A shooting in the austrian capital vienna the government calls it a terrorist attack ugandan politician bobby wine is arrested again shortly after he was nominated for next years president ial elections. And the sports news argentine football legend Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital although hes done to says its not related to code 19 all of the details coming up this hour. Its 1500 g. M. T. And 10 am in the eastern United States where polls are open for one of the most controversial and highly anticipated elections in recent years donald trump and joe biden have campaigned for months its now up to the American Public people in all but 5 states are now voting with 3 of those california idaho and oregon opening their. Polls this hour the man battling for the presidency havent stopped campaigning with biden in scranton pennsylvania and trump in arlington virginia. Lets speak to our coverage good begin our coverage by speaking to alan fischer in washington d. C. Allan where into the final hours now and the messaging still continues. Exactly right i mean talking about this election almost since the moment donald trump was inaugurated on the 20th of january 20th 16 and the reality is that in just under 9 hours time the 1st polls here on the east coast of the United States will close and for many people the 2020 president ial election will be over donald trump is determined to keep fighting it until the final moments hes been on television in the last couple of hours saying that people should get out and vote saying that he deserves another 4 years in office that he had built the greatest economy and American History not strictly true but a message that he is how murder again and again and again and it was all because of the plague as he described it covered 90 coming from china as he claimed that ruined that economy so he deserves a chance to build it all again hes been over to arlington in virginia as well to Republican Party workers who have essentially coordinated his efforts particularly over the last 3 weeks youll remember that its not that long ago the dollar trump a man in the seventys was actually in hospital with covert 19 he got out of hospital a few days later and within a week was back on the campaign trail holding eventually across the country in fact 17 in the last 3 days hitting the states what hes really got to shore up his support if hes going to win this election so hes been visiting the likes of North Carolina florida of course hes been in pennsylvania and hes also been and michigan when he ended this. Campaign 2016 theres a lot of things that donald trump likes to do is a repeat of 2016 because he believes it was successful for one of those things is looking at the polls youll remember that 4 years ago all the polls and i mean all the polls said that donald trump was going to lose the election this time around the polls are saying exactly the same thing hes not put off he thinks that thats just the norm and making sure that hes going to get another 4 years in the white house and we shouldnt lose sight of the fact that this of course isnt just a race for the presidency this is all about the balance of power between the white house and congress and senate. Its not something that donald trump has made a big deal about thats not surprising given who dont or trump is. Hes gone and hes helped a few candidates here and there but joe biden has realized and campaigned more for other Senate Candidates as well because you remember the senate is 5347 in favor of the republicans so if the democrats can flip 3 seats then when the senate now if you look at the polls across the country theres a real chance they can do that in fact theres probably 6 seats that they might win 5 is probably slightly more realistic but 3 is definitely within their grasp and if joe biden won the election as well that would give him a house a senate and the white house all governed by the democrats and that means he could put forward his own agenda and push it through very quickly as for donald trump he has warned that that will mean a radical agenda that this will change the face of the United States forever it will become a completely different country he believes it is the radical left that is driving the Democratic Party but well know in a few years time whether people are buying that argument donald trump desperately wants a 2nd term youll remember that when he was campaigning 4 years ago he talked about how barack obama was the worst president the United States had ever seen watched even he said then jimmy carter then jimmy carter was a one term President Donald Trump would hate to have that tag hung around his neck so that is another reason why he desperately wants to when when the results are finally announced but just a word of warning to you rob and to viewers around the world there is no guarantee well get a clear result by the end in the few hours after the polls close on tuesday night where we have in years gone by there are going to be a lot of tight races and that means a lot of states will be counting votes for some. After the polls close and that could mean be maybe even 2 before we get the full picture of whats happened in the 2020 president ial election for now thanks very much thats alan fischer talking to us from washington d. C. Lets get the view from delaware thats bidens home state jamal is in wilmington jamal one of the catchphrases if you like of the Biden Campaign had been that this was a fight for the soul of america how are people in delaware reacting to all of this. Well rob this is joe bidens hometown in fact the polling station where it is where his wife used to teach so they are very much the majority at least in favor of the democrats agenda but as you mentioned central true the messaging has been that this is a fight for the core of america even for american democracy and this is why weve had the messaging coming out from biden on from his running mates for people to come out and vote as if their life depended on it and what we actually have here is obviously a mix of young and old but we do have some 1st time voters and i want to just introduce them how you guys are going to what brings you out to vote in this cold day why is this election so important and i feel like this election will be any other its very important for the future of the country with everything going on it so important even in the pandemic for us to vote and were actually taking a break from classes right now to stand in line and vote in our 1st election because its just so important that everyone gets out the matter is that what makes it so important i mean Elections Come and go every 4 years are going to get a chance why this time youve decided to come out of class to come stand in line in the culture of what is at stake here i think our entire Civil Liberties our human rights they and they have been for the past 4 years i dont think anyone realized just what damage could have been done 2016 which makes this 2020 like an even more you need. Because the things that have occurred in the past 4 years have been awful and we cannot withstand another 4 years of that especially with the pandemic and everything that has gone on and so we are fighting for our lives today so do you guys think that it is your Civil Liberties here that are of course not just an issue of choosing between republican and democrat that actually your rights as americans thats what youre voting on right especially as people of color its really important in this election that we vote blue that we vote from. Trump has made really racist remarks really xenophobic remarks and its really important that we as a country stand up for our beliefs and our right people and not only made the remark he made actions against people of color that everything happened that way and our grandparents and those around them fought very hard for us to be able to vote and for us to have human rights and so it is our duty especially if like people as people of america to fight and get out here no matter what party you belong to we need to vote trump out thank you very much so as you heard thats one opinion here obviously we are at an election that has probably been the most divisive in recent history and thats whats led so many people to come out and vote almost 100000000 votes early right now if you look at this long line this is a line that stretches all the way round to the back of the school here and this polarization has pushed so many people to come out and have their voices heard and thats whats actually also going to lead to a very long and drawn out vote count and this is where maybe some of the problems will arise weve already had both come speaking about thats the legal teams that are getting prepared to fight and you contention in different grounds but as it stands now huge voter turnout the message from the democrats is to get out and vote despite the polls being in their favor they dont want to make the same mistake that they did back in 2016 where they thought that they had a. In the bag only to find out that they had lost and thats why even we saw joe biden in pennsylvania coming out in that battleground to try and count votes even people are going to the polling stations there jamal though so ill bring us up to date from wilmington in delaware the polls in florida open just a few hours ago in the state could decide the outcome of the election tom won there 4 years ago but by a little more than one percentage point and gallacher explains why the state is so important it seems like every 4 years when a president ial election comes around we end up talking about florida this state of course has a long history of razor thin elections that have a Huge National impact but what makes it so important well the demographics unit tend to reflect those of the entire nation about 20 percent of voters are elderly and has a very large latino and hispanic population here but perhaps more importantly this state has 29 Electoral College votes only texas and california has more interestingly no republican nominee is ever made it to the white house in almost a century without winning this state now voter turnout here has been huge shattering all records but coded 19 has been a massive issue in this state but one thing is. Whatever happens on election day in this state really matters. Well its not just florida that could decide the whether states like michigan illinois wisconsin and ohio could also have a huge impact lets speak to john hendren whos following developments from chicago john youre watching some of the key states down the middle of the u. S. To talk us through whats been happening. And try donald trump got elected in 2016 after campaigning that he was going to build a wall a wall along the Mexican Border where the democrats had a wall too and it was called the blue wall of democratic states and it stretched from pennsylvania in the east to minnesota in the west and in between there were some key states that he is still trying to play defense on he wants to win these states just as he flipped each of those except for minnesota back in 2016 so theres michigan michigan is a state that he won campaigning hard in by 0. 2 Percentage Points that is the slimmest margin in the entire country in 2016 and wisconsin was the state that put him over 270 electoral votes thats what anyone is going to need to win tonight so its clear that hes playing defense in trying to hold the states that he won last time and then youve got ohio ohio is known as the bellwether state it is voted for the eventual president in every election since 1964 and since the Republican Party was founded 854. 00 no republican has ever won the presidency without ohio so there is a kind of superstition about that state trump is has been campaigning its no accident that 2 of his last stops were cocksure wisconsin and grand Rapids Michigan he desperately wants those states but he is behind in polling by about 4. 2 Percentage Points in wisconsin in a summary of polls by real clear politics and between 6 and 7 Percentage Points in michigan its a dead heat in ohio so we already know that michigan is not likely to have all its votes counted by wednesday morning wisconsin says they. They expect to have those counted by 6 am and ohio we dont know could be very difficult because of the expected close race there but were already hearing about some problems in indianapolis indiana there were wife i outages and that delayed the opening and in Franklin County around Columbus Ohio there were problems with the electronic Voting System and so they had to look people up by hand bad is going to delay voting and counting there these things happen every year somewhere but right now theyre happening in key states in the midwest but the the ones really to watch that trump absolutely must get in this region are michigan wisconsin and ohio which possible for him to win without those but his routes to victory narrowed dramatically if he loses them tony where you are in chicago weve been hearing a lot generally about concerns that there might be some violence off to the election as the results begin to come out as youve been in the city as are you getting any indication about people being concerned about violence or protests that might be out on the streets. Absolutely downtown the macys is been boarded up the gold coast which is sort of a wealthy shopping area and wealthy homes area that has been hit again and again throughout these protests the black lives matter protests following the death of well the death of george floyd and the shootings of jacob blake and others so there are protests expected in the next 24 hours or so theyre generally peaceful in the daytime but they have gotten violent sometimes at night so the mayor and the Police Department have set out a plan they will be out in force every Police Officer here will be on duty and the National Guard is standing by the governor of illinois j. B. Pritzker said hes got them standing by hopes not to use them but they are ready for things to go badly here in chicago and of course thats a problem in all the major cities throughout this region john obviously were going to be checking in with you as the i was go by but for now john hendren following developments from chicago john thanks a lot. Well heres how the 2 candidates stack up on china north korea and russia donald trump started a trade war with beijing confronted it on security and blamed it for the spread of coronavirus joe biden says he wants to work with allies to put pressure on china on trade and human rights and trump was the 1st u. S. Sitting president to meet a north Korean Leader but hes been unable to persuade pyongyang to give up its Nuclear Arsenal biden says if elected he will not personally meet kim jong un without concessions on his Nuclear Program to strengthen ties with russia and moved away from traditional allies in europe biden says he will cement old alliances like nato and that hell be tough on russia ok lets bring in jamie fly in berlin hes a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and he was also a Foreign Affairs advisor to u. S. Senator marco rubio good to have you on the Program Given the level of the disentanglement if you like the trumpet ministration has done with Global Entities such as nato for example is it possible for the Biden Administration should we have one to actually stick that all together again. I think it is i i think that youll see if there is a by the administration a lot of initial outreach to traditional u. S. Partners like the european allies and efforts to reaffirm americas commitment to alliances like nato the question though is what does the President Biden want to achieve with those allies and you mentioned for instance as america enters into this competition with china working with allies on china but its unclear yet because this has not been a policy focus campaign exactly what President Bidens Foreign Policy goals would be 8 and what he would be then asking of us allies do you think that foreign governments around the world regards the america in the same way as they used to or has the trumpet ministration essentially forced some governments into partnerships and alliances that normally they wouldnt have considered. I think hes clearly up ended in the traditional perception of america especially amongst americas allies i think theres both good and bad aspects of that i think the good aspects are that hes been much more blunt with allies about what a merica wants from them and i think that most of those assets are ass that i think your average american would expect of us allies but the problem is his rhetoric is often gone much further than that its actually started to question the legitimacy of our alliance and of americas commitment so those alliances and thats where i think hes turned off a lot of partners and started to drive some of them away from the u. S. These are all things that right now i think if theres a by the administration that can be repaired if theres a 2nd trump term though in another 4 years of this approach to the world i think its going to set in motion some fundamental changes to the International Order and its going to make america more isolated on the world stage given the fact that donald trump had maintained that for example chine