I love or the greatest. Gift to god. So i had to vote because we have to get them past 3 years but theres no way we can have 4 more years with them yes or the biden. I dont know kind of lesser of 2 evils for me but i think the trumps going to win it more than he did last time its actually really close i think its pretty close i see a different you know the sound guy and if he turns out that i think that and i think its a good day to make it say. Also coming up the business of predicting u. S. Election results in 2016 the polls missed the mark big time just ask Hillary Clinton in 2020 there are still plenty of predictions but this time they require patient were rightly not going to get a clear winner on Election Night and thats different from not having a clear winner its not a sign of our system failing us actually just means were giving people who are counting the ballots time to count about. But to our 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 finish line that will most likely be moved several times before anyone reaches the finish today is election day in the United States traditionally this is the final sprint at the end of that uniquely american marathon known as the race to win the white house in 2020 however tradition has been transferred by trepidation boarded up buildings faces with mask and toxic politics that describes this election day in the United States across the country there are emergency plans in place in case unrest erupts our correspondents say the tension is palpable inflamed by a president and Vice President who have refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should they lose this election. Due to an unprecedented number of mail in ballots that have yet to be counted we may not know or have a winner until tomorrow or even later this week patience is a virtue and its a necessity there is one aspect however that is familiar 2 men are vying for the presidency Democrat Joe Biden is asking voters to give america a new chance President Donald Trump is asking voters to give him another 4 years. One has dedicated his life to public service. The other has dedicated haste to winning. 2 men with contrast in styles and competing visions of the future. We choose hope over fear unity over Division Science over fiction and yes truth over a law in this election is a choice between a trump super recovery which were in right now or a by depression. Joseph biden story is one of triumph and tragedy of overcoming a childhood stutter to reach the u. S. Senate at just 30 years old only to lose his wife and daughter in a car accident weeks later. In 2015 biden was again left bereft when his son beau died of brain cancer. I found the best way through pain and loss and grief is to find purpose. Donald trump inherited a new York Real Estate empire and turned the name into a brand. His life of waiting to potties American Affairs were talk of the tongue. Golson followed him everywhere and so too did bankruptcies. But it was a hit t. V. Show the apprentice that reversed his fortunes the push to help turn trump from hapless new york businessman to long shot president ial hopefuls. Over to a vast series a white man in their seventys the similarities end. For decades biden rode the train to work. While crumb enjoys the trappings of wealth. Biden spent his career shaping his Foreign Policy beliefs. And forging friendships a perrault. Trump conspiracy theories about barack obama our president has finally released a birth certificate and run for office on a nationalist take it for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States so help me god to bring your life to promising isolationism. Its going to be only america 1st which saw him embrace dictators and foods while pushing nato allies around he told a deal after deal. I am announcing today the United States will withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal from the paris. Climate a court. Date on treaties with russia. So were going to terminate everybody were going to pull out hes gone where few president s have he was impeached and he repeatedly cozied up to violent White Supremacists. Very fine people on both sides. Providing america 1st means america alone hes on a mission to rewind to trump years and hes hoping his folksy appeal will win over swing voters. We are in a battle for the soul of this nation. Though he too is no stranger to fighting talk doing this because i read it wrong. When he sticks to the script his pitches the after 4 years of chaos on hundreds of thousands of corporate 90 day he is uniquely placed to mend the country battle for the soul of us facts the job of a president to hear. The Trump Campaign by contrast has been lights on unity. Im heavy on fia and misinformation for the president this is about coming fast at any costs. Reject left wing fascism vote for American Freedom vote for america 1st vote for make America Great again. Both candidates have cost themselves as americas salvation but the truth days and this high stakes bottle the result will reverberate well beyond her borders. And it brings us to today its election day lets bring in rachel risen shes a political analyst and director of programs at the Truman Center she joins us from washington d. C. Tonight good to see you again rachel well let me ask you about what President Trump was asked earlier today a reporter asked him if hes prepared both a victory speech and a concession speech and he answered in an unusually somber tone do you think he senses that the polling numbers might be right after all. Well i think thats a great question that you ask but i think that whats helpful is to point to the fact that for weeks if not months im trump has hinted that he may not conceive even if the polls show that joe biden is ahead so i think that well have to see exactly exactly what happens there he has also said that he could declare victory even if he is not the clear winner but as we all know thats not in the constitution so it really doesnt matter if he comes out into their victory that could cause a lot of confusion so that is definitely something were concerned about and watching closely every 4 years the u. S. President ial election becomes the worlds alexion if you will people all over the planet they feel like they are a part of this process in some way that has its been a been if it for america in the past this time around though it looks like a liability would you agree with that absolutely and its really concerning to read reports that have been coming out from you know human rights organizations saying that people need to be watching what happens with the elections in the United States to make sure that polls and vote are counted fairly and that people have their voices heard and so you hear any reports and the fact that they are coming out and being talked about talking about the United States like that is just so concerning and it shows just how far the United States has slid in the past 4 years during Donald Trumps presidency and when trump was elected back in 2016 german chancellor Angela Merkel she was the 1st European Allied to congratulate him with conditions a friendship based on shared values she said merkel in trump ended up sharing very little these past 4 years take a look. Even before donald trump became us president it was clear the relationship wouldnt be easy. Now merkel what did she do shes destroyed a bridge shes in the process of destroying germany with a migration and will once trump did become president she congratulated him on his election but in typical american style she threw in a subtle dig. Watchmans america germany and america connected by values democracy freedom respect for the law and for the dignity of human beings regardless of their origin with skin color religion gender Sexual Orientation or political views. Order. And. This photo of medical facing trump at a g 7 meeting went viral seen by many as a perfect illustration of their report so was their 1st encounter when trump ignored america suggestion to shake hands thank you. Thank you. One of the biggest sources of disagreement has been nato trump has attacked germany without pause saying it was not paying its fair share towards the alliance. Germany as you know is a very delinquent in their. Payments to nato. Theyre paying one percent in this supposed to be a 2 percent of the 2 percent is very low should be much more than. When trump treated racist attacks on this group of democratic u. S. Congresswoman merkel openly condemned his actions. Just as others even moved up on achievement. I firmly distanced myself from the attacks and i stand in solidarity with these women. Of a strained relationship but also opposite approaches like on how to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and how to wear a face mask. Now with trump fighting for a 2nd term in office and merkel in her last year as chancellor it may soon be time to kiss goodbye the question is how soon. Donald trump and. He looks like her has become the end. Thai miracle miracle is a scientist turned politician trump of reality t. V. Star turned politician merkels handling of the pandemic has obviously been based on science trumps has been based some would say n. P. R. Others would say denial is this an accurate description from where youre sitting. I think its a very accurate description and just a few years ago even when donald trump was elected as president people started talking about on Glenn Murcutt as the leader of the free world and so i think it goes to show that even other World Leaders look at donald trump and as a president that cant really be trusted as a president who were flouts democratic norms and i think now in no relationship has that been clearer in how he and merkel have interacted with one another over the last 4 years and the sort of disc 18 that he has shown for her especially when it comes to German Defense spending and various other issues that have come up like for example in north stream too and so i think that if donald trump does have its reelected then its really concerning to think about where that relationship might be headed you know there are predictions that if trump wins reelection that this would be the beginning of the end of nato and that it would mean a total withdrawal of u. S. Troops from germany maybe from all of europe i mean thats what were hearing on this side of the atlantic are u. S. Voters aware of what is at stake in terms of Foreign Policy in this election. I think u. S. Voters are aware of what is its stake and theres good news here American Voters are very supportive of nato and so while donald trump has used disparaging words against the alliance over the past 4 years that really hasnt translated into a decrease in support for nato throughout the United States now there is higher support among democrats than there is republicans but i think it goes to show that americans are you know their their multilateralist are right they want to see the United States as a leader on the global stage and so even though donald trump has created problems with some of our strongest and you know our historical allies since that you over the past 70 years and americans themselves still see the United States as a country thats you know worth being an ally to and were being friends with and so hopefully thats something that continues Going Forward yeah there are on tonight a lot of people on this side of the atlantic you hope that your words are true political analyst rachel rizzo joining us tonight from washington d. C. Rachel good seeing you we appreciate your insights tonight thank you. I have covered u. S. President ial election since 1992 and this is the 1st election with violence and unrest as a possible result the images of businesses in washington d. C. And new york city being boarded up preparations for a hurricane have become a bulwark against american anger now the u. S. President is responsible for much of this acute hostility in one of the president ial debates he told the far right group or used to stand back and stand by our correspondent has been traveling across the United States listening to people he put this report together for. These images are fresh in the minds of many American Voters. Use it destructive protests and violent right wing backlash dominated headlines for much of the summer and early fall. Ive been traveling the country and talking to voters and if theres one thing americans expect in november more than a decisive victory for either joe biden or donald trump its violence that goes for biden supporters and all these different extremist groups and militias im concerned people think youre not going to let up as well as Trump Supporters i think by that there will be violence but theres going to be a civil war. Yes i believe were going to destroy a lot of put up with and i have put up with this mans going to be a civil war we dont do this by meters to try to our guns to try to do or think its not going to happen were going to stand up for what we believe we were to do the american way but is this just talk or is the prospect of postelection chaos a legitimate concern. One of the reasons people are talking about this is because it is. The data does show that there has been a rise in the number of terrorist plots. And attacks in the u. S. In 2020 about 2 thirds of them through the 1st 8 months were caused by White Supremacists and far right or right extremists and about 20 percent by antifascists anarchistic and other violent. But its not just analysts who are discussing the possibility of disorder in november and beyond Law Enforcement has already begun to prepare conversations across state local Law Enforcement agencies federal agencies f. B. I. Or Justice NationalCounterterrorism Center there is. About tensional for violence after the election and also increased. To triple a. Risk by ramping up the f. B. I. And attrition. Its not surprising that Many Americans are uncertain of how donald trump will act if you lose the election hes been asked that very question and refused to give a clear answer would you commit to making sure that there is a peaceful transfer for a one hour after the election would trump just dodging the possibility that he could very well lose to joe biden really implying that he would refuse to accept the outcome of the election. When pressed another time on the peaceful transition of power from said that yes he would allow biden to take office if you want but some analysts say dont trump is trying to gain an advantage by casting doubts on mail in ballots and other common voting practices hes basically telling people that our electoral system is a lot of all nuts of the other water. Thats route and that the only way for the system to demonstrate its legitimacy is for going to we. Say theres social Media Companies like twitter. Facebook has promised to clamp down on columns for violence after the election like the Law Enforcement agencies they believe a peaceful transition of power will require all hands on deck. But things look good for joe biden heading into this election hes had a consistent lead in the polls pollsters however have been wrong like the last time in 2016 when Hillary Clinton was tapped as the next u. S. President but despite her poll lead and winning the popular vote americans Electoral College system it was a calculus not in her favor as votes are cast this year the latest polls give joe biden an even bigger National Lead 8. 00 Percentage Points so what lessons have pollsters learned from that 2016 debacle and could we be looking at another upset well tonight were going to try to get some answers im joined by galen drew q. Host a podcast on politics for the analytics web site 538 dot com and its good to have you back on the show good to see you again on your twitter feed i noticed youve penned a tweet in which people can ask you about forecasting the election or to forecast the election so let me start by asking you for a forecast what do you forecast. Well essentially our forecast at 538. 00 takes all of the polls the National Polls the state level polls and creates a probabilistic forecast of how likely it is that either candidate will win the election so right now on election day it was frozen at midnight last night we it shows that joe biden has a 90 percent chance about winning the election and President Trump has a 10 percent chance of winning a 2nd term all right so thats thats its a clear edge there for joe biden but we all remember the song 2016 the polls going the wrong are the polls are they were the word trust this time around. Theres a lot of things to think about when we talk about trusting the polls so 1st of all the National Polls were not very often in 2016 they project in a 4. 0 way clinton win and ultimately she received 2 percent or more votes sorry she won the National Popular vote basically by 2 points in 2016 of course the National Popular vote doesnt really matter in american elections its all about state level actions so that 2 point difference is about the average polling error that we would expect in any election now when we look at the state level polls in wisconsin michigan and pennsylvania which really key states that handed President Trump his presidency we saw that the polls were off by more than 2 points they were off by a greater than average or what error and what this came down to is a couple things one the posters were not reaching enough people who didnt have College Degrees when pollsters call americans for some reason or another of more educated voters are likelier to answer the pollsters and this time around we see that posters have changed the way that they conduct their polls so that they properly weight people without College Degrees we also have more undecided voters in 2016 and they broke away towards trump after the call me a letter to congress saying that he was we opening an investigation into every clintons emails now in 2016 about 12 percent of the electorate was undecided this time its only 4 or 5 percent so there is less of a chance of a late breaking shift towards trump this time and ultimately you know pollsters have done a lot of work in 2018 they were pretty spot on for the midterms so i think that we should go into tonight with a do you think the gillie is there a risk that impostors efforts to not repeat 2016 is there a risk that they have over corrected i mean theyre telling is that joe biden hands a lead but could it be that the real lead that he has or the edge over trump is much larger than what were being told. Absolutely show polling error as i mentioned is very normal it happens in most elections we dont know how big it will be and we dont know in which direction it will go and so its just about as likely that the polls are underestimating biden as it is that the polls are under estimating truck you know we see that nationally by is about out about it not half points in pennsylvania he is closer to 5 points which right now is the likeliest tipping one state so thats thats a less of a solid lead in the state level races but of course there are other places that really by he doesnt have to win like texas georgia and ohio or iowa were told me a one point race and if theres just a slight holding area there in bidens direction you could go from a somewhat tight race to all of a sudden a landslide yeah you know the historian Allan Lichtman he has accurately predicted the outcome of every u. S. President ial election since 1904 he has his own formula known as the 13 keys to the white house and he told me on this program that polls are not worth our attention because they mean little if anything what do you say to that ive got 30 seconds for you. I say its the best way we have to judge Public Opinion using the Scientific Method the only other way to do it is subjectively by talking to voters here or there in a particular town or county the most rigorous open minded and thorough way to gauge Public Opinion in the United States or frankly in any country is to sample accordingly and thats what pollsters do and yes they are off sometimes and we should expect that to be the case but that does not mean we should throw out the Scientific Method altogether d writes cliff thats a clear message right there galen drew from 838 dot com good to see we appreciate your insights tonight thank you thanks a lot take care. 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Biala gassed at Frankfurt Airport city managed by from. This is you doing is live from berlin tonight America Designs voters in the u. S. Casting their ballots in the most divisive president ial election in decades. Thinking about a concession speech your acceptance speech it. Hopefully will be only really one of those 2 and you know. Winning is easy losing is never easy that should be its done. With a Record Number of ballots already cast an early voting tonight well look at the choice facing the u. S. Voters also coming up austria in mourning the chancellor of their service jean cortes condemning what he calls a repulsive terrorist attack after 4 people were shot dead by a supporter of socalled Islamic State. Coffee its good to have you with us millions of americans are casting their votes in one of the most polarized president ial contests in u. S. History voter turnout is set to shatter all records around 100000000 had already voted before polling day began thats nearly 3 quarters of the total number who voted in 2016 today long lines have formed in many states democratic hopeful joe biden made a last Minute Campaign stop in his childhood home of scranton in the crucial swing state of pennsylvania he is ahead in National Polls but the race in many battleground states like pennsylvania is looking tight meanwhile president truong has been thanking his Campaign Team every reporter today asked the president whether he had prepared and acceptance and a concession. Speech you know im not thinking about a concession speech your acceptance speech you. Hopefully will be only doing one of those 2 when you know. Winning is easy losing is never easy. But i think we have one week when you see rallies the likes of which in the history of this country probably in the history of the world nobodys ever seen before. Theres a tremendous love going on in this country and theres really a tremendous unity. Theres a somber sounding u. S. President right there lets take the story over to washington d. C. For some analysis im joined by our correspondent Stefan Simons good evening to you stefan donald trump there sounded like a president who has seen the writing on the wall what do you say when you sounds tired cracked voice a little bit i mean the last 2 weeks the president went on a really frenzy 34 rallies a day in the last week alone that takes a toll even on donald trump and of course yeah everybody expects him to be keen on driving in accepting speech a 2nd acceptance speech and not a not for him to hold a speech right after conceding to joe biden taking his office so that its clear now is he more subdued and offering some conciliatory told c. N. N. Yes somewhat yes but. I can guarantee you that is true supposed campaigns they are hearts of campaign lawyers ready to go if they if the slightest inkling of something going wrong or if they see the chance to change the outcome of something which they dont think was properly done or is not properly done so that has to be said both sides are ready to fight this out here yet voters there mobilize their inner johns we saw incredible turnout in early voting what about today on election day hows it looking. Yeah its as you said tremendous turnout really its a celebration of democracy if you will there is tons of people out there across the country in those states where the polling stations are open the lines are long around the blocks around several blocks in some cases and voting seems to go very very smoothly as of now and so far there is a little bit of problem with mail in ballots why because the United StatesPostal Service is now ordered by a judge to make sure that no Postal Service no mail in ballots has been left somewhere in post offices or mailing centers far fallen through the cracks or something theres a deadline now that the general inspector the Inspector General of the Postal Service has to look into this and make sure that nothing gets left behind we know that there are businesses in washington d. C. Where you are also in new york city that have been boarded up ahead of this election talk to me a little bit about the the fear of there being unrest after this election. If this is stay thats exactly this is exemplifies the fear which exists that the president said to mendis unity in the country well i beg to differ its not this is a polarized Country Division is deep and runs deep in the United States and in every major city so to speak and boarding up businesses and Office Buildings this is actually a sign for this because there is generally the expectation that they will whoever wins this election the other side will not be happy and will take to the streets and god forbid it will then all this will turn into a to molt or in a riot or unrest significant unrest there is where you have the boarded. Windows and offices and so on lets see how this will all develop the next few hours will be definitely interesting also in this regard there hundreds of military Police National guard secret service and other Law Enforcement agencies ready to go to come into d. C. And im sure into other states too everybodys on the alert and. Lets see whats going to happen the next few hours because theyre look like a country preparing for a hurricane and not for an election Stefan Simons in washington tonight stefan thank you. Well it is not just at home where donald trump divides opinion with his america 1st policies and his brazen style of diplomacy hes also polarized opinion outside the United States w news has been asking people around the world who they hope will win this election i suspect that the United States can find they really are sheep in this moment because we are facing up to me here in costa rica we depend on. For example reading we have. The frontiers open again waiting for this movie i hope biden wins because with trump things are not going very well i hope that with bidens triumph relations with mexico will improve. I think donald trump will win he won so surprisingly last time as well from many known an expense thats why i think he will win the election. If i give in to see how trump doesnt win i dont want trump to win because he has been hiding has really badly when it comes to managing but a day of school bad situation but any kind of scenarios that it up didnt last one year offer though im expecting anything even a civil war anything can happen. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world britain has raised its Terror Threat level to severe its 2nd highest following attacks in austria and france severe means that an attack is considered highly likely the u. K. Home secretary saying the decision is a precautionary measure and not based on any specific threat france has reported 854 deaths from the corona virus in the last 24 hours thats the highest daily death toll since mid april the country is seeing a huge surge in cases more than 36000. 00 new infections reported today alone a month Long National walk down is now in force. Well here in europe has declared 3 days of National Mourning after 4 people were killed in a shooting rampage in the capital b n a a gunman opened fire at multiple locations in the city center last night and hes been identified as a 20 year old sympathizer of socalled Islamic State police have arrested more than a dozen suspects in the hunt for possible accomplices of the killing. An eerie quiet on the streets as the city of woke up to sense of dread. I did not sleep i feel for i still feel the panic. Nervous poor 8 i live in the neighborhood next to ill go from there you could hear a lot of police have regained control over the city center after the dramatic shooting on monday night chances about staying cool condemned what he called an insular mystic terror attack. Its not it was an attack out of hatred out of hatred for our often amount of values out of hatred for our way of life out a favorite for our democracy people are equal in rights and dignity. But one thing is clear we will not be intimidated by the terrorists. Until monday austria had been spared large scale terror attacks motivated by religious extremism urged his country meant to remain united in the face of this new threat. We must be aware that this is not a conflict between christians and muslims or between australians and migrants know this is a fight between the many people who believe in peace and those few who want. The 1st gunshots rang out shortly after 8 pm the gunman was killed in the ensuing fight he was later identified as a 20 year old man with both austrian and north citizenship he was jailed last year after trying to join the Islamic State in syria he was later released. The police are knows with going through videos sent in by eyewitnesses to determine if he was a lone shooter. The video so far gave no indication of a 2nd perpetrator however since the revelation has not yet been completed we cannot finally say how many perpetrators are actually responsible for the crime. Chancellor courts went to the site of the shooting to pay his respects to the victims declaring 3 days of national in mourning. Joined by our correspondent. David to you is there any more clarity concerning how many people were involved in this attack. Well what police are maintaining brand is it is a possibility that the gunman who was shot dead acted alone but theyre also not ruling out the possibility that they could have been another gunman who aided the gunman who had been shot dead by police and the reason that b. S. P. Saying that is because of the boss the vaults of data in terms of videos that have been submitted to the police and the authorities by the public in vienna Something Like one out of bytes of data off which only about 50 percent had been sifted through to the feast Late Afternoon and based on the analysis of that data and those videos it appears that there is one gunman but since all the data all the videos have been viewed as yet police are still yet to rule out definitely if there was in fact another gunman involved in the shooting we understand the the suspect shot dead had been through a director who was asian programming that even earned Early Release from that program did he slip through the system and is there talk about consequences here. I mean this is something that certainly has been discussed its something that has been addressed by austrias interior minister named ahmed who said that it appears that this suspect deceived this system other system was useful but essentially the judicial do you got to program which in this particular instance comprises of 13 men tolls on meat do you advocate is or shouldnt suspects twice every month and provide a report based on that is that sufficient to decide if somebody has been sufficiently do you have to be allies is an open question but why did you add to begin to expand that to most do you have it measured programs across europe which most of which are new and another number of them are suffering from stockholm skewed to stop because i must add and a lack of financing yet they have been able to make some headway indeed radicalizing suspects so is this a system that needs overhaul probably is it just pedia one and open question or to take a listen to what the austrian new president alexander from the bell and said today about this attack to kill us and it dominant hand ladies and gentleman this was officer an attack on every one values life in a free society it was an attack and i want free society itself on our community and on tolerance and respect for one another in a speak to an end yeah an attack on the country what we heard there now were looking at 3 days of mourning in austria i mean how is this affecting austrians tonight. It really has had its taken austin by surprise it has caused a caused shock it has caused a lot of grief and therefore you see the calls from like on the phone the violent i mean its a bust in cook so strange astana what are some people to stay united you can some of the calls from the mayor of vienna and the grieving is something that the v. A. Needs are being asked to do all right a correspondent in austria forced tonight to rush thank you. Youre watching the w. News live from berlin coming up next business stick around shell be right back. What secrets lie behind small. Discover new adventures in 360 degrees. And explore the World Heritage sites. World heritage 368 hours now. In the. Climate change. Or so. Much as soon. As today the future of. Local news dot com theyre closer to the. Cliff. Finally election day in the United States and wall street is banking on a clear ill call it but do they want 4 more years or until more years of donald trump. Also on the show it was meant to be the biggest i. P. O. In the world until it came screeching to a halt china is suspended for. A double listing. And much contest the construction project in the baltic sea finally gets Court Approval in the go for the famine. This is the value of business im going on in berlin thank you very much for joining us well were in the final hours before polls formally closed in the United States and the Business World is watching closely now traditionally investors that usually back republican candidates for president thats thanks to their support for lower taxes and minimal government regulation but Historical Data show Market Performance under republican president s often dont match Investor Expectations heres a ranking of past administrations american markets and more specifically the s. And p. 500 saw a 210 percent jump under bill clinton making his time in office the most profitable for investors a similar picture for barack obama who presided over a 182 percent increase stocks 7 rose only around 50 percent during the administration of george bush sr and his son left office with markets down some 0. 44 which brings us to the incumbent donald trump under him the s. And p. Is up 44 percent. But is that enough for the investor vote thats a question for again score to our financial correspondent in new york. It appears that we dont have it yet. Lets wait 2 more seconds. He is not here that is a very unfortunate lets see if we can get him again later moving on china has slammed the brakes on what was meant to be the Worlds Largest i. P. O. 2 days before trading was set to start the and group had planned a 37000000000. 00 listing in shanghai and hong kong before the sudden suspension the governing body of the Shanghai Stock Exchange said it was jus to changes in regulations in china analysts saw it as a move to rein in the thin tax founder billionaire jack ma who wanted out to be treated as a tech firm rather than a highly regulated financial institution. Now to some of the other Global Business stories making news. Saudi arabian Oil Giant Aramco has posted a 45 percent drop in 3rd quarter net profits compared to a year earlier the coronavirus found it continues to weigh on demand and prices its also increasing pressure on the saudi government to diversify its oil reliant economy. Dacha airline kalen and its 7 unions have reached a deal to cut wages that will last as long as the carrier needs government pandemic Economic Relief no agreement clears the way for the next installment of a 3400000000 euro aid package. Adventure is looking to scale nepal of himalayan peaks and track its mountain trails can finally do so again for the 1st time in 7 months nepal had closed its borders due to the coronavirus pandemic now theyre open again not a day too soon for the countrys crucial alpine to or as an industry. Trail snaking through the himalayas are still deserted Mountain Guides and sherpas in common do have nothing to do but theyre excited about the news that the country is reopening to backpackers and tourists. Were all happy that well be back in our job soon though. The last few months have been financially difficult and mentally torturous for us. Now we are finally back in our jobs but because of the pandemic only a very few tourists are expected to come. Because in. Those who want to come are required to take a coronavirus test before leaving their home country and stay for a week in quarantine at a hotel in katmandu. And then take another test before theyre allowed to go hiking. The government is trying to scale down expectations that tourism will be back to normal soon as it tries to balance economic and Health Concerns during the pandemic. To put it over some of the video the. Government is not open to all tourism but only to a section of visitors who we know we are able to control and manage. This on the open. Last year tourism brought in more than 2000000000. 00 to nepal the industry employs a 1000000 people from porters to pilots. They see the reopening of the country as a hopeful shimmer in the sky. A German Federal court has approved the construction of a contested major Infrastructure Project the famine belt tunnel a direct connection between denmark and germany funded by the e. U. The plan tunnel has enraged and byron mentalists and residents of the island a family. A ferry is still the only connection between the german eye than defi mon and denmark at the moment the trip across the baltic takes around 45 minutes the planned tunnel would shorten the travel time to 10 minutes great news for drivers but for the private Ferry Company its a threat to their livelihood. Discount lines is going to court suing the tunnel project for unfair trade practices. Because the from my our main grievance is the use of e. U. Money to build the tunnel. We demand transparency. Its wrong that the project receives unlimited state sponsored subsidies without any time limits imposed. The project is set to cost more than 7000000000. 00 euros denmark once it done fast and has already began building very end of the tunnel. The largest working toward in europe is being built off the coast of the island. And should be completed by the end of next year. On the land the groundwork for a gigantic factory is underway this is where the concrete elements for the tunnel will be produced in the future. It will be the worlds longest emersed tunnel with 18 kilometers of train tracks and a 4 lane highway. By building disconnection and we can actually save a significant amount of time and fuel and c o 2 emissions by connecting to industrial aha plans together with the director of it does also while he supports the project. But resistance is building up on the german side environmental activists fear that large areas of the environmentally compromised baltic sea would be just right by the top. And the Tourism Industry on the vacation island of fame on this concerned as well years Long Construction could scare away visitors. We expect a 9 to 10 percent drop in tourism because of the huge construction site experts have done several studies and thats something we have a lot of respect for. Connecting the tunnel to germanys rail and road network is being hotly debated around 800000000 girls have been earmarked to do just that but experts say it will cost much more. Well heres a fun fact when it is the 2nd most expensive spice in the world being the 1st but researchers are seeking a change that. Real vanilla is a luxury product the plant is a type of orchids delicate and demanding. From north studies vanilla for the university of wyoming and in holland hes exploring new techniques producers can use to grow vanilla in greenhouses if i do things. Flowers in 2 years so these plants. From 2017. Flowers and year flowers in march till may and we will face this in november. The problem with the nell is that it only bugs when each flower is fertilized by hand and time is of the essence when the petals open farmers only have 6 hours to fertilize the plant greenhouse cultivation can still be worthless around 4 years ago the price of vanilla exploded jumping from 30. 00 to over 600. 00 per kilogram most commercial vanilla comes from one land. Here vanilla is an important source of income for some with the only one cultivation is a protracted and exhausting process. Without a helping hand the plants wouldnt be as productive the longer the vanilla has to ripen the better the quality vanilla scarcity makes an attractive target producers harvested earlier each year to avoid theft and its become a speculative commodity. There are some people here who take advantage of the situation on the revenue we make our living from the mill and its getting harder because some people have been cheated and sold rotten vanilla. To them some was. Back in the netherlands the worlds oil supplies may have lost value but dutch manila experiments are still bearing fruit. For the near la and for a lot of other crops. We think. If you want to be rowed in a greenhouse it should be more stable us to know more about the background will feel for itas the costs of vanilla cultivation are high making it a risky investment but researchers here say anything can be cultivated as long as theres a will and a profit to be made feeding the world. All under glass. And thats all from us thank you for watching. Up above the glittering skyline of singapore and. Our vegetables. The megacity had been importing tons of food from the polish but more and more it is to be self produced singapore high tech metropolis into an agricultural nation 3000. 00. And 60 minutes. Is for me. Is for you. Is for health. Beethoven is for. Is for the. Beethoven is for cause. Beethoven is for. Beethoven 202250th anniversary here on. We know that this is a scary time for us the coronavirus is changing the world changing. So please take care of yourself keep your distance wash your hands if you can stay at how we deal with human for here for you we are working tirelessly to keep you informed on all of our platforms were all in this together and together to make it. Stay safe everybody. Stay safe stay safe increase in stay safe. This this deed of the news africa coming up on the program trumps all bided the u. S. President ial election is dividing the continent charm supporters in nigeria march in support of the u. S. President hoping for him to win but why exactly. Is it well put up to let you know this is this talk to me this is me. On the upper is a joke you should live even. If this is easy this is who me. But i also do is in ones area while holding the trump will nubes will meet some of them sharing the talks on the us president and his administration. At the michael jr is the name youre welcome to the program now this for treats of dont know trump wearing a traditional you outfit hangs in an upscale restaurant and make it clear as show of support for the u. S. President right but just like in the states trumps bad for reelection the. Its views on the continents so will it be trump or his democratic challenger joe biden weve taken our camera out to the streets across africa from uganda to south africa i would love to see the democrats the most like. And inspiring to the minorities as policy all over the place and the knowledge you have eased is really really not. A good president when it comes to. How he handles people and how we treat. People in the u. A. E. I count weve done that from you next week theres no doubt about that. I think that joe biden was too soft for him 202 down to earth i mean he goes down to people we put him. On trial. You know. How close are not done on the. Machine i did in 1000 as a change the game plan for my thinking is. Joe biden is going to win thank you guys to me and now they making me go back because in africa you can watch on 2 weeks so they should be an example. Im expected to do this in the bag. Some interesting mixed reactions that now africas largest economy and most populous country nigeria has had overall a Good Relationship for the u. S. President who he was one of very few african heads of state to be invited to the white house i was back in 2018 but that gesture did not stop the u. S. From placing the travel ban on nigerians. For failing to meet u. S. Security and information sharing standouts but for some that has no. Same here product is how the. Ends meet. She also gives money to. More young who has a degree in business administration. But here in nigeria jobs for young people even those with a good education. Thats why she applied for a visa to work in the United States in february. This is in nigeria so there may. Be more of these to get more and i will miss up with different. People that is not in nigeria. A precondition was rejected after the u. S. Suspended immigration from nigeria on january 30th. Thats why wants to see u. S. President donald trump voted out. Shes praying the visa freeze on nigerians will be defeated next year. When i believe that this will be no doubt for me to be in the week. Dreams of life abroad nigerian writer cora. Conde he is back on the us my wife. Has a green card but he and his family decided to come back to nigeria he says racial tensions have surged and that trump he might not want to be in the u. S. That doesnt stop writing critically about the visa fees for nigerians who are the most educated immigrant group in the u. S. Nigeria has given you know the United States a number of ph d. Holders we contributed a lot to the economy with the talks this Social Security a 1000000 ideas were paid to this which is great you dont have to spend it because when they grow they come back and live in nigeria so when you get the excuse from government that you know. From people who are contributing to the u. S. Society then you begin to wonder what exactly is it has been said. Hopes that if trump is voted out the u. S. Will open its due to flu nigerians again and to become more welcoming for those like if you make it to us she was. Joining me now is that. I was winning political cartoonist satirist and a political commentator based in nairobi hello patrick its great to have you now youve written a lot about the u. S. Elections in relation to africa one of them is titled the black election looms what are you driving at. Well thanks fast for thanks for having me on the point im trying to drive there has been. An african of action and theres been lots of comparisons of whats happening in the u. S. With. Perceive elections in africa. And as violent. Point right was done i actually often selections in many african countries not all of them run pretty good elections with. Pretty. Actions. Much better than the u. S. Does it so the u. S. Election african one i think its a bit of an african one which is where the black face comes. Ok so so in doing so what are some of the major issues happening in the u. S. Youre trying to address. I think in the us for us from when i say it the us house of a long time being one of the allow this proponents all free election. The congress in general. Preaching to africa for very long time about how we should improve our system and actually helping in many cases among the countries to improve that but it seems as it was preaching what it was drinking wine. With us been a little reform on its own system and. Moved to all. This it was donald trump how did it can that dont exist and that we see. In. Within its elections you know when you look at it you wonder you know why is it that you were teaching us about democracy but not practicing it you know why why did you does about how to hold a free critical election but not practicing this at home so in a sense this is the u. S. Coming up victim of its own hubris it needs to go back home and start looking at its own systems you know whether it is about in a uniform way of people registering to vote some of the things thats been insisting should be happening you know having one Electoral Commission to oversee the whole exercise and they are in the u. S. We do not have this you know so they really need to sit back and look at their own systems and walk around how they need them. Now you mentioned earlier. President trump in this case abbott autocratic while being president and you expect africans to maybe stay away theres still some support on the continent for trump though they want him to win and why is that the case you think. Well i think within the continent there is lots of support in countries like kenya and nigeria where you go it really powerful religious groups specially the right wing. Eventually cold chances are really active there and i think they are taking their cue from the u. S. You know where. Is one of the biggest sporting blocs supporting what can the u. S. Lead from democratic countries in africa. All this loss to learn how to run elections Credible Elections come none what to do when it comes to preserving the peace and how to carry out an election time when you have crisis i think african countries over the last 50 years have done a lot of work on their. Electoral system the democratic systems they have learnt how to contain executive you know. Big of a gun. Is pretty much lost on you know you he still have a view here and there in the main but it was 120 years ago so this is not set off london doing the focus in the u. S. Can learn from ok patrick i was when in political cartoonist satirist for lets go commentator and nairobi thank you for your time. Now lets get a quick round up of some election relieved stories happening on the continent on monday we extensively covered the contested Election Results in tanzania now theres been an update police in tanzania have released the main opposition candidate to least the it arrested for allegedly plotting illegal demonstrations several positions politicians were made in custody in accuses the ruling party of raiding last months general election. And 10. Ugandan police have arrested opposition president ial hopeful just hours after he registered the date of the night he was the pop star 10 politician of planning rallies disrupt public something he did not. See to uganda as a long time president during his leave you in next years election. Has been reelected. By the opposition. Him winning 94 percent of the vote but it was see it was illegal for ouattara to contest because its on 10 limits. And we leave it for today for stories to d. W. Dot com slash africa or Facebook Twitter pages you can also get in touch with me directly on twitter as we watch how the u. S. Elections play out take a look at. Gone viral on social media and how some children from nigeria acting out how they see trump onto the late its by for now. A new National Pride is swelling our hearts and staring ourselves so true the strength of our new found in the heart of our people so true when any one hurts we all heard together and thats so true ive always wanted to see a sumo tournaments so true in moments of despair we with this is the true character of the American People so that our farmers are our future so true farm country is gods country. To. Literature invites us to see people in particular that i like to see myself as the kids find strength and grow. My own. To share with a fine beautiful. Book on you to. How does the virus spread. Why do we have it and then well. Just through the time. And weekly radio show its called spectrum if you would like to meet your information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. Science the. Sound of silence is filling concert halls here in germany well tell you why top musicians are staging silent protests amid the governments new walk down thats coming up here on arts and culture and later on the show leading architects have a go at designing for dogs what are the dogs think about it. First though a new documentary on one of the most ambitious climate projects to date a campaign to plant a wall of trees right across africa the trees are meant to stop the spread of the Sahara Desert creating more stability for People Living on its edges american director Jared Pease Scott documents the project in the great green wall a film thats also a musical journey across africa. Africa a continent of diversity with the youngest population on the planet. But its. The scene of conflicts crises brought by Climate Change. 60000000 people. Expected. By 25th. What else can you do. Then try to find a better life. Molly a news issue in an activist you know takes the viewer on an epic journey through africa saw homes own a region thats been heavily affected by Climate Change through music more just hopes to promote the great green room project. Tree planting campaign that aims to plant. Long green belts of forest and greenery across the continent of africa. The goal to stop a vacation. The film is a musical road movie with more just singing about the subject closest to hearts china which was pretty bad. And i can only read. My. First dog senegal this is where the great green wall has made the most progress across 150 kilometers 12000000 trees have been planted creating the 12000 hectares of 1st. Another stop on more just journey is nigeria here for i make changes made to countries conflicts more acute. Chant the source of livelihoods for millions has shrunk by almost 90 percent. The Terror Organization boko haram owes its rise in part to social unrest brought about by Climate Change. People ask themselves what do i have left should i join an armed group go to the city try to reach europe. The great green war project is about creating a viable future for over 1000000000 the young african. If it doesnt succeed there will be more migration so far only 15 percent of the green war is completed consonance fate hangs in the balance. 2 my colleague Melissa Holroyd is here to tell us more melissa this is such a humongous project isnt it yeah its epic and if its completed it would be the largest living structure on the planet it would be 3 times the size of the Great Barrier reef he said if yet well they hope to be completed by 2030 they started in 2007 with the hof way there and. Now lets talk a little bit about you know my job. In person in this film with her shes really a powerhouse shes not just a singer as she knows shes done a whole lot of things shes also a model shes been on the catwalks of paris and around the world shes been on for 3 best selling albums and what she does the documentary is broken up into chapters and in each chapter she meets with local musicians and they collaborate and they put together they put together songs to create an album to raise money full of. Great great will so theres a chapter about each of these countries along what will be a very great green wall this is also just a. Film project and you know my job is one of the big names involved there are some other big names i believe to have a map from and im a realist is also nominated brazilian director he did city of gold and also as you mentioned jared piece hes done a number of documentaries in the past with chomsky and he says that he was motivated to put together the documentary because he felt that the. People that are suffering the most in the world from Climate Change have contributed the least to Climate Change so hes at the justice yeah real sense of justice and also he says that its a real story of hope and resolve and of course he wants to get more of the wall actually built so the documentary uses the great green wool more as sort of a metaphor rather than sort of a literal story i mean its all its also really being built but as a metaphor as to how these Different Countries a dealing with Climate Change and each of these chapter is deals with a different problem thats being addressed there are some very positive stories one of them is ethiopia is the chapter on ethiopia i dont know if you remember in the 1980s youre probably too young to remember but there was there were terrible terrible famines in ethiopia that saw hundreds of thousands of people die so then every greening of of the place has really had some very very positive effects you know with the whole right thanks so much for coming on the show. Culture makers here in germany saying that the government is silencing the arts with its new career