Or weeks. And concerns over Election Results uncertainty and rising coronavirus cases worldwide caused stocks to tank today. All three were down 3 . The dow closed at a low not seen since july. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. With less than a week to go, many Bay Area Community groups big and small are mobilizing their communities to get out the vote. Abc News Reporter kris reyes has what is driving them to make sure as many ballots are cast as possible. Its a critical thing for our community to enable people to safely vote in a pandemic and to ensure the democracy has today. Reporter the oakland as are not just talking the talk but lending the coliseum. 10,000 Parking Spaces to be used as an accessible voting site from saturday to election day. Gestures big and small are happening. Grass Roots Organization bay rising action is reaching out to under served community, especially new immigrants. Everybody has face masks on, gloves, sanitizing their hands. There is texting,
But i felt like it was going to be safe. Reporter more than 40 of ballots sent out have been returned, but with a major jump in Voter Registration from 2016, secretary of state alex padilla says it means there is still a lot to people who need to cast their vote. The math is simple, there is more than 22 million registered voters in the state of california. A little bit more than nine a half million ballots already back, that is great early voting number, but that means there is more than 10 million voters who have yet to participate. Reporter several sports arenas will be converted into early voting and ballot drop off locations, starting saturday, and three election day, that includes levis a stadium in santa clara, and the oakland coliseum, the warriors have transformed the practice facility in downtown oakland on broadway, and Kaiser Permanente arena in santa cruz into pulling sites, the area around the chase center will serve as a ballot dropoff location, with more options opening
The next few days stronger than the sun. Is so strong. That. We celebrate the 30th anniversary for this occasion october 3rd on d w. Its the largest disruption of Global Education systems in history. When the pandemic 1st tazer around one and a half 1000000000 students around the world worse than tomas gould closed their doors. Somehow thin 3 opened but class isnt in sight. For harf of the world school children. The lucky ones were able to pursue their studies online. But for many even in developed countries that is not an option. The world was already struggling to come to grips with educational inequality now the United Nations warns the coburg crisis is making it worse disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable threatening to wipe out decades of progress for this generation and possibly beyond. This is over 1000 special im Kate Ferguson thanks for joining me at the height of the pandemic schools in some 190 countries close their doors many have since reopened but the experienc
A key speech should the bundestag chancellor merkel warns of tough months ahead in the battle against covert 19 and appeal directly to the german public not to underestimate the threat of a 2nd when. The death toll climbs in the breakaway negara no kind of back to the region as our median and azerbaijani leaders say now is not the time for peace talks. Plus colons l g b t community is being marginalized by the warsaw government it is hoping the european commissions new report on the rule of law could change that. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump and a democratic challenger joe biden have faced off on whats being called the worst president ial debate ever the chaotic 95 minute televised clash touched on issues including the coronavirus Race Relations and the economy but the discussion descended into a series of interruptions and personal mudslinging. President ial debates are meant to eliminate educate and engage this one offered up little of
Going well, i think, thank you to all, love. Lauren blanchard joins us live with the latest on the president s health from washington, d. C. Reporter good evening, cristina, andre, the president s physician says tonight he is fatigued and has a low grade fever, but in good spirits. As you mentioned, he has been given a dose of remdesivir, and his physician says now he is resting comfortably. I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support. Im going to walter reed hospital. I think im doing very well. But we are going to make sure things work out. Reporter in a video message shared from the white house, President Trump worked to reassure the nation after he and the first lady tested positive for covid19. Then the president departed the spend the next several days working from Walter Reed National Medical Center out of an abundance of caution. The president s physician saying as a precautionary measure, mr. Trump has been given a dose of remdesivirs experimental antiviral drug thats