The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue: I knew those were gunshots, and then realised Trump had stopped talking'

The idea of America is under enormous strain. The divides are everywhere between the coasts and the centre, the north and the south, the urban and the rural, the religious and the unreligious. They are so entrenched that there is very little crossover communication, very little empathy. I find that incredibly sad.

With election day on Tuesday and Americans worried there could be more violence to come, O'Donoghue spoke to us from the corporation's Washington DC bureau. The idea of America is under enormous strain.

We always laugh when people ask us this. I have no idea. It's a cliche but it really is decided in these swing states.

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