we were just looking at a life house on the north shore of the detroit. river i am on an island in the middle of the. river that is detroit, believe it or not to my north. that is canada believe it or not to myself. when you are in detroit and you look at canada you re actually looking south to word windsor but i love being here partly because i can swim to my home country. it is saturday october the 22nd. that is the renaissance center, the home to general motors. from electability you re just looking at a detroit it is 9 am in the east, 6 am in the west. i m ali velshi. today 17 days before election day i am here in belle isle to state park in detroit michigan, in this crucial swing state to bring you a very special edition of velshi across america 2022. yesterday i had a fascinating and important conversation with a group of michigan but voters from across the political spectrum as election day approaches. we are going to share more of it with you in the coming hours even
favorite cities in america it is just stunning to see this beautiful city as the sun rises. we are looking at it from belle isle, by the, way which is in the detroit river. this is the river that divides canada and the united states. michigan on the north, said ontario on the south side. right across the road, and you can get from one to the other either through a tunnel or a bridge. the mass bridge is one of the most important trading bridges on the entire continent. more vehicles and trade goes over that bridge than virtually anywhere else on the continent. as we have been talking, we are 17 days away from an election that will decide the fate of american democracy. i am standing one of the most crucial seats in that battle. coming to you as we can from michigan, a key presidential swing state that voted for donald trump in 2016, and for joe biden in 2020. and the question of whether michigan voters ballots will be fairly counted in the next election, is at stake right now. michigan