:00:00. > :00:09.young crowd, just the fate of the world basically." BBC world News
:00:10. > :00:16.Reporting from Washington, I'm Katty Kay.
:00:17. > :00:22.As polls tightening, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tell their
:00:23. > :00:33.supporters not to take anything for granted.
:00:34. > :00:35.Two police officers are ambushed and killed in Iowa.
:00:36. > :00:37.The suspect has a history of confrontations with authorities
:00:38. > :00:40.and is now in custody. And using dance to draw attention
:00:41. > :00:49.A famous choreographer is hoping her latest production
:00:50. > :01:08.The candidates are now crisscrossing the country in a critical stage of
:01:09. > :01:11.the campaign which will lead them to the White House, and for Donald
:01:12. > :01:16.Trump it is all about Florida, and that is where he was today.
:01:17. > :01:21.If Hillary Clinton were to be elected it would create
:01:22. > :01:25.an unprecedented and protracted constitutional crisis.
:01:26. > :01:32.Haven't we been through a lot with the Clintons?
:01:33. > :01:38.Hillary Clinton will hit the Key western states of Arizona and
:01:39. > :01:41.Nevada, but the current president was campaigning on her behalf in
:01:42. > :01:46.North Carolina. He left little doubt about how important it was for
:01:47. > :01:49.people to get to the polls. I hate to put pressure on you, but the fate
:01:50. > :01:58.of the republic rests on your shoulders. The fate of the world is
:01:59. > :02:05.teetering and you, North Carolina, I don't have to make sure that we push
:02:06. > :02:11.it in the right direction. That is quite a burden to the Asian people.
:02:12. > :02:16.-- that is quite a burden for those young people.
:02:17. > :02:19.For more on the state of the race and those crucial swingstates both
:02:20. > :02:22.nominees are vying to win, I spoke a brief time
:02:23. > :02:23.ago with Alex Altman, Washington Correspondent
:02:24. > :02:29.The president is the anyone having fun in this campaign. He has had a
:02:30. > :02:35.good time, needling Donald Trump, telling people they can do better
:02:36. > :02:42.than this. -- the only one having fun. He also said it was a question
:02:43. > :02:47.of voting for Hillary Clinton to protect the Obama legacy. That is
:02:48. > :02:50.the centrepiece of the Clinton campaign, they are trying to
:02:51. > :02:57.reassemble the coalition which Obama has built by turning out his panic
:02:58. > :03:05.and African-American voters -- Hispanic. I was in North Carolina
:03:06. > :03:09.yesterday. Everyone was talking about the fact there is early voting
:03:10. > :03:16.and the number of African Americans voting early is down on 2012 and
:03:17. > :03:22.2008. Will they turn out in the numbers that she needs? The same
:03:23. > :03:26.case in Florida. It remains to be seen, difficult to pass early voting
:03:27. > :03:30.numbers, because you know people are going to the polls but you don't
:03:31. > :03:33.know the percentage of people who will be given to the polls on
:03:34. > :03:41.election day and you don't know who they are voting for. -- driven. What
:03:42. > :03:44.about the map at the moment? Over the last week we have spoken about
:03:45. > :03:50.e-mails and WikiLeaks, and she had bad news with Obama care price
:03:51. > :03:58.spikes. It has been a bad week for the Clintons, but it is not ready
:03:59. > :04:03.changed. Donald Trump still has a task on his hands. In some of the
:04:04. > :04:06.key battle ground state, we are seeing the race tightening and
:04:07. > :04:16.Donald Trump is catching up. Could he turn enough voters to get to 270?
:04:17. > :04:20.Still unlikely? The race is tightening, but at the same time
:04:21. > :04:25.there are very few polls that have shown Donald Trump making inroads in
:04:26. > :04:32.some of the firewalls that Clinton has built. Wisconsin. Yes, states
:04:33. > :04:38.which have never shown Donald Trump in the lead, Colorado, Virginia, the
:04:39. > :04:42.Clinton campaign feels very good about them. Donald Trump is doing
:04:43. > :04:47.better in the Midwestern battle grounds, but he needs to make
:04:48. > :04:52.inroads and there are states he needs to win, Florida, North
:04:53. > :04:56.Carolina, North Carolina is a state that the Clinton team feels very
:04:57. > :05:06.good about. She has an advantage when it comes to the electoral map.
:05:07. > :05:08.You can't say this map >> STUDIO: -- you can't say this race is boring,
:05:09. > :05:12.right? That is right. Well, among the few issues which has
:05:13. > :05:15.broken through in this election is the loss of American jobs
:05:16. > :05:18.and what to do about it. The concerns are pronounced
:05:19. > :05:20.in the state of West Virginia where for decades
:05:21. > :05:22.coal has been king. Now the industry is suffering
:05:23. > :05:24.and Hillary Clinton's call to move away from fossil fuels is causing
:05:25. > :05:27.concern and driving support The BBC's Michelle Fleury has
:05:28. > :05:30.been to Boone County, The Appalachian mountains
:05:31. > :05:33.of West Virginia, with its thick canopy of trees, it's hard
:05:34. > :05:36.to believe this is the heart In just seven years,
:05:37. > :05:39.coal production in the David Green lost his coal
:05:40. > :05:44.job in April. The mines is for the money
:05:45. > :05:51.and the guaranteed money. I mean, you get good
:05:52. > :05:54.wages, a little risky, I would not support Hillary because
:05:55. > :06:04.she is dead against the coal. And Donald is the best
:06:05. > :06:07.of the two evils. Many here feel left
:06:08. > :06:12.behind, forgotten. Coal jobs have been crushed
:06:13. > :06:14.by technology, cheaper natural gas With each mine closure
:06:15. > :06:20.and each bankruptcy, there have been more jobs lost,
:06:21. > :06:22.and that's meant more pain Pro-coal West Virginia used to be
:06:23. > :06:28.out-and-out unionised But Bill Clinton was the last
:06:29. > :06:34.Democratic presidential Nowadays folk here are
:06:35. > :06:40.turning to Donald Trump. There's a lot of talk in these parts
:06:41. > :06:48.of President Obama's war on coal. Many, like out of work miner
:06:49. > :06:51.Bo Copley, blame him Well, when you have a president
:06:52. > :06:58.who says we're not going to make it illegal to mine coal,
:06:59. > :07:00.but we're going to bankrupt people if they want to use coal-fired power
:07:01. > :07:03.plants, it's pretty personal here. And when you have a candidate
:07:04. > :07:05.who says things like, we're going to put a lot of coal
:07:06. > :07:08.businesses and coal miners out of business,
:07:09. > :07:10.that's very personal here. Many people in the region feel
:07:11. > :07:18.abandoned by politicians, even those fighting against the coal
:07:19. > :07:22.industry like activist Maria Gunnoe. We built this country,
:07:23. > :07:25.we built this country from the coal that's been mined out of the ground
:07:26. > :07:27.that has made the steel and powered this country,
:07:28. > :07:32.throughout this country. And we are owed something more
:07:33. > :07:41.than the pollution and the poverty. Few here expect the coal industry
:07:42. > :07:44.to return to its glory days. But Donald Trump is offering hope
:07:45. > :07:50.to a group who don't feel politicians in
:07:51. > :07:53.Washington speak for them. Michelle Fleury, BBC
:07:54. > :08:06.News, West Virginia. That is a complaint from a lot of
:08:07. > :08:10.Americans who have suffered a loss of Manor factoring jobs. --
:08:11. > :08:15.manufacturing. Well, whoever wins the White House -
:08:16. > :08:18.one of the most urgent challenges awaiting them will be working out
:08:19. > :08:21.to deal with Russia. Relations between Washington
:08:22. > :08:23.and Moscow haven't been this tense Our Moscow correspondent
:08:24. > :08:25.Steve Rosenberg reports. Three American presidents
:08:26. > :08:31.with one thing in common. They've all had to deal
:08:32. > :08:35.with this man. Vladimir Putin, the face of Russian
:08:36. > :08:41.politics for more than 16 years. He started out, or so it had seemed,
:08:42. > :08:46.America's friend. But smiles turned to suspicion
:08:47. > :08:51.when the Kremlin launched a crackdown on political
:08:52. > :08:55.opponents, like this tycoon. The US grew disillusioned
:08:56. > :08:57.with the Russian leader and he Over the invasion of Iraq,
:08:58. > :09:04.and Washington's unilateral withdrawal from the
:09:05. > :09:17.antiballistic Missile Treaty. At one point, the US
:09:18. > :09:20.and Russia did try to When anti-government street
:09:21. > :09:24.protests erupted in Russia, Vladimir Putin claimed that
:09:25. > :09:36.Washington was behind them. He said the same about
:09:37. > :09:37.Ukraine's revolution. The US condemned Moscow
:09:38. > :09:39.for annex in Crimea, While, over Syria, US -
:09:40. > :09:42.Russia tensions have reached Today, the image read Amir Putin
:09:43. > :09:46.projects to the world a strong leader who believes he is right
:09:47. > :09:51.and America's wrong, a Russian president who wants
:09:52. > :09:54.to change the balance of power So, how will the new man or woman
:09:55. > :09:59.in the White House deal with that? By cooperating with the Kremlin,
:10:00. > :10:01.says Donald Trump. If we get along well,
:10:02. > :10:10.that would be good. He'd rather have a puppet
:10:11. > :10:14.as president of the United States. Hillary Clinton is more
:10:15. > :10:22.hard line on Russia. The Russians have engaged in cyber
:10:23. > :10:30.attacks against America that you encouraged espionage
:10:31. > :10:32.against our people, that you are willing
:10:33. > :10:34.to spout the Putin live. But history shows that once
:10:35. > :10:37.an election is over, rhetoric gives And the reality is there needs to be
:10:38. > :10:41.a dialogue between a US President And there is no sign
:10:42. > :11:04.of Vladimir Putin vacating that Iraqi forces are closing in on the
:11:05. > :11:09.Islamic State stronghold of Mosul and they are now moving street to
:11:10. > :11:12.street, clearing areas of Islamic State militants who have been
:11:13. > :11:19.putting up a fierce resistance. Aid agencies have warned that civilians
:11:20. > :11:26.are in danger and it is not clear how they are going to escape.
:11:27. > :11:31.We are on the outskirts of the city, and the city centre is that way.
:11:32. > :11:35.As you can see, the road is now full of dozens and dozens,
:11:36. > :11:37.possibly hundreds of families who have been living under the yoke
:11:38. > :11:45.Many of them have been asked to leave for their own safety,
:11:46. > :11:47.many of them want to leave, because for them it's
:11:48. > :11:51.For many of these women that you're seeing here,
:11:52. > :11:53.this is the first time they've been out of their homes
:11:54. > :11:58.Some of the women we've spoken to said they couldn't even go up
:11:59. > :12:01.onto the roof tops to hang out washing for fear of being punished
:12:02. > :12:04.These people have been trapped between two warring parties
:12:05. > :12:12.Immediate peace isn't an immediate prospect.
:12:13. > :12:15.But at least life for many of them will be a little better soon.
:12:16. > :12:21.The big question is, where do they go now?
:12:22. > :12:25.A quick look at other news from around the world.
:12:26. > :12:27.There have been more chaotic scenes in Hong Kong's legislative assembly,
:12:28. > :12:30.as two newly-elected members who were banned from the chamber
:12:31. > :12:36.They evaded security guards and attempted to read
:12:37. > :12:39.Last month, their attempt to take the oath was discounted
:12:40. > :12:43.because they displayed a banner stating "Hong Kong is not China".
:12:44. > :12:45.A report into corruption allegations against South African President
:12:46. > :12:47.Jacob Zuma has recommended a commission of inquiry be
:12:48. > :12:54.The report has been made public amid mounting pressure
:12:55. > :13:00.Protestors marched towards the presidential office
:13:01. > :13:01.in the capital Pretoria earlier, demonstrating
:13:02. > :13:04.against what they call government corruption.
:13:05. > :13:07.Members of staff at Amnesty International's Moscow office say
:13:08. > :13:09.it has been sealed off by city officials.
:13:10. > :13:12.They claim that the locks have been changed and power shut off.
:13:13. > :13:15.The human rights group says it was given no warning
:13:16. > :13:17.but hoped there was "a simple administrative explanation".
:13:18. > :13:18.Amnesty has in the past complained of harassment
:13:19. > :13:57.Police in the US say they have captured a suspect
:13:58. > :13:59.following the fatal shootings of two police officers.
:14:00. > :14:03.Both men were killed in the city of Des Moines
:14:04. > :14:06.while sitting alone in patrol cars during the night -
:14:07. > :14:07.officials describe it as ambush-style attacks.
:14:08. > :14:09.Here's Aleem Maqbool with the details.
:14:10. > :14:10.In the early hours of the morning responding
:14:11. > :14:12.to reports of gunshots, police officers found one
:14:13. > :14:15.of their own colleagues dead in their patrol car.
:14:16. > :14:17.Shortly afterwards another discovery, just two miles away,
:14:18. > :14:19.a second officer shot while sitting in his car.
:14:20. > :14:34.The suspect who was caught several hours after the killings has been
:14:35. > :14:35.named as 46-year-old, Scott Michael Green.
:14:36. > :14:41.After several hours he turned himself in.
:14:42. > :14:44.He was walking down the road, flagged down a DNR employee
:14:45. > :14:47.presented his driver's license to him, told him to call 911.
:14:48. > :14:54.From there the reponding officers took him into custody.
:14:55. > :15:00.This is where the first police officer was found shot dead and you
:15:01. > :15:03.can see the tributes. Across the road is a high school football field
:15:04. > :15:08.and we believe just two weeks ago Scott Green was ejected from their
:15:09. > :15:14.fall waving a Confederate flag in front of black spectators. -- from
:15:15. > :15:19.their for waving. You're on private property
:15:20. > :15:24.you're on school property and we're asking you to leave
:15:25. > :15:31.at this time. Green posted a video online just two
:15:32. > :15:34.weeks ago showing him arguing He had been thrown out of a football
:15:35. > :15:38.stadium for waving Confederate flag The attacks illustrate the dangers
:15:39. > :15:41.to police in America. 51 officers have been killed
:15:42. > :15:43.across the good judiciary alone. What the attack is unlikely to do,
:15:44. > :15:47.is change the debate on the wide A subject that has barely registered
:15:48. > :16:01.this election season. A completely senseless killing.
:16:02. > :16:06.Coming up, we look ahead at the move to legalise marijuana.
:16:07. > :16:08.There have been violent clashes between Orthodox Jews and protestors
:16:09. > :16:12.A group called Women of the Wall is campaigning for the right
:16:13. > :16:15.of women to perform the same rituals as men at the holy site.
:16:16. > :16:23.From Jerusalem, here's Yolande Knell.
:16:24. > :16:26.Marching into the old city of Jerusalem, to reach the holiest
:16:27. > :16:39.But this wasn't just the usual monthly protest
:16:40. > :16:52.They were joined by a large group of international supporters and top
:16:53. > :16:54.rabbis from the reform and Conservative
:16:55. > :17:01.With many women holding up the scrolls of the Torah.
:17:02. > :17:03.When orthodox Jews tried to stop them reaching the Western Wall,
:17:04. > :17:05.there was pushing and shoving, and tempers flared.
:17:06. > :17:06."It's undignified", says this orthodox worshipper.
:17:07. > :17:09."It is divisive and creates a national feud and I think
:17:10. > :17:11.that is what some of these people want".
:17:12. > :17:14.According to orthodox beliefs women should pray in a separate area
:17:15. > :17:16.from men at the wall, and they shouldn't sing,
:17:17. > :17:18.read out from holy texts or wear religious garments.
:17:19. > :17:22.It is a long-standing row but many thought it was over at the start
:17:23. > :17:24.of this year when the Israeli cabinet approved a new space
:17:25. > :17:33.It is about time the Prime Minister implemented the deal.
:17:34. > :17:37.That this is one wall for the entire Jewish people and we all
:17:38. > :17:45.Campaigners believe new arrangements haven't yet been enforced
:17:46. > :17:50.because of pressure from ultraorthodox parties.
:17:51. > :17:53.But they say the issue of equal prayer rights won't go away
:17:54. > :18:10.and is causing a rift amongst Jews around the world.
:18:11. > :18:12.As the US counts down to Election Day - it's not
:18:13. > :18:15.just the new president who will be picked.
:18:16. > :18:17.Voters in five states, including California will decide
:18:18. > :18:19.on whether or not to legalise the recreational use of marijuana.
:18:20. > :18:22.Four other states will consider joining the growing number
:18:23. > :18:26.For more on the potential impact, the BBC's James Cook has gone
:18:27. > :18:28.to Colorado which led the way in this growing movement.
:18:29. > :18:34.This is a tour bus with a twist.
:18:35. > :18:41.No gazing at the Rocky Mountains for these visitors.
:18:42. > :18:45.They have come to the Mile High City to get stoned.
:18:46. > :18:49.Recreational marijuana use has been legal here for two years.
:18:50. > :18:52.It is a new way of life. Welcome to a different Colorado.
:18:53. > :18:54.Puff by puff, Americans are rehabilitating a drug
:18:55. > :19:08.ARCHIVE: The police narcotics detail raids New York City Fields
:19:09. > :19:10.of the insidious weed known as marijuana.
:19:11. > :19:12.Within a period of ten years the narcotic weed has become
:19:13. > :19:18.Today that "insidious weed" is a legal medicine in 25 states
:19:19. > :19:19.and four others allow smoking for fun.
:19:20. > :19:24.That is something that cannabis consumers have dealt
:19:25. > :19:29.We have been looked down upon and treated as lesser,
:19:30. > :19:33.We raise more money than alcohol taxes do and we don't
:19:34. > :19:40.This is marijuana manufacturing on a massive scale.
:19:41. > :19:43.And it is a business which has huge potential
:19:44. > :19:48.to create not just profits, but taxes, as well.
:19:49. > :19:50.But the chief prosecutor here in Denver says
:19:51. > :19:56.He has a message for voters elsewhere, "Don't end up
:19:57. > :20:06.Because you've got a guinea pig out there and it's called
:20:07. > :20:10.And why don't you see what happens? Why rush into this?
:20:11. > :20:12.You're making a public policy decision which can have
:20:13. > :20:19.an impact on an entire generation of Americans.
:20:20. > :20:25.But in the California sun it's another story.
:20:26. > :20:30.The town of Desert Hot Springs fancies itself as a marijuana maker.
:20:31. > :20:33.Big plantations are in the works, and the price of this
:20:34. > :20:36.This back portion of my property right here is going...
:20:37. > :20:38.Jason is one of those hoping to cash in.
:20:39. > :20:40.There's 180,000 square feet approved just a couple of hundred
:20:41. > :20:49.And that is simply for medical use to begin with.
:20:50. > :21:01.If it becomes procreational. Yes.
:21:02. > :21:04.This will be a multi-million dollar business?
:21:05. > :21:07.But marijuana is not quite out of the shadows.
:21:08. > :21:09.Federal law still brands it as dangerous and prohibitive.
:21:10. > :21:12.That may have to change as state after state just says no
:21:13. > :21:30.something which is moving very fast in America, as many states see how
:21:31. > :21:36.much they are making in terms of money in Colorado.
:21:37. > :21:39.Now, anyone who loves loves dance will be no
:21:40. > :21:41.stranger to Debbie Allen - an award winning actress
:21:42. > :21:43.and choreographer who made her name in the 1980s hit, Fame.
:21:44. > :21:46.She's also helped many young people escape gang life in LA
:21:47. > :21:50.Some of them are now staring in her latest show, Freeze Fame,
:21:51. > :21:52.which takes on gun violence in the US.
:21:53. > :21:59.Jane O'Brien went behind the scenes at the Kennedy Center for a look.
:22:00. > :22:04.Los Angeles is the setting for Freeze Frame.
:22:05. > :22:07.A call for action to tackle one of America's most intractable
:22:08. > :22:20.During rehearsals at the Kennedy Center, the show's creator
:22:21. > :22:22.Debbie Allen instils the cast with a sense of mission.
:22:23. > :22:30.We have an opportunity now to really change some minds.
:22:31. > :22:35.An award-winning choreographer, director and actor,
:22:36. > :22:38.Debbie Allen wrote Freeze Frame in 2013, initially to draw attention
:22:39. > :22:41.to the lives of children blighted by LA gang violence.
:22:42. > :22:44.But the production has since evolved to reflect mass
:22:45. > :22:46.shootings across the country, and more recently the
:22:47. > :22:50.tension between black communities and police.
:22:51. > :22:52.A complex problem that Debbie Allen says needs trust
:22:53. > :23:02.It's interesting, we were doing the show in Los Angeles.
:23:03. > :23:05.I got so many letters from young people that thanked me,
:23:06. > :23:09.they said they never thought about the police that way.
:23:10. > :23:12.Because there is a scene, which I call a cop rap,
:23:13. > :23:26.where the policeman says, what am I supposed to do?
:23:27. > :23:28.Allen is no stranger to using art is a tool
:23:29. > :23:31.She has already influenced many young lives
:23:32. > :23:35.32-year-old Dion Watson was a teenager when he joined.
:23:36. > :23:37.Having people in my family associated with gangs,
:23:38. > :23:40.it was kind of harder for me to stay away from it,
:23:41. > :23:44.but luckily my guardian angel, Miss Debbie Allen, she took me at 16
:23:45. > :23:49.when I was just about to make that decision on which way to go.
:23:50. > :23:52.Especially this show, Freeze Frame, it is so big to my life,
:23:53. > :24:00.It is the story of so many kids that grew up where I grew up.
:24:01. > :24:07.This production will make you think and make you smile and I think it
:24:08. > :24:11.will cause you to act and do something.
:24:12. > :24:14.There are 30,000 gun related deaths every year in the United States,
:24:15. > :24:16.but the gulf between those who want to exercise their right
:24:17. > :24:19.to bear arms and those who want to limit it seems
:24:20. > :24:30.Freeze Frame makes the case for finding a compromise.
:24:31. > :24:35.Debbie Allen, changing lives in Los Angeles and bringing a great show to
:24:36. > :24:38.the United States. It looks fantastic.
:24:39. > :24:41.Well, that brings today's show to a close but you can find much
:24:42. > :24:43.more on all the day's news at our website.
:24:44. > :24:50.The poll of polls, and our analysis from around the country.
:24:51. > :24:53.And to reach me and most of the BBC team simply go to Twitter -
:24:54. > :24:58.From all of us here at World News America, thank
:24:59. > :25:10.you for watching and please tune in tomorrow.
:25:11. > :25:11.It seems like fireworks going off every evening,