America votes: Kamala Harris v Donald Trump
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Harris has advocated for abortion rights and pledged to lower food and housing costs for working families. Trump has vowed to seal the border and has proposed tax cuts worth trillions. Americans are not just choosing the president - they' ae also picking members of the US Congress, and some states are voting on abortion rights. We hear from our correspondents in key states.
Also on the programme: the fate of the Iranian woman arrested for removing her clothes in what looks like a protest, and the first wooden satellite is fired into space.
(Photo: People line up at the polling station in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC Credit: Gamal Diab/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to News Hour live from the BBC World Service. I'm Rebecca Kesbby in London |
| 0:09.4 | and in a moment will be joined by James Kamara Sami in Wisconsin. Whatever happens as a result of today's |
| 0:16.5 | election in the United States is going to be historic. Either Kamala Harris will become the first female US president |
| 0:24.3 | and only the second president of mixed race, |
| 0:27.3 | or Donald Trump will stage one of the only presidential comebacks in history |
| 0:32.4 | and will become the first convicted felon to hold that office. |
| 0:37.1 | Today America decides and the whole world |
| 0:39.6 | is watching. Such is the power and influence of the United States. It hasn't come cheap. |
| 0:45.7 | $3.5 billion have been spent on advertisements alone. It's thought the overall cost of the |
| 0:52.1 | races this time around is about $16 billion, making it the most expensive election cycle ever. |
| 0:59.6 | Kamala Harris wrapped up her campaign with a final rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, |
| 1:04.2 | the biggest of the swing states that could determine the outcome of this election. |
| 1:09.4 | She told supporters she was confident of victory, |
| 1:12.0 | but that the race was not over yet. |
| 1:14.3 | Tonight, then we finish as we started, |
| 1:19.3 | with optimism, with energy, with joy, |
| 1:26.8 | knowing, knowing that we the people have the power to shape our future. |
| 1:37.5 | Well, the star-studded event was attended by John Bon Jovi, Katie Perry, Oprah Winfrey, |
| 1:43.4 | Lady Gaga |
| 1:44.2 | was the final act of the night, |
| 1:46.5 | bringing the curtain down on the Harris campaign. |
| 1:49.4 | She performed on the edge of glory. |
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