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Americans are turning out in Record Numbers in early voting standing in line for hours and that in the middle of a pandemic the polls show joe biden with a commanding lead over president would draw if trump were to pull ahead this late in the campaign and win it would be a 1st a dream come true for a nightmare come to life. In 2 weeks well know hopefully until then anything and everything is possible im burnt off in berlin this is the day. This is a. Lifetime election this is the 1st all right. This is history you 2 have a sacred duty to vote and of matters get it done make sure my vote was counted in person thats the reality. Is the best way to do it. Did not want to do it by mail this election is a choice between. Super which were in right now or in 5 depression ive been waiting to vote since november 4th 2016 its time to end it is this sickness the corruption. The hate. Also coming up as the 2nd wave of the coronavirus grips most of europe no one wants a return to National Walk downs can the outbreak be managed in the u. K. The welsh will soon find out this for you brick is the shortest we can meet. But not me not you will have to be shot. In order to have the impact we needed to before you. Were viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day at the start of americas fortnight of frenetic for haps frantic forecasting in 2 weeks what will it be donald trump or joe biden after the shock result of the 2016 election americans and the world are understandably reluctant to predict the outcome this time around but after 4 years of the Trump PresidencyMany Americans and much of the globe find themselves doing nothing else it is a future arriving with sky high uncertainty that has a lot to do with the mistakes missteps and misjudgments. Which made Donald Trumps victory 4 years ago some seismic dare we trust the polls as we did then no we dont because those polls theyre history the polling being conducted now has been recalibrated for better accuracy and the latest polls continue to show joe biden with a strong lead over donald trump in any other Election Year the Biden Campaign would go into this final stretch with high confidence but in 2020 it is all about those mail in ballots and confirming your participation in early voting last week the state of georgia began early voting there more than 1000000 votes have already been cast and yet the barriers to exercising this basic right remain. Seriously miss gunder reports on the fight in georgia against Voter Suppression. Voting its the foundation of any democracy everything is being done to make sure all eligible voters have their say or is that i came here to georgia to find out about something that Voting Rights groups say is a real problem Voter Suppression purposely making it harder for some people to cast their ballot now georgia has a history of keeping africanamericans from the polls activists say it is still happening. Things heated up in 2013 when the Supreme Court gave states the power to change election laws and they no longer have to prove the changes they made did not discriminate. States like these took action that republicans say make sure that no one can vote illegally democrats say they unfairly target minorities they introduced stricter voter identification last they purged inactive voters from registries and across the south hundreds of polling places close these people manage to get to the voting station but for others who dont have a car to get around in the millions who dont have official i. D. It is difficult the protections can be barriers and they more often affect black and immigrant communities we are in the land of Voter Suppression where the secretary of States Office backed by the legislature embraced by the governor are figuring out how do we stop the demographic change that is happening in georgia. Early voting in this years president ial election people stand in line for hours but is this really Voter Suppression. This idea that theres Voter Suppression going on today is just a myth there are a lot of lives because people are making the mistake of voting early rather than voting on election day when there are many bad people or polling places open money a mitchell will be voting early the stationary designer says it took her 4 hours to vote in the primary election in june she fears longer lines on november 3rd and shes not going to risk missing her chance to vote its my right the constitution says i have a right to vote people died for that and i dont take that lightly. You know i can only imagine sorry people seeing other folks being able to cast a vote and for them want to be told theyre not human into to be told that whatever you think whatever you want your community it doesnt matter. I reflect on that sorry. And thats why i stood and. She is not alone in her determination to important that we show that we deserve equal rights just like everyone else so thats why United States of america is a country it is you know a democracy everyone has a vote theres a lot in this going on in the country and if we dont speak out its going to continue to get life. That sentiment has sparked a Record Number of americans to turn out early to vote. And my colleagues. Filed that report just returned from georgia she is in our washington d. C. Bureau tonight going to need. Sumi so lets pick up on your report there after what you saw and heard in georgia and based on what we are seeing in states with early voting what would you say are the main challenges now for voters. But ill take you through some of those challenges the biggest right now both for voters and Election Officials is still the pandemic i mean he does change the way an election can be carried out some of the pictures that we saw of people voting in lines thats partially because when youre standing in line you have to observe social distancing requirements and also there are hygiene measures in place that have to be observed in polling stations so it changes how quickly and efficiently voting can take place then theres the fact that there is a shortage of poll workers as well the poll workers are volunteers traditionally they are older and because they were at risk if they were to contract over 1000. 00 many older poll workers say that theyre staying home this year and so states are scrambling to find new younger poll workers but theyre playing catch up then theres also the fact that a Record Number of americans are voting by mail now mail in ballots are more likely to be rejected brant because theyre not that easy you have to make sure that your signature matches whats on record that you dot the is cross the t. s seal the ballot correctly and if you are a 1st time mail in voter the likelihood that you might make a mistake is a little bit higher and last but not least there is the fact that the u. S. Postal service is under strain as well people worried about their ballots showing up on time all of that said and i do want to mention that i talked to an election official who said america is a diverse vibrant democracy elections work if 150000000. 00 americans turn out to do something at the same time its going to be a bit messy but by and large its going to work its right and you know theres almost 00 history of any fraudulent elections in the United States despite that weve heard the u. S. President say time and time again that this election will be rigged thats added to the level of uncertainty that were seeing now is that coleraine this entire election experience for republicans versus for democrats. But ill tell you that the voters i spoke to in line in georgia were very concerned they were worried that their ballots might be rejected that their ballots might not turn out on time that november 3rd could bring chaos now we did see a poll here in august that showed about 50 percent of people said theyd vote for joe biden said they wanted a vote by mail only around 10 percent of people said they would vote for President Trump wanted a vote by mail while the democrats i spoke to in line some of them had changed their mind they originally had requested absentee ballots they decided to go vote in person because the president had cast aspersions on the election system they were worried that their ballots might be rejected or that he might declare victory on november 3rd Something Else what happened on the lawn line when the mail in ballots are counted for republicans brant i should say that even though Election Officials say there is no massive widespread voter fraud happening for some republicans of voter fraud is a real issue they believe people are trying to cast a ballot twice vote illegally and thats why were seeing its the american way voting lawsuits there were 30 voting lawsuits still pending right now on everything from whether you need a witness to sign your ballot to when a ballot can arrive so well have to keep our eye on that as well later in the week were going to see both sides trumping together the final time probably before the election after the debacle of the 1st debate 2 weeks ago is it safe to say that interest in this final debate could not be higher. Brant i would say theres a lot of interest and a good deal of trepidation as well as you said that 1st debate is seen as something of a debacle and i have to say that this really is crucial for a President Trump after that 1st debate he actually lost points in the polls to joe biden because viewers on both sides of the aisle i didnt really improve of the hectoring the insulting the interrupting and in the town hall debates between the 2 candidates last week joe biden actually drew 1000000 more viewers than President Trump and last but not least brant you know this is also pretty remarkable that republican some republican lawmakers have actually publicly voice their concern that the president is heading for a loss on november 3rd something we havent really heard from the republicans yet so this really is going to be a crucial debate for President Trump he loves them though he loves to be on stage he actually wanted a 4th debate he was pushing for that in the summer he thinks that he really can shine on the stage and he is hoping to pick up some voters by his performance on thursday so well see if hes able to do so well see if you believe you that im sure well be talking about that as well see museum has gone on the story for years in washington d. C. Good to see that we thank you. For countries across europe are trying new restrictions in an attempt to slow the spread of coded 19 exactions among the latest measures belgium has joined france in imposing a nighttime curfew switzerland has made facemask compulsory in public spaces the most drastic measures are in wales in the United Kingdom the government there has announced a strict 2 week lockdown beginning this friday heres the 1st minister of wales mark drake for between for the 23rd of october im the 9th of november everyone in wales will be required to stay at home. This means working from home where ever that is possible im the only exceptions will be critical workers on jobs where working from home he simply not possible all nonessential retail Leisure Hospitality and tourism businesses will close all right for more on this lockdown and the challenges facing european governments in dealing with a pandemic i want to bring in our Political Correspondent emmanuel shahs shes here in berlin and the independent Health Analysts dr John Campbell he joins us from carlisle in the u. K. To both of you good to see you dr campbell let me start with you the lock down in wales that theyre introducing it is very strict its going to be 2 weeks intensive do measures like this targeted laser like lockdowns do they work. We know that lock downs were brought in because we saw it working when there was high cases its italy and spain and the u. K. In what we now call the 1st wave so we know these measures are going to be effective but the problem is wales of course is only part of the United Kingdom relatively small population only about 3100000 People Living in wales compared to 66000000 in the u. K. And of course is not a firm border the border is porous now during this time of the lockdown up until the 9th of november theres going to be an essentially in a travel ban almost a hard border between wales and england so things should be quite effective then but then as soon as that period of time is finished and we know that period of time is going to be time limited because its called its called a fire break or a short sharp shock as soon as that period of time is finished then its going to be difficult to stop travel in and out of wales again so we could get this situation where yes the lock down will work in wales because people wont be mixing but then are we going to get a rebound effect afterwards a lot of countries of showed time and time again that countries that go together cohesively as a whole country we think of japan with think of south korea tend to do better and part of the problem in the u. K. Now is weve got this disparate approach weve got manchester fighting london weve got scotland doing one thing weve got wales doing Something Else weve got different parts of england doing Different Things and were not really moving forward as a whole country so let me work in the short term although it will work locally im not so sure about the longer term do you do you think that the government of Boris Johnson should try to impose a lockdown for the entire country than. Its actually very difficult at the moment because scotlands got its own 1st minister well as it got its 1st minister londons got an executive manchesters got an executive man and the exact executive mad man jeff that doesnt want to do what the government wants it to do now hold similarly of course the dollars johnson government inventing could impose that but i think theyre rather reluctant to do that because of the sorts of subsidiarity we have in the u. K. Environment where this different areas doing Different Things you know this pandemic has exposed a lot of weaknesses perhaps in individuals but also in political systems and i think this weakness has been shown in the u. K. Political system vi this disparate approach that were having at the moment you know lets talk about germany it has been struggling to find a National Consensus on kobe ducting policy here is german chancellor Angela Merkel in a video message that she delivered from this past weekend take a listen preferences if mitt buddies meet up with far fewer people without sight or at home refrain from any trips that absolutely necessary and the celebrations that absolutely necessary please whenever possible stay at home and your place of residence. And you know when or how do you explain this why is the chancellor reduced if you will to issuing a direct appeal to you to the german people surely a clear National Policy would be a more effective means here. Well yes friends a would be a way of seeing that there are 2 difficulties here faced by. The Current Situation 1st because germany is a federal state well old 16 regions have to come to an agreement when it comes to such restrictions and after market and they go sanctions last week then managed partially to do so and they decided to limit the number of people allowed to meet you know close space to impose our restrictions on and not gold in bars and restaurants in risk zones something that was already implemented in big cities that have been hit hard by this and then make such as the capital badly in such as tang for it but those challenges is the 2nd challenge is that those risk to actions are sometimes being overturned by administrate of chords to other kountry when those decide that they go too far that they read the drug arrests most of the authority is disproportionate or unfair towards one sector the Hospitality Branch for example and thats what we saw in belly in for example where the 11 pm to 6 am curfew on restaurants and bars have been overturned has been overturned for those of the basel restaurant which large complained so its its very difficult to have a common policy in terms of restrictions and it is very difficult for people to lead in this uncertainty as well yeah despite this confusion and this chaos if you will here in germany the