it could be argued that voters who voted for alexander van der bellen before have really been mobilized by people saying you have to vote for him to prevent a far right candidate from getting into the presidential palace. they may be suffering for the fatigue, say we may not want to go out and vote anymore and we have had enough of the whole debacle. some of the media lines in saying that austria is a laughingstock. there is a sense that the world is watching this. they could be becoming tired of the whole affair. molly: that was anthony mills indiana. later today, a cease-fire is scheduled to go into effect in syria, in a temporary halt to fighting that was agreed by russia and the united states. the two countries are the main backers of opposing sides in this civil war. as of now, a key question is whether or not moscow and washington can convince their allies to pause the fighting. troops and rebels may lay down their weapons in a few hours, but before they do, they will launch new attacks. this is how it looks on the eve of the cease-fire after the regime bombed a rebel held neighbo