Thanks, roger, ben, and all the trustees and staff for making this event possible. It is really special to be here today. Im honored you asked me to inaugurate the center for freedom of democracy. [microphone feedback] as my team was helping me get ready, i was reminded of a line from emerson i dont quote poetry often. President reagan quoted in westminster in 1982. Westminster in 1982. An institution is lengthened by the shadow of one man, and there is no man who did more than reagan to restore americas confidence and human freedom in the post world war ii era. There is no better event than continuing that work by launching this new institution 40 years after america sent our 40th president to the white house. People watching online and those in this room are students of president reagan. As a kid growing up in california, i got to see him in action as the governor. It was a very different california then. [laughter] but it was Ronald Reagan as governor who believed in the promise of
A 1000000 cases have been confirmed in the past week. Well President Trump has focused on the economy at a Campaign Rally in michigan its trouble believe the number one reason that im standing here because of we turn that around. 7. Were going to win the great state. Were going to win for 4 years in the way. In our all the headlines this hour police in zanzibar have reportedly killed 5 people who took part in protests alleging ballot fraud ahead of tanzanias election on wednesday main Opposition Leader that was arrested earlier on tuesday but has since been released the African Union is calling for a peaceful poll. At least 8 people have been killed in a bombing a Religious School in the northwest pakistan city of bashara over 100 others were injured police say the bomb was hidden in a 5 left in the schools main hole the the device then detonated a students gathered for their lessons. 4 people including 2 children have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of france al
A Religious School in congress don. And it defending reproductive rights demonstrations in poland against the restrictions on abortion. Welcome to the program our top story exactly a week to go of course before the u. S. Election donald trump and joe biden are spending choose a crisscrossing the United States in an intense day of campaigning National Polls are giving democratic contender biden a solid lead but its a lot tighter in some of the battleground states that could decide the election the coronavirus pandemic of course continues to overshadow the campaign infections are surging with some states concerned about the lack of hospital beds nearly half a 1000000 cases of been confirmed in the past week alone with more than 225000 deaths since the pandemic began the progress of a rescue package through congress is also halted with democrats and republicans deadlocked over the details before heading to campaign in michigan trying to criticize former president braca bomb his response t
Across Central America where storm letters left dozens dead and thousands more homeless. Welcome to the program another day has ended in the United States and still no answer on who will lead the country for the next 4 years the close of the counters to finishing the tighter the race becomes is the overall picture with just 4 battleground states left to count and any of them could get joe biden the when he wants the most likely is nevada here in the west there he has a very narrow lead its less than a percent donald trump is currently winning in the rest of the states but again the margins a razor thin over in georgia theres just a few 1000 votes that separates them and those states that are being counted are the ones that you see here in yellow now biden has 264 Electoral College votes trump has 214 that still puts both of them in the range of the magic number of 270 thats needed for the presidency lets take a close look at georgia now remember that joe biden is now just fewer than 20
Than 100 others a Religious School in pakistan. And calls for Peaceful Elections in tanzania off the violence and many arrest of an Opposition Leader in zanzibar. So with exactly a week to go before the u. S. Election donald trump and joe biden are spending cheese day crisscrossing the United States in an intense day of campaigning and National Polls a giving democratic contender a solid leave though its a lot tighter in some of those crucial battleground states that could swing the election a pandemic continues to overshadow the campaigning President Trump has been holding 3 mass rallies on tuesday again downplaying the effect of the virus hes been attempting to shift the focus on to the economy. Its troubling the number one region that observe the year because of fruit return that a room. 70 were going to were in the great state of. Arizona do we care who or years ago was. Well biden has been accused the president of dangerous incompetence in handling the covert 1000 outbreak and his