With us on election day weve got the white house behind us and in front of us. The decision on this election day when millions of americans have already made up their minds. Yeah, weve got lots to talk about this morning lot of questions too about whats going to happen as the ballots. Our county tonight and into the days that follows and joining us to discuss more about that is Washington Post political reporter philip above phillip. Thank you so much for joining us today. So i read your article counting votes isnt cheating. It was a really nice breakdown of the entire process, what motivated you to write this in the first place. One of these were hearing particular from President Trump and his allies is this that by allowing both county and go on past today and wednesday, potentially isnt for week or so that theyre somehow something nefarious or or or or wrong about that when in fact it simply is the case that votes always take allow Council Members were able predict whos going to win
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 int
Shortly. Increase security in vienna after 4 people were killed in a shooting the government is calling a terrorist attack ugandan politician bobby wine is arrested and then released after being nominated for next years president ial election. And in sports the argentine football legend Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital although his doctor says its not related to covert 19. Voting is underway across the United States in whats expected to be a record turnout in the elections its already the most controversial and highly anticipated poll in recent years and it comes in the midst of a deadly pandemic which continues to get worse donald trump and joe biden have campaigned for months now its up to the American Public that hasnt stopped the men battling for every. Vote with biden out in pennsylvania and trump expected soon in virginia well lets begin our coverage by speaking to alan fischer in washington d. C. So were getting ever closer to that deadline and the message is still b
Synod for god and everybody to hear that he had total authority i was done it is against democracy while trump does have a sturdy base the strength of republicans coming out against him cannot be overlooked. All right its coming up to 23 actually actually gone past 2300 hours g. M. T. 6 pm on the east coast and youre watching aljazeera special coverage of the 2020 u. S. Election as you can see from the truck at the top right of your screen were about an hour from the 1st polls closing on the east coast go straight to our White House Correspondent kimberly. Kimberly the big question looming of course is when when when when will we have an election whats the feeling at the white house behind you. I can tell you that the feeling at the White House Well the president projected a lot of optimism you can tell that there is a lot of tension behind the scenes the president has been very optimistic promising that there will be a red wave that he will be able to flip states that were typically d
Take a look. I feel very good, we have crowds that nobodys ever had before, i think you can agree, its been incredible, crowds have been incredible, nobodys ever had it before, i think that translates into a lot of votes. [inaudible] [applause] neil we are everywhere engaging how americas responding to this longawaited day, keep in mind 100 million americans have already voted but we have Hillary Vaughn in wilmington, delaware, jonathan and atlanta, georgia, we are anywhere and everywhere gauging what are some early trends that could be profound as the day ensues, first to Hillary Vaughn and wilmington, delaware following the movies of the former Vice President. Hey hillary. Reporter joe biden says he is feeling good and last night he predicted that he will win tonight, he is still not leaving anything to chance it is not missing an opportunity to visit his hometown in scranton, pennsylvania to get the final word in, he made a remark today and scrim pennsylvania on the historic vote in