it is 8:00 a.m. in tel aviv, and voters are making their way to the polls. could benjamin netanyahu's long reign as leader of israel soon be over? plus cnn cameras take you inside a hospital in vanuatu barely functional after cyclone pam. and a millionaire's son sits in an american jail charged with murder. hello, i'm rosemary church. hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "cnn newsroom."

we start in israel where voting is underway in what's considered a crucial election that could give the country a new government. here's prime minister benjamin netanyahu casting his ballot in jerusalem less than an hour ago. because of election laws the last opinion surveys were released friday. they show mr. netanyahu trailing his main opponent isaac herzog of the zionist union. monday the prime minister made a final appeal to right-wing voters. he says if he keeps his job, he would never establish a palestinian state. mr. netanyahu had previously supported a two-state solution. >> translator: anyone who is going to establish a palestinian state, anyone who is going to evacuate territory today is simply giving a base for attack to radical islam against israel. this is the true reality that was created in the last few years. they who do. understand stick their heads in

the sand. the left are doing it time and time again. >> translator: so if you are prime minister a palestinian state will not be formed? >> translator: indeed. >> palestinians say the world is now seeing the true benjamin netanyahu. chief negotiator for the palestinian authority said and i'm quoting, "netanyahu has done everything possible to bury the two-state solution. that's not something new for us. kwt" netanyahu's statement is a response to all those government who's tried to block palestinian diplomatic initiatives. he couldn't have done that without counting on full impunity from the international community." a lot is at stake in israel's election. we have a rundown over the major trouble spots. >> reporter: with the iranian nuclear threat stalled talk with the palestinians and deepening tensions with washington israeli voters head to the polls facing stark choices that will shape israel's

fate on the world stage. world powers are moving toward a nuclear deal with iran. if that deal goes forward, many fear israel will fine itself in the mid of a nuclear arms race in the middle east. without a deal, the iranian nuclear threat grows. either way the next prime minister may be forced to consider unilateral military action if nuclear's nuclear ambitions continue -- if iran's nuclear ambitions continue. israel cowens on the united states to help -- counts on the united states to help maintain security which is why israeli see close ties with washington as one of the top foreign policy priorities. ties with the u.s. have grown strained under netanyahu's tenure recently over his speech to congress criticizing president obama's policy for iraq. the u.s. has also voiced frustration with continued israeli settle. activity something that's also caused tension between israel and europe. for six years under prime minister netanyahu, the peace process with the palestinians has been gridlocked.

months of negotiations led by secretary of state john kerry broke down last april leading to the palestinians to take unilateral moves at the united nations and join the international criminal court. the left has pledged to restart peace talks with a goal of a -- of a twotwo-state solution. something many israelis want. rising food and health care prices and social reform have emerged as key issues in the campaign despite the attention to international crises. israelis say these domestic issue could be key factors in determining their next leader. >> and we are joined by the foreign communications adviser for the herzog campaign. thank you very much for talking with us. of course, as we have reported the latest polls and the final polls indicate prime minister netanyahu is now trailing his rival, isaac herzog. how much comfort do you take from these numbers? how reliable are they and how

surprised are you that the israeli prime minister is feeling this kind pressure after dominating politics in israel for so long? >> thanks, rosemary. you know we were watching the polls for obviously the last several week. but cautiously optimistic given the present state of the polls. the polls can't be published for the five days prior to election. so you know we're always a little in the dark just the days before election day. we are cautiously optimistic. and i personally believe herzog will be the next prime minister of israel. i'm not surprised at all that netanyahu is trailing in the polls. he's left economic destruction. there's an ever warrening housing crisis unsustainable and runaway cost of living. it's difficult for everyday israelis to pay the revenue and feed the kids. i don't think it's a surprise. israelis iran going to make the mistakes of the last election

with a system that encourages a fractious parliament and small pears, we sty israelis a voter for party -- a vetote for any party could keep netanyahu power. >> as we reported in a last-minute effort to woo conservatives, prime minister netanyahu is saying that he will never establish a palestinian state. what is the response from the herzog campaign to this campaign and what's their view on the issue? >> obviously we have a very different policy on the palestinian issue. of course we have a different policy. we fully support a two-state solution and will take steps to revive the peace process and ensure there's a partner on the palestinian side. isaac herring on said he will immediately travel to ramallah to see if there's a palestinian partner. but the commence netanyahu's

commence are a distraction. the people will not be bamboozled by the smokescreen of netanyahu the day before the election. as the housing crisis gets worse, runaway cost of living, a crisis in relations with the americans as we saw a couple of weeks ago israelis are going to vote for -- israelis are going to vote for a new prime minister and new government. >> what about the very controversial issue of settlement expansion? when was mr. herzog's policy on that? >> well you know isaac herring on has said that he will not build outside the major settlement blocks. this is an ---virally uncontroversial policy under any agreement. the parameter of any two-state solution are well known. the large said. blocks you know several tens of thousands of israelis will be next to israel in exchange for

territorial concessions to the other side. that's -- given that it's well known, it's an uncontroversial policy. and the change from netanyahu's policy to say that herzog won't build outside the major said. blocks. the only question at this point assumeing herzog is elected is assuming there's a partner on the palestinian side. >> it's open just begun. we were voting across israel people lining up, going to the polls. we will know in a few hours. we'll get at least an idea of it. of course it is sometimes a very long and tortured process in israel. many thanks to you for joining us and talking about what is happening there in herzog's camp. pressure it. just a couple of weeks ago, mr. netanyahu visited the u.s. and spoke to congress against a nuclear deal with are iran. a former adviser to mr. netanyahu and president of the jerusalem center for public affairs says he doesn't think the visit will impact the prime minister negatively in the

polls. take a listen. >> normally prime ministers political people are very careful about taking any risk before an election. the prime minister wasn't thinking politically. he was thinking about a dangerous iranian agreement with the west that's about to be signed. and he felt he had to put forward his views before the world. he had an invitation from the third most powerful unanimous washington the speaker of the house, john boehner. it is true some misinterpreted his appearance as political grandstanding. it had nothing to do with politics and had a marginal effect on the polls. what it did show is this is a prime minister who's determined to defend his country. >> a number of democratic lawmakers boycotted that speech because u.s. house speaker john boehner invited the prime

minister without informing the white house. in another big story now, the president of vanuatu says it may takes years for his impoverished island chain to recover from tropical cyclone pam. relief workers are trying to distribute aid and restore basic needs like food and water throughout the capital of port vila. homes, schools, and hospitals are damaged. thousands are home will. aid groups are still trying to ay is the devastation across the -- trying to assess the devastation across the country. one of those areas an island about 200 kilometers south of the capital. senior correspondent ivan watson has a look at the dire situation inside the only hospital. >> reporter: this is where people who were wounded in the storm are being taken care of. the only real hospital on tanna island now. we've been listening to this

girl whimper had pain. she's 9 years old and suffered a severe head wound when the roof collapse. also killed her mother and brother four days ago. we've spoken to the head doctor. the extensive damage the extensive damage in this hospital and they haven't been able to commune indicate at all with -- communicate at all with the out world because the radios are down the telephones are down to tell the capital city and the outside world the damage here and the help that they need and the doctor says this little girl needs to be medivaced. she could lose her life if she doesn't get taken to an intensive car ward. [ crying ] >> what do you need most now? >> maybe water and food for the patients. some medical supplies. to deal with injuries, iv fluids

and oral hydration fluids for dehydration. and i think water would be number one in the list. >> reporter: this used to be the maternity ward. as you see, unusable still flooded under several inches of water. and the only doctor here says all of the medical machines that hospital was equipped with all went damaged by -- have all been damaged by the storm i'm going bring you here and you you can see kind of the improvisational nature of what's going on here. and some good news. this is a little baby whos born one day ago. the mother is alena lohman. how are you? congratulations. and the baby is healthy now. as you can see, since the storm, there are new medical problems and challenges that are coming up. and this is not a facility that is equipped to deal with them.

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public eye. he joked about the absence saying it would be boring without gossip. monday mr. putin met with kyrgyzstan's president and also ordered the country's northern fleet to fall alert to test its combat capabilities. meanwhile, president putin says he was ready to put russia's nuclear forces on alert over last year's crisis in crimea. russia annexed crimea last march after ukraine's pro-moscow president was ousted. here's what mr. putin had to say in a documentary that aired on russian state tv. listen. >> translator: we were ready to do. i talked with colleagues and told them that crimea is our historic territory. russian people live there. they are in danger. we cannot throw them away. it wasn't us who committed the coup. it was the nationalists and people with extreme beliefs. you supported them but where are you? thousands of miles away. here we are, and this is our land. >> talks on iran's nuclear

program resumed in switzerland on monday. the u.s. secretary of state met with the iranian foreign minister for five hours. no agreement of reached. and jim accosta reports there's another factor in negotiations. >> reporter: while iranian and u.s. official try make progress in their nuclear negotiations the talks in switzerland hit a speed bump in the form of a letter written by senator tom cotton and signed by 46 of his republican colleagues to iran's ruling clerics complaining about the nuclear talks. the obama administration says tear ran's negotiators raised cotton's letter with u.s. officials. >> i'm embarrassed for them. it's not how america does business. >> reporter: in a newly released excerpt from his interview advice the president blasted cotton. >> for them to address a letter to the ayatollah, the supreme

leader of iran, who they claim is our mortal enemy, and their basic argument is don't deal with our president because you can't trust him to follow through on an agreement, that's close to unprecedented. >> reporter: despite the tough talk the freshman senator is not backing down. >> the congress stands ready to impose much more severe sanctions. >> reporter: he's gaining critics who point out he once mocked the president's communications with iran's leadership. >> like a lovestruck teenager he's sent four secret letters to the ayatollah. >> reporter: over the weekend, the white house chief of staff send a letter to gop senator bob corker assuring him congress will have a role to play and will have to take a vote. the white house conceded they would rather congress stay out of the process for months well beyond the march 31st deadline for a framework agreement. >> for all of the hyperventilating on capitol hill there is no agreement that

has been reached. >> all right. a powerful american heir phase a murder charge. ahead, the latest twist in a 14-year-old case. and the victim's family reaction. >> i think he's been well protected by others. and enabled by others. >> are the walls coming on robert durst? >> i would think so. network and the cloud. it's reliable uptime. and multi-layered security. it's how you stay connected to each other and to your customers. with centurylink you get advanced technology solutions, including an industry leading broadband network, and cloud and hosting services - all with dedicated responsive support. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner you're free to focus on growing your business. centurylink. your link to what's next.

we're taking you straight to live pictures in israel. we're looking at isaac herzog the main rival and main opponent to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he is there at the polling station about to cast his ballot. this is a critical election for israel and for benjamin netanyahu. this has surprised him. for a long time he thought this of going to be an easy race -- this was going to be an easy race. isaac herr has given him a run for his money. the final and latest polls show that benjamin netanyahu is in fact trailing isaac herzog. he is the co-leader with livni of the zionist union party. we will perhaps get an idea in the next few days and direction of the elections. it is quite a process in israel because at this point people cast their votes for parties, not for candidates.

so then they have to work out of the end of that. there's a lot of horse trading and a coalition of sorts has to be formed. it takes time. we are looking now at isaac herzog casting his ballot. he and livni have given benjamin netanyahu a surprise and a shock as we don't know really at this point who is likely to be the next prime minister. we'll keep a close eye on this. there it is. everyone taking this photo opportunity of possibly the next prime minister of israel. we don't know, of course. we never do. but at this point it is neck in neck. a very very tight race. it sounds like he might be going to say something -- all right. leave it for now. we know earlier, of course benjamin netanyahu's already cast his ballot.

so now his main opponent has done the same. and we will wait and see as they count those ballots and as the people of israel cast their ballots throughout the dayment. all right. on to another story watching closely here at cnn. a powerful real estate heir has been officially charged with a murder in los angeles. robert durst of arrested in thoerl -- was arrested in new orleans. authorities say he was about to flee the country. he's accused of killing a friend as she prepared to talk about to investigators about a crime in which durst of a suspect. kyung lah has more on this unusual case. >> reporter: a flurry of new charge facing robert durst. in louisiana, a weapon and drug charge charge and the most serious in los angeles, that was murder. sdmoend ♪ >> i think he has the able to be a sociopath, but i think he's a narcissist narcissist. if you put them together it's the bottom of the barrel. >> reporter: jim mccormick mincing no words about robert durst. they were brothers-in-law, durst

marrying his baby sister. jim mccormick said his sister wrote that he feared her husband, he was abusing her. she planned to divorce him. january, 1982 they have a fight and she vanishes. immediately mccormick suspects durst. we spoke last week just two days before durst's arrest. >> there's too many subtle clues and bits of certainly that are adding up to a preponderance of you're guilty. >> reporter: one of those subtle clues, durst takes four days to report her missing to now-retired nypd homicide detective mike struck. struck never nails his prime suspect. >> keeps coming back to the fact that we never found her body. we never had a crime scene. >> reporter: no evidence? >> no ever no crime scene. >> reporter: the case grows cold until 2000 when investigators reopen it. this time the millionaire flees new york to this rundown

apartment in galveston, texas. hiding out, cross-dressing and posing as a mute woman. for months he's speaking to virtually no one except for this woman, susan berman. durst and berman were decades' long friends. she was his confidante, corresponding by letter and phone. new york investigators decide to interview her, but before she could be questioned around christmas, 2000 someone shoots berman execution style in her beverly hills home. the killer sends police this anonymous handwritten note obtained and shown in the hbo dock you series "the jinxment" it lists berman's address and one word "cadaver." when she died, what did you think? >> in my hare, i said bob is eliminate -- in my heart, i said bob is eliminating the witnesses and people with knowledge of kathy's passing. >> reporter: in "the jinx," a new stunning revelation by the stepson of berman. in a storage box, the stepson

comes across a letter durst sent berman shortly before she died. durst's handwriting, the killer's note police they bear remarkable similarities down to the misspelling of beverly. >> the address written on the front is exactly like the cadaver note. >> reporter: remember durst is living as a mute woman in texas. but police are able to track him to california at the time of berman's death. so what, says durst on "the jinx." >> california is a big state. >> reporter: death continue to follow the millionaire. less than a year later, october, 2001 at durst's texas apartment building his neighbor morris black, goes missing. black's dismembered body parts begin washing ashore in galveston bay. 22 of them. a torso, limbs, but no head. >> the fact that the head never showed up that's his home run. that's his -- that's his luck process. >> reporter: and that ghoulish

luck actually become his legal defense. durst admits he chopped up black's body but only after shooting black in the head in self-defense. no head no bullet the jury buys it. >> robert durst, not guilty. >> reporter: do you think he's teflon? >> no. no. i think he's been well protected by others and enabled by others financially. >> reporter: are the walls coming in on robert durst? >> i would think so. >> reporter: in the final episode of "the jinx," durst is presented with a close match between his handwriting and the killer's. on camera he appears unphased. he then walks away to the restroom. his mike still on. the camera records as he talk to himself. [ inaudible ] >> killed them all. of course. >> reporter: "killed them all, of course." do you have hope? >> i have a lot of hope.

i think kathy's coming home is a good way to describe it. kathy will come home. >> reporter: this is the closest you've will to that over the sgleers. >> yes. >> reporter: retired cop mike struck carries the hope that the elusive justice he sought will finally arrive. he warns do not underestimate robert durst. >> i think they'll hopefully pull it out. >> reporter: if they don't, will you be surprised? >> no. bob durst seems to be a lucky guy. some walk free from it. that's kind of -- sucks, but it's the truth. >> reporter: families in multiple states searching for their truth for decade hope that luck may have finally run out. his attorney says that durst has waived extradition, but because of the weapons and drug charge in louisiana, it's unknown exactly when he'll be sent to california. kyung lah, cnn, los angeles.

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a government. people in vanuatu are struggling to recover from tropical cyclone pam. more than 3,000 are living in shelters and there are concerns about a lack of clean water and food. the full extent of the damage is still unclear since communication with the remote outer islands is still down. u.s. secretary of state john kerry held another round of talks with iran's foreign minister monday in switzerland. there's still no deal to lift sanctions in exchange for a freeze on sensitive aspects of tehran's nuclear program. the deadline for a framework agreement is the end of this month. doctors are closely monitoring the condition of singapore's first prime minister. the current prime minister posted a statement on his facebook page saying mr. li's condition has worsened due to an infection and that he is on antibiotic. the 91-year-old has been in the hospital since february 5th. he is credited with the

city/state economic success. let's get right to our asia pacific editor andrew stiechbs for more on this -- steven for more on this developing story live from hong kong. of course we have been watching this very a long time. he has been very frail in hospital. talk to us about what has happened how it to raise concerns. >> reporter: well he was admitted on february 5th with severe pneumonia. remember he's now 91 years old. and he was put on a treatment of antibiotics. he also lightly sedated as we were told. he appeared to rally about a week or so after being admitted. this latest information comes from the prime minister's office saying that his condition has worsened. obviously it will raise concern for mr. li. what we know is that he has had a history, marine history of ill

health. and certainly at 91 years old and having been in hospital since february 5th with what's described as severe pneumonia, it obviously suggests that his condition is precarious. we don't know any more than that but certainly around the world watching this closely because he is -- i mean he is really one of asia's founding fathers, modern asia's founding fathers if you like. >> and as a founding father, first prime minister of singapore, talk about his legacy. >> reporter: if you think about singapore and the economic successes in its history, as i said a founding father he is the prime minister of singapore, a leader the country when it separated, it got a self-rule in 1959 from colonial britain. and then when it separated from malaysia in 1965 he co-founded the people's action party, p.

a.p. the only power in singapore since then. and it was really his vision his energy that created what is one of the most successful economies certainly in asia if not the world. he's got a high standard of living for people in singapore. it has been modeled really as a unique model on li's view of how economies and society should be run. certainly we can't gloss over the fact that he's had his very fair share of critics over social policy over civil rights. a lot of critics will ayou cues him of husbandling the press and of course husbandling freedom of assembly in singapore. it has been one -- of handling freedom of assembly in singapore. it has been one of the issues. when he stepped down in 1990

his successor of named. now his son is prime minister. certainly there's a li dynasty at work in singapore. if you look at the economic models, it's been enormously successful. many leaders around the world look at singapore, see what they can learn and how they can repeat that singapore model of economic success. >> indeed. our andrew stevens monitoring the situation there in singapore as we've reported to you. we know that the first prime minister of singapore, the founding father is -- his condition has worsened. in the hospital there. we'll bring you details these come in. isis has taken about 20 medical workers captive in libya. a hospital official says more than 30 gunmen attacked the hospital in sirte.

most of the workers are from the philippines. the official believes isis didn't want the workers to leave because they're the only medical team in si isite. isis took croat e control of the city including the hospital last year. the workers were trying to leave because of the worsening security situation. a spanish journalist kidnapped by isis in syria is speaking out about the terror and torch he faced from a man known as jihadi john. javieries pen oceany said jihadi john enjoyed terrorizing him and performing mock executions. >> reporter: reunited with his son in spain, javier espinoza finally saw the end of a hellish journey that led him face to face with jihadi john. captured by isis in 2013 he described the torture in an article he wrote for the "sunday

times" in the u.k. she'd at one point the infamous masked terrorist held a sword to his neck and said, "feel it? cold isn't it? can you imagine the pain you'll feel when it cuts? unimaginable painment" espinoza seen in an interview, said jihadi john relished scaring hostages with gruesome details of how he would slaughter them telling him the first hit of the sword will sever your vein. the second blow opens your neck. you'd make amusing guttural sounds. i've seen it before. you all squirm like animals, like pigs. the third blow will take off your head. i'd put it on your back." when he was finished with the sword, espinoza said jihadi john put a pistol to his head pulling the trigger three time. >> he wrote this social security a decorated war correspondent and explains -- wrote this as a decorated war correspondent and explains that if those talked about captivity those would be punished. that's why cantley wrote this and talked about testimony.

>> reporter: espinoza was held with more than 20 other western hostage in syria including americans james foley, steven sotloff, peter kassig and kayla mural, now dead. espinoza said kassig a humanitarian worker told him of his own torture saying when they realized i an american and had been a soldier in iraq they went crazy. they hung me from the roof and started beating me. i thought they were going execute me. sometime later, kassig of beheaded. the gruesome video posted on the internet. and an isis defector who witnessed the beheadings said the terrorist group reveres jihadi john as the big boss and says he's the only one in the group allowed to kill foreigners. pamela brown, cnn, washington. we'll take a short break. still to come jurors took a field trip in the boston marathon bombing trial. find out what they saw and what one court watcher says of the most compelling testimony. most of the products we all buy are

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he has a large amount of bruising on his body that i've noticed, that i'm concerned about. it's like whatever statements he made he was without the advice of counsel. when i look at the you bruising it's hard for me to assess that these were volunteer sometimes that he made -- voluntary statements that he made. police officers at the boston marathon bombing trial have detailed the terror they experienced during the shoot-out with the suspects. the officers told jurors on monday that dzhokhar tsarnaev and his brother tamerlan shot at them tossed bombs and tried to run them over during the intense gun battle in 2013. "boston globe" columnist kevin cullen was inside the courtroom and told cnn's jake tapper the most compelling testimony was about dzhokhar tsarnaev running over his brother while trying to escape. listen. >> reporter: of all the things

that happened today, the most extraordinary testimony of mundane and then saying that dzhokhar tsarnaev did not have to go back and run his brother over. he did aleehree -- three-point turn and reversed the vehicle. he was in a much better position to flee but apparently decided to do a u-turn and come back that way. and then the police officers described them being on top of tamerlan. even after he hit, the sergeant who hit him a number of times with shots, they engaged in you know five ten feet away from each -- firing at each other before tamerlan ran out of bullets. the bullets he pumped into the empty vehicle. they were wrestling him on the ground trying to subdue him. here comes dzhokhar to run him over. that didn't have to happen. he turned the car around and made it happen. >> it makes it sound like he purposely killed his brother.

that can't be. >> reporter: i wouldn't say that. i think he wanted to run over the cops. there's no other explanation. why would he turn and go into -- why would he return to where the fire was coming from? he had the car pointed the other way. he could have kept going down laurel street. would have been a much easier exit. instead he turned the car around went back at the cops and in doing so he killed his brother because the cops jumped out of the way. >> kevin cullen from "the boston globe." the jurors also took a trip to see the boat where police arrested dzhokhar tsarnaev and to see the words he scrawl inside. some of them were hard to read because of all the bullet holes. a very different story now. the popular bbc tv show "top gear" is off the air. its star suspended. now the network is shedding millions of millions. the latest episode scheduled to air on sunday was replaced with a documentary that only 1.3 million people watched.

a week earlier, more than five million tuned in for "top gear." the trouble started when host jeremy clarkson got into a so-called fracas with a producer. other people calling it a punch-up. the bbc has launched an investigation. "top gear" has a weekly worldwide audience of 350 million viewers. it's also one of the most pirated shows. a petition to reinstate clarkson has garnered almost a million signatures. britain's prince harry is leaving the armed forces this year. he anounced he would leave in june after nearly ten years with the british military. he served two tours in afghanistan and achieved the rank of captain in 2011. prince harry will spend his last two months of service with the australian defense force. he will also keep working with wounded soldiers and attend to royal duties while finishing his military service. we'll have more next hour. the prince of wales and the

duchess of cornwall are traveling to the united states in the coming day for a four-day visit. their main event today is a reception at the british ambassador's residence in washington, d.c. prince charles and duchess camilla will meet u.s. president obama on thursday and travel to louisville kentucky on friday. wouldn't it be nice to fly over the traffic instead of sitting in it? coming up a tech startup says you will be able to in just two years if you have a lot of money.

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cops -- when they're hiding the speed traps, are they going to be hiding in clouds? >> i will have to have one as good or not better. >> absolutely. >> it's going to be an interesting world. >> we look ford testimony we'll touch what's -- look forward to it. we'll touch on what's happening. extreme heat in parts of the united states. last time we talked it was about the cold and snow. things changing quickly. look at the temperatures on monday across the united states. across chicago, into the mid 70s. we're talking mid 20s celsius. warmer in kansas city than in south florida, in miami, temperatures warm across denver. much cooler ahead over the next couple of days. in fact look at the highs, 90s in portions of the state of nebraska. that's about 31 degrees celsius. these temperatures we've had record since the 1800s across this part of the world and never seen it this hot in the winter season. there you go. we had over 60% of the u.s. with snow on the ground. now it's dwindled to 9% snow coverage over the past several days. notice several shots of cold air indicated in the reds and purples pushing in toward the

northeastern united states. not only on wednesday but then again on sunday. the temps will drop over the next 24 hours in places like chicago from the 70s to the upper 40s. st. patrick's day, of course is on tuesday. but there you go. take you to the south. we have a tropical cyclone in the works. tropical cyclone nation an. the storm system is as pesky as they come. look at it meander over the past six days off the northeastern coast of australia. literally sat there, produced tremendous rainfall, in excess of 30 inches or 8 hundred millimeters offshore. offshore we're talking about the great barrier reef. largest system across the world. spans some 1,-500 miles across -- 1,500 miles across. the winds don't help. here the track the next couple of days landfall between cannes and here on thursday. rainfall going to be tremendous. models indicate this could get quickly to a category 2, potentially greater. a small system but as you know

cannes has quite a bit of people and also a far more populated region than areas in vanuatu. we have video out of hong kong. take a look at this. spectacular sight. our bureau in hong kong says that it looks much the same at this hour. a couple days in a row of dense fog. about 50 flights delayed, as well, with all the fog. >> goodness. looks extraordinary, doesn't it? surreal. not fun to be right down the bottom there. >> not at the surface. spectacular from above. >> many thanks pedram javaheri. always bringing us up to date on the weather across the globe. appreciate it. you have been watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. john vause will join me in a moment. never before has this kind of passion

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voters across israel are casting bat on the. a decisive decision for benjamin netanyahu. victims of cyclone pam in vanuatu are in need of help. cnn is there. and crimedam am murder charges for -- crime drama murder charges for a tycoon as a mike captures what could be an admission of guilt. >> helloalth hello, and welcome to

our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm john vause. this is "cnn newsroom".." voters are heading to the polls in israel. what's considered a critical national election is now underway. it's expected to be a close fight. >> closer than many had expected. isaac herzog seen here cast his ballot half an hour ago in tel aviv aviv. the leader of the zionist coalition. he hopes to reopen talk with palestinian officials and to bring social reform. >> prime minister benjamin netanyahu voted a little earlier in jerusalem. he's made last-ditch efforts the past few days to secure more right-wing votes and continues to stress national security. for more on the election let's