really happy to have you here. we are less than 30 days out now from the elections. we are going to be joined in just a moment by the man who was in charge of the democratic party s efforts to hold the united states senate. and that is quite a job this year. the polling averages right now show that the prospects for both parties in the senate are equal as of today. literally, if the polling says today ends up matching the vote on election day, it will be 50/50 in the senate. so in terms of control of the senate, control of the direction of the country, every race really matters. every seat really matters. every candidate really matters. it is just on a knife s edge. and i mean, just on a personal level, if you didn t know whether you would volunteer for a candidate yet this year. if you would volunteer to door knock or do some get out the vote work. if you haven t committed to voting for sure yourself this year, this year your vote will really matter. this is not one to skip
so in terms of control of the senate, control of the direction of the country, every race really matters. every seat really matters. every candidate really matters. it is just on a knife s edge. and i mean, just on a personal level, if you didn t know whether you would volunteer for a candidate yet this year. if you would volunteer to door knock or do some get out the vote work. if you haven t committed to voting for sure yourself this year, this year your vote will really matter. this is not one to skip out on. this election will be very tight and very, very interesting. and very consequential. again, if the polling bears out. and election day looks anything like the polls say it will lookh today. we ll be talking with the man in charge of the democratic party s efforts in the senate in just a moment. obviously, a super high stakes job. a super difficult job. still though, who would you rather be? would you rather be the senate guy for the democrats right now? or would you r
hello, and welcome to bbc world news. police in california have entered a vehicle that was involved in a stand off with a person who they say could be the gunman that killed ten people in a dance club in monterey park on saturday night. police vehicles had hemmed in a white transit van in a car park 50 kilometres from the scene of the mass shooting. the attack happened at a dance venue in monterey park, around seven miles east of los angeles city centre. the motive for the attack remains unclear. peter bowes reports. the injured, being taken to hospital, at the scene of another mass shooting. a ballroom in this predominantly asian community, on the outskirts of los angeles. the police say when officers arrived, people were pouring out onto the street. many were screaming. ten were pronounced dead at the scene, five men and five women. at least ten others were taken to hospital. this is the suspect, described by the police as an asian man, aged between 30 and 50. he fled the s
on suspicion of murdering 35 year old zara aleena in england. police say she was the victim of an opportunist stranger attack . scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon will set out her plans to hold a second referendum on scottish independence. and the dogs not playing ball how these pooches were tipped to be wimbledon s ball boys and girls, but failed to get moving. ..without a treat. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. at least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of san antonio, texas. officials say a further 16 people, including four children, were taken to hospital suffering from heat stroke and exhaustion. san antonio is around 150 miles from the us mexico border and a major transit route for people traffickers. azadeh moshiri. emergency responders crowd together after dozens of bodies were found in an abandoned lorry. more than a dozen survivors, including children, were rushed to hospital. a worker
Celebrating it. this is the deadliest mass shooting in the united states since last may, when 21 people, most of them children, were killed at a school in texas. now, the scourge of gun violence will haunt another community. peter bowes, bbc news, in monterey park. we re joined now by our north america correspondent peter bowes who is in los angeles. what more can you tell us? this as ou sa is what more can you tell us? this as you say is really what more can you tell us? this as you say is really still what more can you tell us? this as you say is really still unfolding - you say is really still unfolding and the latest developments have been many a community about 20 miles away from here, the police heavily armed surrounded a white vaned and it is believed although not confirmed by the authorities that the suspect, the authorities have been looking for in connection with the shooting was inside that van. there are reports that a body was found and may well have been removed from t