right now, the wisconsin elections commission gave an update on counting and certification of votes from election day. here is a look at that reefing. >> good evening, everyone. my name is megan wolf. i am the administrator of the wisconsin elections commission and the state of wisconsin's chief election official. accounting and reporting of unofficial results has gone according to law. our municipal and county clerks have worked tirelessly throughout the night to make sure that every ballot has been counted and reported accurately. the wisconsin elections commission staff will be standing ready to assist clerks, as a start the process of triple checking the results. the statutorily required canvass process reinstated. before we can certify the results. this includes the random selection of 5% of voting -- thatt that is used was used in the selection, which must be audited to make sure the paper tally is the same as the voting equipment. although things have to happen before we have certified results. anderday's voting process election night counting was very well done in wisconsin and a

three nominees to the federal election commission testified at the senate confirmation hearing, shana broussard, cooksey and ellen dickerson, then no reason to doubt the legitimacy of the 2020 election, if confirmed the fec would have a quorum to conduct business, this is one hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> the committee on rules and administration will come to order, good morning i want to thank my colleagues for joing us today, i would like to welcome my nominees to today's hearing. shana broussard, sean cooksey and alan dickerson are the presidents nominees to be members of the federal elections commission, as our witnesses are joining us remotely, i also understand that their families and friends are watching today and so i welcome them as well. this is a big responsibility, is significant presidential nomination and significant to the work of this committee and i know you're proud, your family member as they have moved forward to this opportunity. let me say a little bit about the nominees and then i'll turn to another committee member senator cruz to talk about the

chairman, today as you know we are here to consider three nominees to the federal election commission which is the independent agency responsible for enforcing a federal campaign finance laws. first i want to bring up the fact that this committee has oversight over federal elections, it's important to acknowledge that nearly 160 million americans voted this year, more people than ever before in the united states history and even though we are in the midst of a global pandemic elections were administered successfully do to the hard work of state and local officials, both democratic and republican and independent state and local officials, last week officials in charge of election security and the trump administration including dhs, people there secretary of state and the election assistance commission put on a joint statement that said the novembet secure in america history, again this is testament to local officials and also to chris crabs who unfortunately was fired yesterday by the president via tweet but i know that he has respect in many statements from republican senators today o

by state law, on december 1, at the public meeting of the wisconsin elections commission, is when thosets are certified. and that's when we will have the official winner. we'll have the official results of the election at that december 1 meeting as prescribed by state law. >> and that was megan wolf, administrator of the wisconsin elections commission. i want to thank shaq brewster, who has been following this all along, and it looks as though wisconsin, and i leave that of course up to the wizards at the decision desk who make the decisions at nbc news, but it looks as though certainly wisconsin is not very much in play. now we turn to delaware democratic senator chris coons who won reelection last night, congratulations, senator. obviously you've been in close contact with joe biden. how concerned is he about the president's attacks on the process? >> well, andrea, we're very optimistic. given what you just heard from wisconsin, given what we likely will hear today from michigan about joe biden's prospects to be the next president of the united states, to win not just overwhelmingly t

but it certainly isn't something that the election commissions are doing themselves.e democrats have declared victory in wisconsin but that certainly is not with the election commission is staying. they are saying just hold your horses, be patient. these things take time. 1.9 million people in wisconsin voted either by mail in or only early voting. so this thing is going to ta ke voting. so this thing is going to take some time. for both candidates this comes down to what we call the path to 270 — the path to winning a majority of electoral college votes. and with some states still to have their results projected — both men still have a path to 270. reeta chakrabarti is going to help us with this. hi reeta — how does this break down now. yes, so this is the electoral map as we see it. right at the momentjoe biden on 227, donald trump on 213. you can see great swathes of red they are in the middle. lots of them very solidly republican states and some very solidly blue democratic states as well. some interesting holds by donald trump, really crucial holds for him earlie

. >> three nominees to the federal election commission testified at their senate confirmation hearing. shauna broussard, sean cooksey and alan dickerson. the nominees said they had no reason to doubt the legitimacy of the 2020 election. if confirmed, the ftc would once again have a quorum to conduct business and this is one hour and a half. >> the committee on rules and ministers will come to order grea good w morning to i want to think our colleagues for joining us today and i like to welcome our nominees to today's hearing and shauna broussard, sean cooksey and alan dickerson are the president's nominees to be member of the federal elections commission and as our witnesses are joining us remotely i also want to understand that their familyod and friends are watchig today and i welcome them as well. this is a big response ability and a significant presidential p nomination and significant to the work of this committee and i know you are proud of your family member as they have moved forward to this opportunity and let me say a little bit about a couple of the nominees and then i will

just then what i mean by you're elected government how to appoint the member of the election commission you know election commission member so now began a kinds that you don't favor or the current government which made me which make me up that's ration so frustrated and also. and felt and exposed room to as well religious minority in nema but that's the kind of indicator that. increased number of people i mean being helped you know and will be until we've already spoken a lot in this program about rock kind state about the persecution that the rohingya have faced at the hands of man mars military but i'd like you to give our viewers a bigger picture of what exactly is playing out in iraq i say because you have the continued persecution that's been reported of the rink but then you also have other ethnic groups that are involved in the violence that is going on there how dire is the situation and who exactly is being affected. well it is a very very difficult situation wrecked hine state and most of the voters in rakhine state are not going to be able to vote in this election because the

that's quite unclear quite unfair and there's big problems with the supposedly independent union election commission which is proving to be anything but independent or even basically competent. turn you've stated that you are concerned about the lack of international condemnation of the disenfranchisement of their anger in this election what do you worry could happen as a result i think it's a quite alarming situation because you know international community we've been campaigning at a big 8 in that. role in just the dealership issue for many years and then we can see here. these 2020 alexion s. gluey sen and there is no such condition international committee have and you know they instead rohini. are as glued up from election they are funding to e.c. races commission i worry that these really encouraged to the military same time to the government they can move well what are their human rights abuses and violations particularly as you know right areas in our kind of stayed on generals on the go in generals i did practice in politics after that i guess rohingya you know this is. my slow worry in that

right now, the wisconsin elections commission gave an update on counting and certification of votes from election day. here is a look at that reefing. >> good evening, everyone. my name is megan wolf. i am the administrator of the wisconsin elections commission and the state of wisconsin's chief election official. accounting and reporting of unofficial results has gone according to law. our municipal and county clerks have worked tirelessly throughout the night to make sure that every ballot has been counted and reported accurately. today,

preliminary results being announced by the election commission. remember the opposition a day before the election said there was a plan to rig the election using unmarked ballot boxes and ballot papers that would be stuffed by the election commission to favor a president can boring. now, they are again stating the fact that they don't accept the results of the elections, even before the final tally is med. and a lot of people i expect in that maybe they will be calling out their supporters onto the streets. and if that happens, it could raise the possibility of violence and even open the window for the armed groups of been attacking booking office for the last 5 years. the opportunity to hit to targets inside brick in a fossil election spots done peacefully without much violence across the country. but any opportunity would be taken by these groups to inflict damage on either civilian population or the military. and if us and any word from either the president or any of the candidates, well, basically the complaints mostly are from opposition. pres

a lot of states, it's actually not an early vote state, so what happened was the wisconsin election commission, the clerks, created a different system, and they said, you can vote in person absentee, but that requires an absentee ballot application, which many of these counties didn't adhere to. so, the trump campaign looks at their case.

election on sunday police use water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters outside the central election commission where the been demanding a new vote robin forced a walker reports from tbilisi. georgia in politics is back on the streets just days after a parliamentary election which opposition parties claim was bricked. the opposition has promised to boycott parliament until new elections are held it's not a good decision by us we don't like the decision for your build or you are participating in a democratic institutions is a crucial value but sometimes you have the choice between what you have choice bad choice and even worst choice so entering the parliament in these circumstances could be in due course in the middle isn't always a chance of free elections. the governing georgian dream party picked up almost 50 percent of the on october the 31st dashing hopes by opposition parties that they would win enough seats to form a coalition. they say there is evidence the central election commission manipulated the result by 10 percent in the government's favor you determine. the dispute turned violen

well despite the legal action being taken several election commissions in america insist that every ballot that was valid was counted and i curate we reported international observers will says that the vote did go according to the rules and a slam to president trumps allegations of fraud saying it damages public trust in democratic institutions. and so when it is still counting votes on could prove crucial trying one that back in 2016 long run of democrat wins all teams turn to chavez now has more on why the state swings between these 2 parties. pennsylvania with nearly 13000000 residents is arguably the single most important stage of the 2020 election but in many ways the keystone state mirrors the country while its rust belt is dotted with the shuttered factories and rundown chimneys it's also a place of affluent liberal suburbs and conservative countryside reflecting a divided america i mean the devices in this sense going on in this country right now it's ridiculous and i don't care what anybody says that it is a race. and very lucky that somebody like donald trump is. my president and

you know, what they're referencing was advice we got from the election commission that went to everyt how to handle absentee envelopes and has been that way for years and supported by republicans in the past, unanimously. so, it's only being brought up now as a sort of desperate attempt. and the problem, though, is that this really does undermine people's faith in our system. you know, we worked so hard to create transparency and trust. you know, everything we do is open to the public, but you can be in the polling place and watch people vote. you can be at canvas and see how we do that. you can be an observer at the recount. in our county, we publish every ballot to the web after the election so you can click through and see them for yourself. so, that's so hard on clerks, not just in wisconsin, but around the country, when these allegations from the white house and from republicans are out there. it's really, really hard when we work so hard to make sure people trust this system. >> well, you do, and it is so transparent. and i hope that maybe on the outcome of this -- and i know t

and the election assistance commission is an equal number of republicans and democrats. which means it's deadlocked and does nothing. it's basically a totally ineffectual agency at this point. there's some aspect of election security that's overseen by some different agencies. and there is the voting rights violations that are enforced by the department of justice. it's a patchwork of federal agencies, state and local jurisdictions. what it means is there is no one clear set of rules across all states as i said. but also at the federal level there is no one place that kind of oversees the entire election t process. as well as just we are lacking which congress would need to have. i think the useful analogy here is to the environmental protection agency which richard nixon put in place in 1970 when the environment with clear segregation of the environment as various jurisdictions over the parts of theouov environment. what nixon did as he put them allne under one agency with a clear mission to protect our environment. and then over thend years congress threatened that agen

elections commission dministrator says that all the ballots have been counted and joe biden has won wisconsin by 20 20,697. which weret called a in that race. and a. connection purchase says he won the state of phaeufp. s michigan he has a narrow point margin lead. itretary of state there says is tens thousands ballots that need to be counted. in heavily wane county. prosecuesident from rump susan collins will have a conferen conference. mitch ght in kentucky mcconnell spoke to supporters after he defeated the democratic to hold his seat.

but it is now officially announced by the union elections commission, which is the body in charge of the elections. and they have revealed that they then i'll be well over the number of seats needed from a government they need over 322 seats in order to choose the president who then forms the government. and they've already got 346, and they are likely to get several more. there's still $64.00 seats to be counted, and in 2015 they got $370.00 in total lay on now on track to get even more than they got 2015, which is, you know, quite surprising. and one of the most significant things we've seen is that the, main opposition party, the u.s. d.p., is really pretty obsolete up to the end of this election. they have the and all these made huge gains in central areas. in the past that had gone to new s.t.p. in the past and the u.s. did he have how the press conference complaining about move the vote. they're taking at least 5 to the trump play, but for accusing the election commission of 2 and saying that they don't agree with him without probably has pain. i mean, is he because of the way t

wednesday morning, a senate panel holds a confirmation hearing for three nominees to the federal election commission. watch live coverage starting at 10:00 eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> now, look at how the u.s. manufacturing industry is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. the senate commerce subcommittee runs just under two hours. >>

the opposition heard what the election commission said, and he's ready to use all illegal means to get justice about all the irregularities in the election of november 22nd. we however, reaffirm all commitment to preserve peace and stability in bikini fast. so by placing the interest of the country above all consideration, the opposition had hoped for. so i united opposition could field a single candidate. they now have a week to challenge the results in court. more than 1300 polling stations were closed in the north and east of the country due to fears of violence by groups linked to al qaida and islamic state. the constitutional court has to rectify the results of the 15 days from the date of the announcement of the results are just a year. germany's imposing stricter lockdown measures as it struggles to suppress coronavirus infections. chancellor angela merkel says restrictions are likely to continue into january. she's also pushing for an e.u. vote on shutting ski resorts over the winter holidays, but that's getting a chilly reception in other european countries as dominic kane rep

we know that the wisconsin elections commission will meet at 6:00 p.m. local time tonight. they will go over guidelines and procedures and then likely a recount order will go out tomorrow to allow counties to begin. milwaukee county said they'll start on friday and many municipalities in the county will be completed in one day and they're saying the city might take five to six days but they'll definitely not take the 13 days that state law allows them to recount so this might be a process that goes a little bit faster than many people expect, going back to the state law they have 13 days, dane and milwaukee county, have 13 days to complete their recount and which allows by december 1st the wisconsin elections commission to certify results. bottom line, no details but there will be lots of counting on thanksgiving week. craig? >> okay. shaquille brewster, congratulations. our newest correspondent at nbc news and msnbc. well deserved. >> reporter: thank you. >> looking forward to working with you more. >> reporter: appreciate that, craig. >>> growing backlash this morning to

several kilometers to the central election commission which is which is further out of town took them a couple of hours to get there where the crowds gathered opposition political parties their leaders and their supporters and it's not quite clear at this stage what happened who threw the 1st shot that say but. that the police that were gathered in large numbers right police used water cannon to disperse protesters the police saying that they were attempting to storm the building but the opposition stating that they were peaceful and that they had no intention of committing any violent acts but certainly a lot of anger and frustration at the way in which the situation seems to have been handled we've seen people who received injuries not clear from whether it was from water the power of the water cannon or other things being thrown or or other things being involved but the reason the opposition did this march is that they wanted an ultimatum for the government to meet which was for the resignation of the head of the central election commission and for new elections to be called well o

incumbent president us on what aa has taken a commanding lead an early election results in ivory coast electoral commission says he won in all 20 districts announced on sunday with $88.00 more areas set to declare the country's opposition has already denounced the elections saying it was neither free nor fair there. it is of more unrest after at least 5 people were killed during clashes on election day the president is running for a 3rd term insisting a constitutional change resets the country's 2 term limit and that e.g. says in a budget he says the opposition candidate best guess saw is calling for civil transition the position of his party and the opposition is such that they condemned the election as a flagrant abuse of the constitution or creation by what he called the illegal candidacy of president alyson whata while talking about the election he said the election commission was never free and fair to all parties involved and that there were no local observers enough local of the street sure that these votes are credible free and fair he claimed that 30 people although we are hearing stories from oth

says are troubled by unrest some ethnic political parties have accused the election commission of trying to block votes in constituencies dominated by ethnic parties most of the ruling the minority are also excluded having been stripped of their citizenship and rights throughout the years and whichever party wins they'll have to share power with the military which is guaranteed 25 percent of the seats in parliament enough to block constitutional changes but despite the challenges voters optimistic by louisiana. i think this election is very important and everyone who is already 18 should vote because one vote can change the result so everyone should vote regardless of which party they support the l.d.s. main opponent in this election as it was in the last is the military backed union solidarity and development party florence louis al-jazeera. hello this is al jazeera these are your top stories u.s. president elect joe biden has outlined his administration's 4 big priorities as the coronavirus pandemic being the biggest among them is name 2 members of a covert 19 working.

and the election commission has early on and now is that it will not be able to conduct voting in hundreds of villages like that. and us absolved. hundreds of thousands of working obvious will not be able to vote, although they are concerned about security. most of them we spoke to over the last few days before the elections insisted that their main concern is that restriction of peace. so that they can go back to their villages and would be of their lives. let's talk about the players in this election as well. i mentioned the president is seeking a 2nd term in office now, but these allegations of, of trying to break the vote. exactly these allegations were made by the 2 leading opposition candidates, jeff brady and the pharaoh who addressed a press conference showing what appears to be a video on a phone which they claim to be plans by the election commission and the government to rig the vote. there said hundreds of ballot boxes that are unmarked, being timed for the rigging exercise in order for president to win reelection. although there are no independent confirmation about this video

shortly after the announcement, and by the way, the opposition had no representation when the election commission was and also the provisional results. these results will now be really dated by the constitutional court, all rejected by the coast situational court, which could order a new election if it rejects the results. and i was today, and the opposition also have in the next 15 days by the way, and the opposition of one week to challenge the results in court. which of course, it's what they planned to do because they rejected the results provisionally when it started, when they announced mr. did. and also when the election commission is announcing the results today. so that's the situation now. but there is also fear that the opposition leaders may be calling out their supporters on to the streets. the biggest fear of course is that despite the fact that the election, what conducted peacefully in much of the areas where the election is way out there is that fear that and concern that any prolonging crisis, any demonstration that lasted for a very long could be the opportunity looking for tom

north carolina the ballot counting will take up to 8 more days that's according to the local election commission on the volga officials have postponed by the counting to thursday morning the focus now shifts to this battleground state with 6 electoral votes and some reports are giving michigan to bided which means a victory and of god that would secure him the presidency. well let's discuss this more now with trying to i thank you for coming in good morning to you so give us more details on how the counting is going in these remaining key states. well nicky joe biden is very close to that threshold but the winner has not been announced yet so more than a day after polling stations closed the country still doesn't have a president elect instead there is protest stanger there are lawsuits and also a feeling that this is tim is flawed and the country could remain in this state of limbo for another few days like you're saying because of the announcements coming from some states that votes and official results from there won't be released until later in the week and protests have indeed broken out in

state of north carolina the ballot counting will take up to 8 more days according to the local election commission well nevada officials have postponed ballot counting until thursday delays are expected elsewhere across the u.s. as well. with the votes mobbed by electoral fraud allegations hundreds took their anger to the streets demanding all votes are counted some of the protests have turned violent resulting in clashes with police patrols have been stepped up amid tensions in new york. thank you thanks thanks. thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks. thanks thanks. well there's just gone to 9 pm in a city hall in the state of oregon and then crowds of poured onto the city streets as you can see on your screen from the live pictures that bring you now at a rally is comprised of anti trump activists who demands that every vote be counted let's get more on this we're joined by in the studio now thanks for coming in. good morning bring us the latest on how the counting is going in the remaining states while i can tell you that it's been a while since the polling stations closed and the country still doe

already has an electoral commission. the election assistants commission, but it has little power.ould strengthen that body to do more than just advise and empower it to set uniform standards on poll hours, absentee voting and poll worker training. it could look into allegations of fraud. doing this in an independent and non-partisan framework could depoliticize the system and restore credibility to it. america may have been the birthplace of constitutional democracy, but it is lagging behind the rest of the democratic world in properly conducting that crucial aspect of democracy that is elections. thanks to all of you for being a part of my program this week. i will see you next week. don't forget if you miss a show go to cnn.com/fareed for a link to my itunes podcast. and now y. still a father. but now a friend. still an electric car. just more electrifying. still a night out. but everything fits in. still hard work. just a little easier. still a legend. just more legendary. chevrolet. making life's journey, just better. chevrolet. and sweetie can coloryou just be... gentle with

the election commission says are troubled by unrest. some ethnic political parties have accused the election commission of trying to block votes in constituencies dominated by ethnic parties. most of the ring, the minority are also excluded. having been stripped of their citizenship and rights throughout the years. and whichever party wins will have to share power with the military, which is guaranteed 25 percent of the seats in parliament enough to block constitutional changes. but despite the challenges, voters are optimistic. i think this election is very important and everyone who is already 18 should vote because one vote can change the result. so everyone should vote, regardless of which party they support main opponent in this election as it was in the last, is the military backed union solidarity and development party florence louis al-jazeera. thousands of protesters are gathering in thailand, demanding political reform rallies of grown in recent weeks. but organizers say, today's march will be the biggest yet they plan to deli

you mentioned the ineffectiveness of the election assistance commission. you write a little more about the potential criticism of a federal agency. outrote critics could point this agency could be used for partisan advantage. that's why it must have a strong mandate based on widely supported principles of democratic fairness as well as an empowered inspector general to monitor potential abuses. we propose an extensive vetting appointees. a bipartisan list could be put forth confirmed by the house of representatives. that is a twist right there having the house approve that. nonetheless, would you agree in these times it's hard to get people to agree on who a nonpartisan person is. agree, which is why i to ground important this agency and principles we can all agree on. free and fair elections in which all voters are treated equally in which the process is straightforward. i think a strong inspector general is extremely important. critics have pointed out that such an agency does put a large amount of power in the federal thernment, which is why intentions

calling for a recount, but, first, over the last half hour we have listened to the wisconsin elections commission defend the election yesterday, and let's show you what the vote totals are again, at this point nbc news is saying this is a race that is too close to call, so nobody is being declared a winner here, either by nbc news, other media organizations or by the state of wisconsin, but they do show at least as they tabulate the votes that joe biden is ahead by a little over 20,000 votes, and within the last half hour we heard from the mississippi elections commission, and they got asked point blank what do you say to people who say this doesn't smell right, a little suspicious that joe biden jumped ahead hat the last second. here's what they had to say about the honesty and integrity of the election. >> despite more absentee ballots, the evening proceeded in a very normal fashion our election was executed with precision and it's also, you know, every step of the process is publicly observable. >> so what happens now, and we showed you some of these absentee and early ballots that were being

the opposition heard what the election commission said and is ready to use all illegal means to get justice about all the irregularities in the election of november the 22nd. we however, reaffirm all commitment to preserve peace and stability in bikini fast. so by placing the interest of the country above all consideration, the opposition had hoped for a round of so i united opposition could field a single candidate than i have a week to challenge the results in court. more than 1300 polling stations were closed in the north and east of the country due to fears of violence by groups linked to al qaida and islamic state. the constitutional court has to rectify the results of the 15 days from the date of the announcement of the results. how many trees are just here? and the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees says for the 1st time in history, it's run out of money until the end of the year. relies on funds from un member, states and the e.u., but says it's been chronically underfunded for years now. it's also warning that the health system in gaza is about to collapse and years of this pande

we think the opposition heard what the election commission said and was ready to use all illegal means to get justice about all the irregularities in the election of november 22nd. we, however, reaffirm all commitment to preserve peace and stability in bikini by placing the interest of the country above all consideration. the opposition had hoped for arnold, so i united opposition could field a single candidate than i have a week to challenge the results in court. more than 1300 polling stations were closed in the north and east of the country due to fears of violence by groups linked to al qaida and islamic state. the constitutional court has to rectify the results of the 15 days from the date of the announcement of the results. france's interior minister has ordered the suspension of police officers who allegedly attacked and racially abuse the black music producer. inside his own studio, the incident was recorded by security cameras and widely shared online. the producer told reporters that police followed him inside after seeing him on the street without a face mask, which is again

is one and our seats to form a government that's despite snow official announcement from the election commission or counting is still going on the national league for democracy party led by aung san suu kyi won a landslide election victory 5 years ago a fellow has more for young people. we were supposed to get some results earlier today was supposed to get the 1st such results run 12 new and newer rides for the unfortunately the union election commission hasn't released them yet i think there's been some issues going on that they knocked on the facebook page this morning that they've been. late last night in that they were at sort of the problem but we're still not hearing the officials out but the kind is a whole thing done by individual parties and the n.l.b. national league for democracy the ruling party on some teachings party has announced that they feel they have enough seats to form a government to majority and holly she is they will be able to choose the president which is the most significant thing because it is the president the most powerful position in iraq that manages that chooses

says it has won enough seats to form a government despite no official announcement from the election commission vote counting is still going on the national league for democracy party led by understand suchi won a landslide election victory 5 years ago and the file is gone for certainly no surprises there will be an n l d when but when do you expect the official results. well i'm. hopefully coming soon we were supposed to get some results earlier today was supposed to get the 1st set of results around 12 new and more around school done fortunately the union election commission hasn't released them yet i think there's been some issues going on that they and that's on their facebook page this morning that they think it's late last night and that they were at sort of the problem but we're still not hearing the official results but the kind is of course being done by individual counties and the n.l.b. as you mentioned the national league for democracy the ruling party on some to cheese party has announced that they feel they have enough seats to form a government chilly majority in parliament which

the election went on peacefully in most of the areas where election were conducted by the election commission. also confirmed that it's an able to conduct these elections in many areas because of threats of violence and because they couldn't find officers to run the elections in those areas. so basically, this type of elections today has been impressive with just a few hours to go be election commission is saying that both the turnout and preparations were really, really impressive. it looks like president markup, or it is set to perform well in this 1st round. despite his failings to reign in the violence that has been plaguing, became a fossil for the last 5 years or so. he has challenges, former finance minister, former prime minister. but the biggest problem, the opposition head was not finding a formidable opponent to push forward to challenge mr. border for the presidency seat. what they were doing is that more than about. 'd a dozen of them are now facing, expecting to wrest power from him, but the best hope for they have for know is that it doesn't win in the 1st row. and that is what

look, the opposition heard what the election commission said and is ready to use. all eagle means to get justice about all the irregularities in the election of november 22nd. we however, reaffirm all commitment to preserve peace and stability in between a fast. so by placing the interest of the country above all consideration, the opposition had hoped for and of so our united opposition could field a single candidate. they now have a week to challenge the results in court. more than 1300 polling stations were closed in the north and east of the country due to fears of violence by groups linked to al qaida and islamic state. the constitutional court has to ratify the results of the 15 days from the date of the announcement of the results. how many trees are just here? hundreds of people who are being given life sentences for attempting to topple turkey's government 4 years ago. a defining moment in the rule of present recipes, the one now it's one of the biggest cases related to the failed coup, during which more than 250 people were killed. cynicus sulu has more. f