All the polls are now closed and votes are being counted in hong kong where sunday saw a record turnout for local elections the poll might normally have attracted little attention but with the city reeling from months of protests against rule from beijing this was the only true direct election in hong kong has taken on new significance in a moment were going to go live to rob a bride but 1st hes got hard luck with this reform. In a hong kong neighborhood hardest hit by battles between protesters and Police Voters in manchaca cast last minute ballots just moments before the polls closed on a record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout ever after nearly 6 months of violent demonstrations the polling was seen as a way for voters to officially take sides in this deeply divided city of 7000000 back the probation candidates and Hong Kong Government or those who support greater democratic freedoms for hong kong in line with the protesters who have been fighting to push back on what they see as an increasing control for mainland china. He said that she needs a lot to hong kong the older generation whose 1st ability but the only generation hopes for change i think more people are actually coming out to have a say in what they want rather than. Like some other countries cities that are leaving father like china to decide what we want from hong kong its usually a sleepy election to select a low level local government positions but many woke up early to vote as there was concern that unrest could mean the polling could be cut short for the prodemocracy camp is about a vote of confidence on no confidence on the kerry government and on the excess use of police force against protesters but a probation camp there was say this is also a de facto referendum on the protests and the violence by 130 in the afternoon more voters had cast their ballots than the final count in the 2015 District Council election there was an uneasy calm during the few days leading up to the election just a week after some of the worst violence in these nearly 6 months of protests thats mainly because both sides view this election is critical to their cause. Funk kongs leader harry lam while casting her vote recognize the challenging times for the city and the importance of peaceful election. Entered she has served 3 term. As a District Councillor hes vying for his 4th a prodemocracy candidate was brutally attacked earlier this month parts of his ear were bitten off howard you know what can have a very strong and create mass to your method for. The beijing of 40 and also the International Community thats the home people a state for a stand firm together trying to keep on the fight for freedom and democracy even though more people voted than ever before and this is a significant election much more still needs to be done to mend the divisions in hong kong got harder aljazeera hong kong. Lets go to rob abroad now live in hong kong were hearing anything at all from exit polling right. Thats right were still waiting stan for the 1st exit poll to come through counting has now got under way the polling stations all closed just over an hour ago one or 2 polling stations closed a few minutes later there was still people lining up to get in trying to have their vote and now we want to we were hoping for was some sort of snapshot type exit poll that you might have in other elections it doesnt seem we are getting that were getting piecemeal predictions coming through from different constituencies so its building up a picture but its building up a picture slowly this picture seems to be that in some key constituencies there are very tight races between the pro establishment pro beijing holders of these seats and their democratic challengers part of the problem i think with this election is that unlike a general election which might have more sophisticated electoral apparatus and poll polling etc where you might expect as soon as the polls close to get a prediction we simply dont have that because its just a local election as we keep on stressing and weve kept on stressing all along although this is obviously more of an election people are really waiting to see the results whether it does give that boost to the pan democratic cause and send a message to the local government here and also up in beijing stan rob its much more than just a local election this year. It prob aging parties are in the majority but given that this is a record turnout something has clearly got people motivated can you read something into that for the level of support the main thank me for the independent 2 or do prodemocracy groups. Thats what the prodemocracy camp is hoping for because we saw the hundreds of thousands of new voters voting registering and voting for the 1st time and this is very much Younger Generation these district elections you typically will get older people voting in it because its issues that that exciting to young people it has to be said things like Street Lighting the positions of bus stops etc but obviously because the electorate has been so fired up going through these months of unrest you have all of these Younger Voters many people voting for the 1st time so the pan democrats think that that will very much at play in their favor and they are waiting to see the results as we go through sunday into monday morning here we will start to get those results it did take about 6 hours last time before we got a clear picture of the of the makeup of the council but it has to be said just finally stand that the last few days in the run up to this ballot things here in hong kong have been unexpectedly quiet its the same kind of quiet you know wed expect from hong kong 6 months ago when it was the safest city in the world as it boasted etc and so i think has given people a rest bite here that whatever the outcome of this there might be just the glimmer of hope that this might lead some way to return to those peaceful days rob thank you rob mcbride live from hong kong now after weeks of speculation one of americas richest man has just entered the race for the White House Former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg is joining an already crowded democratic field he says hes running for president to defeat donald trump and rebuild America John Hendren is live in washington d. C. And in so many ways john you line up Michael Bloomberg and donald trump its like for like so where and why does deserve bloomberg believe that he can beat trump. This is so much unlike any other entrant in the race stan this is like one of those avengers movies where some giant super villain is terrorizing people on the ground and then a superhero shows up and suddenly its a fair fight Michael Bloomberg is a billionaire he always has big joke about trump is he wants to run the country like it runs his business god help us and he can say that with authority because in forbes last list bloomberg was the 11th richest man in the world 50000000000. 00 trump by contrast was 259th with about 3000000000. 00 and the more we learn about him the more we learn with the bankruptcies that hes handsome trouble with his business so bloomberg can credibly make the case that hell be a better executive when it comes to the economy hes also one moderate and he can talk about things like gun control. Climate immigration all of which he has opposing views to tromp on but all of which are fairly in the center and within the sort of general sphere of american popular opinion he is another man who is about trumps age he is 77 trumpets 73. And theyre both from new york so this is really a battle of the titans but it absolutely changes the race for the democrats john if there is an anti trouble or is it in fact not for someone who has to put a blunt the an all rich white men is if a someone who is a real alternative and then who does that play to in the democratic field. Well interestingly when trump was elected he was elected largely by people who were not like trump yes wall street voted for trump it also you have a lot of disaffected poorer generally white people in rural areas and in suburbs around the country voted for trump so they dont have to be like the person they are voting for and he has definitely shaken up the race weve gotten some initial responses from some of the candidates. Bernie sanders tweeted on friday as this was expected to happen he said im disgusted by the idea that Michael Bloomberg or any billionaire thinks they can circumvent the political process and spend tens of millions of dollars to buy elections and in fact bloomberg already has spent 30000000. 00 on an initial round of elections says hes willing to spend 150000000. 00 of his personal fortune and then there is Elizabeth Warren in some polls the leading candidate she says i understand rich people are going to have more shoes in the rest of us but they dont get better a better a bigger share of democracy especially in the democratic primary now he would seem to be a good for oil for the other democrats being bos there you know leftist democrats like like warren and sanders are running against billionaires but the fact is theyre only going to be so many votes for the democratic candidate and the fact that bloomberg is doing this suggest that joe biden has not done the job that Many Democrats hoped he would do by becoming the overwhelming front runner by this time this suggests dissatisfaction on the part of bloomberg and on the part of the fundraisers and supporters who have urged him to run because theres not a candidate who seems to be taking the lead at this point its a very late start hes going to have a tough time in those early voting states like iowa New Hampshire and South Carolina but hes got the money to do it it is possible anything could really happen right now like stop it a fascinating one john thank you so much for that dont have a live from washington d. C. Polls are close within the. President ial election which many hope will end years of political instability president. Seeking reelection after a 1st term by political infighting and claims of corruption the country has faced nontruths and attend to in the past 4 decades it was talk reports from the capitol itself people come to nurse clementina to talk about their aches and pains but there is something that keeps coming up in her consultations politics is making people anxious. And so she tells them theres only one way to deal with it its to vote in this president ial election. Its as if politicians forgot about us that what they do actually affects us once they come into office they completely forget about the people theyre meant to represent. The santos is disappointed with the president whos running for reelection he said he would put the country back to work instead elected officials squabbled threatening each other unable to pass laws or approve budgets the government stopped paying teachers and nurses some to us who was left without pay for 10 months her clinic has no Running Water it had no electricity until it charity installed solar panels. To get treatment people come to a hospital run by the west african soldiers stationed here as part of a stabilizing force because of the political deadlock. Treatment and drugs are free this is an effort to win hearts and minds because president ial candidates have been critical of the presence of foreign soldiers in their country voters have 12 candidates to choose from each of them promising the end of the political deadlock that has been paralyzing this country for so long its a promise thats been made before and so among those that are taking part in the vote most of them are 1st time voters they want to see a change in the political culture and the new president that will bring them jobs. Has a masters degree in Political Science in a country where half of the population doesnt know how to read and write and yet he couldnt find a job now he works as a caretaker in an empty building site sleeping on a concrete floor. It is you mediating him painful to have gone through this i sleep on the floor i am not sure why i bother to study what is this country done for me its a feeling shared by many there is no quick remedy to get peace i was problems but for a nurse dos santos rescue efforts are underway in North Western kenya after heavy rain triggered landslides at least 36 people have been killed but the full scale of what happened is still not clear sara current reports these men are assessing the damage caused by saturdays flooding and landslides in kenyas west because county rescue workers are still pulling bodies from under the months and run for president who are kenyatta has said the armed forces to help he promises that every missing part