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🗓️ 4 November 2024
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American voters are about to choose their next president, but whoever takes office will influence matters far beyond US borders. On the eve of the presidential election, we'll get to the heart of what's at stake in the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and Africa. Also, the world lost one of the biggest names in music on Sunday. Quincy Jones passed away at the age of 91. He leaves behind a legacy that spans decades and genres. And, New York City just made jaywalking legal, after data showed that people of color were overwhelmingly the ones being stopped for the crime. But why was it a crime in the first place?
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0:00.0 | It is Americans heading to the polls, but tomorrow's vote is a global nail-biter. |
0:09.6 | Much of the rest of the world is looking out to see, you know, are there cracks in the American facade of power? |
0:16.6 | I'm Marco Werman. |
0:17.7 | And I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
0:19.1 | Today, what this election means outside the U.S. |
0:22.5 | And voices from the U.S. state that's taken in a record number of refugees. |
0:26.6 | We want to start over and have something for ourselves, not to be begging, but also stand as to be sustainable. |
0:33.1 | Plus, the number of continents on Earth isn't as clear-cut as we tend to think. |
0:38.3 | And jaywalking is not a universal obsession. In lots of places, it is perfectly legal. |
0:43.6 | Is jaywalking a thing in the Netherlands? |
0:48.0 | No, no. Pedestrian safety hanging in the balance. |
0:51.5 | That's all ahead today on the world. |
0:57.5 | This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for being with us on this eve |
1:03.0 | of the U.S. election. anxiety about the resilience of U.S. democracy has American allies abroad on |
1:09.6 | pins and needles as voters head to the polls. Meanwhile, |
1:12.8 | countries like China and Russia might be less dismayed to see Western democracy and chaos, |
1:18.1 | should things go sideways. Whoever wins this election, however, the electoral process itself plays out, |
1:24.3 | the outcome won't be strictly an American concern. This is a high-stakes |
1:28.4 | decision all over the globe. Ravi Agrawal is the editor-in-chief for foreign policy and hosts of |
1:33.7 | their podcast, FP Live. Earlier today, I asked him how much confidence the rest of the world has, |
1:39.6 | in whom U.S. voters might choose, but also in how Americans will actually pull off this election. |
1:45.0 | I think the key thing here is that when the United States talks to the rest of the world about |
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