeria today. Maybe ill start with that actually made the point about the north in the east where all these people simply cant vote just their voice just not get heard. Absolutely hundreds of thousands of them have been disenfranchised because of the ongoing violence in the north and the east. These people have been forced out of their villages. Some have moved to safer areas. Some have travelled as far as to the capital. Were going to go to seek safe havens.
Speaker who we aree so honored o have with us, senator tammy duckworth. Senator duckworth probably needs no introduction to most of you watching. She is an iraq war veteran, a purple heart recipient, former assistant secretary of the u. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and napa yes, senator for the state of illinois. For both of us working in our security, certainly for those of us who are women in National Security, when you think about people who are breaking down barriers ahead of you, store duckworth is the top of the list when the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom cup first u. S. Senator to give birth while in office, and particularly relevant to todays event the firsts member of congress was born in thailand and the first asianamerican who was elected to congress from the state of illinois. In addition to the work shes done of defense and Veterans Affairs, senator duckworth spent a lot of time thinking about the military cha
Saying china is the greatest threat to democracy worldwide. The u. S. The bloomberg u. S. Dollar index. Crude getting a lift after an opec agreement that came through. Theyre going to be keeping curbs in place in terms of production but we could see on a month by month basis some of those curbs being removed. Agrees to ease cuts more gradually. Gold about 1 10 of 1 lower. Bitcoin using some of its sheen and declinings extensive 1 . With all that in mind, lets find out what is happening in new york. Karina we start with the news on pfizer. It slumped on reported may ship only half of the vaccines it planned to this year. Issues supply chain will cut it to 50 million. Anthony found she is taking the u. K. For rushing to clear the pfizer vaccine. Moderna claims it shows what it claims is durability. Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is calling for a smaller more focused stimulus package for the u. S. Economy as democrats scale back demands to find a route forward. The base
This for use of the wall. The final push. And theyre saying that the government Defense Forces are saying to finish the wall, all the mountainous surroundings of the capital mckillop. They will have to use tongs and to knock out the defenses. There have been differences that the to have mounted on top of the hills and mountains surrounding the capital of the ticket region. A federal judge in pennsylvania has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the Trump Campaign that sought to exclude millions of mail in ballots. The judge says the lawsuit failed to provide evidence of voter fraud. The u. S. Military says its deployed bombers to the middle east. The big 528 planes took off from north dakota on friday. It wasnt specified where they went, but the aircraft have previously been based in qatar, opposition parties in pakistan, a gathering for a major rally, calling on Prime Minister imran khan to step down. Thank you so much. Bringing the election, the calm one to yes, again, tomorrow. Hi, there h
And singing, to survive, mexicos mariachi bands struggle to make ends meet on the pandemic restrictions. We begin this news hour in ethiopia, where Government Forces are pushing ahead with their advance in the capsule city of the northern region. And they say they plan to encircle mackay with tanks in order to seize it. Its under the control of the Peoples Liberation front. The government says it has already taken the town of a doll. Thats about 100 kilometers from the Reuters News Agency is reporting that the t. P. O. Left says its Standing Firm and has destroyed roads and bridges to slow the government advance. The fighting has forced people to flee for safety. More than 30000. 00 refugees have already crossed the border. Just to die, mohamed a day has more now from the Government Forces i yet to reach the outskirts of the city of mckayla, couple of the to grow the region. But they are already talking about how they are planning on how they want to see start city, which is not only t