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Mariah Craven reports live from New York City where she voted at 6am today

Mariah explains some of the reported voting problems, what the candidates are doing on the final day, the size of the vote turnout and the importance of the day to America and to the rest of the world. The eyes of the planet are focusing on the US like never before.

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Mariah Craven reports that the Bush administration is reportedly talking about the government getting ownership stakes in banks.

After a small uptick this morning, the markets continued their downward slide. This comes a day after the federal reserve “and other leading central banks cut interest rates to help fight the credit crisis and stimulate the global economy. Incredibly the country’s debt has gotten so high that the national debt clock in New York City has run out of numbers.

In other news it’s 32 days to the election, which means voter registration will be closing in most places in the next couple of days. In some neighborhoods, there have been lines out the door at sites where people can register. Meanwhile, the New York Times discovered that tens of thousands of voters may have illegally been removed from rolls.

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