On this sunday night, the final 48 hours in the race for president. A frantic final push on the campaign trail, obama and romney making a mad dash through the swing states. Meantime, tempers flare. Tonight a final poll on where this race stands and how sandy could impact the election. Plus the new big storm closing in threatening to disrupt a massive recovery operation. And making a difference, the marathon may be off, but the race is on to help some of the hardest hit victims of the storm. From our election home, nightly news begins now. Good evening. In just over 48 from now, the first polling places here on the east coast will close in the president ial election. The final countdown is on and the gut check moment has arrived for president obama and governor romney as they make the crucial decisions as to where and how to marshall their resources into places they can still make a difference. And tonight, were about to release the results of our time poll in this race, a lastminute sn
Song on itunes called hearts i leave behind featuring winona judd. 100 of the proceeds go to the chris kyle foundation. Special report this is a fox news alert. Im bret baier in washington. One more step tonight into high stakes game of political chicken over Homeland Security funding. The senate has failed to advance a bill to fund the agency and overturn president obamas executive action on immigration. Chief Congressional Correspondent is on capitol hill with the breaking news tonight. The vote is still open but there are already 44 noes and so the democratic filibuster of a house dhs funding bill continues. Time is running short. Democrats say they want the ability to amend dhs funding legislation but then they keep
voting to block their own ability to offer amendments. It just doesnt make sense. Reporter earlier the president spoke to nations governors about possibility of Homeland Security employees going to work next week without getting paid. They all work in your states. These
Park, over primrose hail, regents park, that whole area. If you happen to know london. Someone has helpfully reminded someone to stay away from each other unless you are members of one household, of course. And as we have been reflecting throughout the day, there is a very strong message from government this very sunny eastern bank holiday weekend. Dont go out above and beyond the restrictions. You can go out for for chopping, for medicines, to help someone chopping, for medicines, to help someone who is vulnerable and you can go out once per day for exercise. So you have to assume that all of those people are doing their once per day by at exercise. We have been watching these shots from the helicopter over the past few minutes and certainly the regions park that we we re and certainly the regions park that we were looking at is not super crowded, which is good news. That is exactly what the police and what government will want to see. Have course, what we are not supposed to be doing
The number of people known to have died from the coronavirus Global Pandemic is now more than 150,000, according to the latest figures collated byjohns Hopkins University in the united states. 37,000 have died in the us itself. Italy, spain, france and the uk make up half of the worldwide toll. The World Health Organization has cast doubt on the usefulness of antibody tests for covid 19 which many countries had hoped to use to determine if people have developed immunity to the virus. Who officials in geneva said there was no evidence that having had the virus would guarantee immunity. 847 people have died in british hospitals in the past 2a hours. It brings the total number of deaths tojust over 1a,500. The uk government is setting up a new task force to back the development of a vaccine, but itll be many months before one is available. The demand for help from foodbanks has soared in some areas as a result of the pandemic with many people suddenly finding they have no income. In west
This is bbc news, imjane hill. The headlines. A growing political row as the government comes under increasing pressure to do more coronavirus testing. We want to see more people tested, very rapidly. We do now have enough tests to be testing those people in Critical Conditions in hospitals. We need that national plan, but for the test which tests whether you have got it now and the new test which will be coming on stream soon, which tests whether youve had it. 16,000 staff may be needed when the newly converted Nightingale Hospital in east london reaches capacity. President trump warns the us to expect a rough two weeks and to stick to social distancing saying its a matter of life and death. Italy mourns the thousands of victims of its coronavirus outbreak as some question whether doctors have been given the necessary equipment. The prince of wales, who has himself recovered from coronavirus, sends a message of support particularly to older people. None of us can say when this will en