a rack is voting in its first general election since u.s. troops -- iraq is voting in his first general election since u.s. troops left in 2011. the severe violence that hit the country this week continues. two women were among the dead as a bomb went off at a polling station in the north. nicholas rushworth has more. friday, and the explosion tore apart a campaign rally in the east of the city. attack was part of the waves of sectarian violence nationwide in the days before the vote. iraq is currently going through its worst unrest in years. security for this election is massive. we have tree lines of defense at each of the polling stations. the first is security forces and federal forces near the station, the second is troops patrolling around the areas. the third is special action forces and security check facilities at the entrance to stations. >> the sunni shiite violence is approaching levels seen in 2006 at 2008 when tens of thousands of people died. the al qaeda inside islamic states is gaining strength and waging war on the edges of

to iraq where there has been more violence ahead of tomorrow's general election. an attack on an outdoor market northeast of the capital baghdad has killed 11 people this morning. at least 19 wounded in that attack. the attack comes one day after a series of attacks that killed at least 46 people throughout the country. this has polls are to open in what will be the country's first general election since the withdrawal of american troops. we can speak to the afp correspondent in baghdad for more. thank you very much for joining us. first of all, more violence this morning after yesterday's violence. the death toll keeps rising. >> that is right. we are up to 15 dead at the moment for the bombing. this comes after a day of attacks when security forces were taking polls across the country. there was going to be a dry run today. the death toll keeps climbing. the attacks are casting a shadow over whether security forces, the police, and the army will be able to protect the public with a go out and vote tomorrow. >> this was widely predicted. that was no question extr

most of the refugees living here will not be able to take part in a crucial general election in afghanistan. now, in 2004, most people here in the camps did want the crucial vote that helped hamid karzai win the election. this time when a president hands over power to a newly elected president the afghan refugees will not be able to vote. predominantly these are pashtun groups, the majority in afghanistan, and they say will not be heard across the border. the pakistanis stepped up border patrol, but here at the refugee camps, as you can see, most people will be interested to see the outcome of the general election, but they do have mixed feelings. >> it was our wish to participate in the election and cast a vote for a leader. we are deprived of the right. >> how can you call it fair and free when so many cannot choose the head of state because they are refugees? >> it's not just afghans going to the polls, india's general election begins. the opposition leader looks likely to become the next prime minister, but critics are concerned by the hindu ideology. we have this report from new delhi.

with that view who gets into the general election and makes it more competitive general election against the democrats. >> and you have a particular window? we are around the magazine sitting around thinking that we are going to have to legitimate contenders for the republican nomination which is good for texas monthly to be able to write about senator ted cruz and run -- and governor rick perry. it is interesting when you pull that moment out of the campaign in 2012, governor perry took a lot of heat about the comment that you don't have park if you don't support the fact that people are living here, whether they are here legally or not, if they had been here for a long time, should not have access to in-state tuition to our public and diversity's. -- our public universities. california followed quickly behind. was that something that is well received on your end? as you are talking about civil rights opponents of this what you were also talking about an economic component. is that the tone that you think is the right one for the party to be striking? >> again, what i think people want

more than 1500 political parties are contesting the general election. the two most popular parties are the congress or the b.j.p. though popular neither party is expected to achieve the 272 seats needed for an outright majority. so a whole host of other middleweight and regional parties will throw support behind either of the two men depending on the concessions offered, or stay outside the government. the election marks the emergence of a party led by an anticorruption campaigner. the indian electorate is diverse and fractured. it is reflected in the political landscape. many parties speak on behalf of their own group and the nation as a whole. >> we go to outside a polling station. that hearing is a vote being cast on the electronic voting machine. in this election there's no paper ball odds. the crowd has been lining up since 7 this morning. in the first hour of voting, 10% of one million voters in this constituency cast their ballot. they are showing a good turn out and election commissions say they are aiming for an 81% turn out. the issue among vo

can the ganges hold on to power danny decides today in india's general election the new. the sound of a cobbled excluding a torch outside the greek central bank building in athens. no one was hatched between dennis was smashed and the boss does greece crete and its return to international bond markets today. beneath the theft is still on the gifts guerrilla groups were behind the expansion of the bank of greece all this in the heart of the capital with government buildings and embassies me a bunny. of course the theological but i think it's also a form of protest against everything it's not like to post but what can i say what can i say to people smiling resulting in an uncontrollable. where of course it's not pleasant in trouble walking up the day the couple was still in your unused esteemed told that someone was seen running away from it before the plows morning calls with a tiffany deal reportedly staying around seventy kilos of explosives were used on corresponding to the content could be sitting in the blast outside offices of the country's holiest banking institutio

their occupation of the parliament building asia's largest opposition party looks set to win the general election. bond investors are disappointed with the weak result and pro russian activists in eastern ukraine are standing firm in their battle for greater autonomy. students in taiwan protesting a trade deal with china had ended their twenty four day occupation of the parliament. they left a legislative chamber in taipei to cheering crowds. this is a representative told reporters that vacating the parliament does not mean the end of the demonstrations the leader said. they will continue to demand tougher rules for examining deals with china demonstrators say to those proposed by friends of mine tells administration are not good enough. the group is upset that the pact signed last june that would open up trade in dozens of service sectors. they lived at the parliamentary speaker had promised to stop the process towards approving the deal until the new system is in place to sit in with a loud legislature to protect the green in the taranaki in advance. experts as opposition to the trade deal with

. >>> the world's largest general election has kicked off in india. more than 800 million voters are heading to the polls over the coming weeks. >>> and demonstrators favoring closer ties with russia storm government buildings in eastern ukraine, as a deeply divided nation struggles to stay together. >>> tuesday will mark one month since a malaysia airlines flight mh370 dropped off civilian radar. now officials at the joint agency coordination center in australia say they may have picked up a crucial hint on the whereabouts of the missing plane. nhk world's tomb oako kamata has the details. >> reporter: multinational teams looking for the missing flight are narrowing down their search area under the indian ocean off the west of australia. a joint agency coordination center official said on monday that an australian naval vessel detected what are known as pinger returns in the northern part of the search area west of australia. >> clearly, this is a most promising lead. and probably in the search so far it's the -- it's probably the best information th

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as in more violence in baghdad this morning ahead of tomorrow's general election. a bomb attack on an outdoor market northeast in northeastern baghdad has killed at least eleven people will add just at that scene from a range of messages coming in the d still still sketchy this was yesterday fined and swim in it and started putting stations across much of the country kidding the sports he seeks out people is as good a day she got underway for peace and security forces ahead of tomorrow's general election it will be the first the general election held in iraq since the withdrawal of american troops. a peace deal for the middle east was to be reached by state that was john kerry's plan as he kicked off the latest round of israeli palestinian talks last summer instead. the mac is actually a state finds itself embroiled in a rout with a set of allegations that he wanted risk becoming an apartheid state. john kerry has said that the word apart it was guilt isn't all that he defended his warning to israel of the risks it faces if it doesn't try to deal with palestinians.

they registered the case against the child has been suspended. >>> india's marathon general election begins on monday. voting will take place over five weeks. opinion polls suggest that the next prime minister, critics are concerned about his conservative hindu ideology. >> hey live in india's heartland where religion and national pride go hand in hand. to boost religious faith and initialism. >> i'm proud to be a child of mother india. we're helping to attain a place of pride in the world. >> reporter: with elections around the corner people are coy in who they will vote for but they say there is one man who can help their country. >> ex-strong on india. he is strong on national security. >> the ruling congress party has been plagued by corruption scandals and policy inertia for years. it's candidate has so far failed to inspire confidence. india's economy is struggling. it was growing at around 10% just a few years ago, but today growth has dropped to less than 5%. voters are also concerned by high inflation. they are looking for reform, and that's exactly what narendra modi has pr

in the shareholding general election every five years while the national party's a contest in wednesday's balance which is widely seen as a runner at the presidential poll in july the party could only field its own candidate in the presidential election if it raises at least twenty percent of the five hundred and sixty seats in parliament with the internet in the other twenty five percent of the boat to the jannah like . indonesians oh five punching up for in their ballot papers were campaigning during the next three days is that. do people across israel would want to add some rotation later this month. holocaust remembrance day. many will hold a and private ceremonies to pay their respects to the big ten years one man in that time yet has put a powerful symbol of that dark period of history on display. to keep the memory alive for future generations he will direct reports. who couldn't use to do who knows this is the truth. we knew we might be excused and weaknesses of the week i got to see other survivors will be hard to pass a list of ways to make sure the experiences of god the real p

the nation as more than eight hundred million eligible voters making it the world's biggest general election. voting is taking place in nine stages through meat while the ruling congress party chose from gandhi was seen as an heir to the country's nehru gandhi political dynasty as its election campaign leader the largest opposition about it the janata party in vietnam. the danger of modi as its candidate for prime minister modi is a self made politician going to do for a family of it even. analysts suggest he holds a strong lead early in the canteen. it is carol's i receive daily reports from the brood are awesome. woe to me this election has just begun. it's really early in the morning and in front of the board has shown you can order an easy dessert don't you. the main campaign issues include fixing that and he's built a gap and ending on the concoction we want those outdoors in the last two elections has been expected to result in loss of power pixie i want a core action in korea and its duration current prices increasing the joker wants and needs to get into all the fuss. he didn't. what

the smallest member of that threatened to disrupt the country's upcoming general elections bowing to attack those overlooked. paul. tonight the news on the road. most indians who prosecuted the schools is seeking to attack he's used to be bored in the upcoming parliament rejections. do i think it's a site that contains these beauties. it all the contest at the other thing again the dog outside to get the cost. but i can get our attention to the cause of global missions in the city i have to have such a noble man the shivaji. most insurgents have been striking the government and security forces would be in the four day keeps the team the vikings for the four entice people into the country's central and east in the genes on to say have been detected by governments for decades. but the most sense. having debuted with good bodies them in a shooting in the school board to take on ago. despite the dice on the one dollars and a few minutes to reduce the opposition parties in the party's between these teams can be deepening to move the decency to imagine that you will know the heartbreak of

. >> let's go to wendy where 180 million are heading to polls to cast votes in the marathon general election. it will take five weeks to complete the process of electing a new government in the country. in a moment we go to mumbai where the polls opened several hours ago. in fact won't be going there. first, we report from the crucial state in the deep south. >> reporter: this is the main railway station. it's how most people enter the city, gate way to southern india and capital of the state, one of the most prosperous. it's home to the people with distinct identity. the language is one of the oldest in the country, dating back 2, 500. there's things that are different. food, people are unlike the rest of the country prefer coffee over tea. lunch is served on leaves and politic, neither two national parties, congress led by gandhi and bjp led by modi. >> people often want rescue for them. two reasons, historically that's not possible because of history of the sentiment that has been in the past. also has to do with the fact i don't think people here feel a government to be filled by somebod

people into one attacks both aunties beneath the rebels wanted to stop the fine weeklong the general election. six people died when a bomb tore through a vehicle carrying soldiers in the central state of texas sky. an hour and the economic costs and upon scanning election officials seven people died in that attack. don't tease and remove the left wing extremist group the colonists on tv india not least for the expansion is insidious and carried out several attacks on police stations essential released in india the city one to protect the rights of co finance eight hundred and ten million people eligible to those in the nineties that led to the terms until an eight ounce of fcs the security situation will worsen as the election continues. russians continue to occupy gotham and buildings in an internet scam the current scheme eastern ukraine descendants continued on the sun today even up to ukraine's interim prime minister on cmt music called for dialogue on finding her two little thing to increase local times in the regions he also suggests that the emotion the nearby tsunami has to have their

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they're arguably the two strongest candidates in the general election for republicans. think that georgia also is a very red state. it takes very wishful thinking to think democrats could bring it into play against anyone. >> i think, you know, she's got great genes, she's got a great name, she's raising a lot of money. i think georgia is one of these states, like texas, that is sort of shifting to the democratic side. >> maybe 2024. >> well, to get there you start in these elections. >> because really, there was that runoff in '08 that was so close, there was a recount after that. thank you so much, gentlemen, for being on the show. appreciate it, mr. yang, mr. todd, not really chuck todd's question. let's turn to another data bank number today. 2. in detroit, pension leaders reached two deals late thursday. the first deal would preserve benefits for police and firefighters and the second would require civilian retirees to accept cuts made in their pension checks. and the ""detroit free press" is seeking $100 million in funds. >> and should congress be able to vote fro

the general election campaigns have not started to flood the air waves. primaries are still taking place in north carolina which will have a huge impact on the general election. same in georgia as well. even kentucky, mcconnell is going to run away with the primary it looks like. once that primary is over, how does it affect polling in his race? will republican voters come back home? those are all the big questions that are unanswered. we'll watch those and we'll watch how the air war really begins to take shape when these outside groups begin to spend more money and when the candidates start to attack their opponents on the air. >> talking to strategists on both sides, they're in an intensive research mode even about what the issues are going to be that will motivate these voters to get out there. they're certainly try being the obamacare message, but also minimum wage. it could be a completely different set of issues as we get much closer to november. >> a lot of these early adds are tests essentially. >> i was in a focus group recently where they were

to dig us in a bangkok has owned the store southeast asia's largest economy is gearing up for general election. its first in five years. the results were keen for the presidential election scheduled for july. with one hundred eighty million voters in english it is the world's third largest democracy. that means lots of last minute preparations that the country's five hundred twenty thousand voting stations. bolton leaders and twelve political parties wrapped up their campaigns on saturday here now banned from campaigning until wednesday's poll. the democratic party is not about the sensational bond bond who don't know who is constitutionally banned from serving as her turn hardy has taken a beating call it soccer series of corruption scandals. riding high on the other counties the opposition the democratic party struggle and then led by former president megawati sukarnoputri struggle has announced it will look the highly popular governor of jakarta and the upcoming presidential election guthrie and joe cole we don't know has already emerged as the core of the fridge. but the widely known a det

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he would be a very formidable general election candidate. and there is no better story obviously in american politics than the notion of if you look at the intertwinement of these two families since 1988, what an incredible story. and it will capture the imagination of the national press corps. >> it reads like drama. david axelrod, steve schmidt, and john heilemann, thank you all for joining me tonight. coming up, ezra klein joins me to talk about the last-minute enrollments on the healthcare.gov site, the biggest . other things, you don't. day of enrollments. and later, we will show you an extraordinary video of the killing of a homeless man by albuquerque police. tt>f$@aq't?/ with our comfort cushions. plus you can use up to four times less. enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft. >>> toronto voters will decide in october if mayor rob ford gets another term in office. but a group called "no ford nation" thinks anyone is better than rob ford. the group is posting campaign signs from fictional candidates all over toronto. candidate ray faranz

there were two weeks in the general election left. the comments will resonate in some areas like this in large urban cities and in the states that surround bangladesh. will it make any difference? we won't know until may 16th. >> 22 people have been killed at a gunman open fired in a hospital. anti-seleka rebels demanded money. three local staff of the charity doctors without borders were the victims. >>> iin a flaw of micro microsot explorer has been attacked by hackers. the bug allows the hack for take complete control of an effective machine manying they can view, change, delete data. microsoft is working on a fix, but it's unclear if it will be available to everyone. remember the company stopped supporting it's xp operating system this month and older pcs could remain vulnerable. if computer users are careful in their browsing habits they can keep the hackers out. >> you actually have to visit an infected website, so it will only take over your machine if you click on a link in, say, a spam e-mail or dodgy advertisement or link on

they all abided by it, and the reality -- then each of them accepted public funding for the general election and they could collect no other. that's six presidential elections during which we had incumbent defeated in 1976, an incumbent defeated in 1980 and later an incumbent defeated in 191992. so it wasn't incumbent protection act. ronald reagan four times accepted the limits and contributions of what he could take, what he could spend and public funding for the general elections. so i just think the idea that it didn't work, it did work. it worked brilliantly. george w. bush changed it in 2000 when he went to private financing for the nomination but accepted public funding in the general and, quite frankly, so did -- it was broken in 2008 when barack obama decided he wasn't going to do that. i say that because, going to the chief justice, there is nothing more basic to our democracy than the right to participate in electing our political leaders, and i wish they felt the same way about voting rights, which they didn't. somehow this giving -- these people, these five majority justices must

mayor that's going to give them a clean fresh start and strong democrat going into the november general election>> reporter: if early voting is any indication, it could be a small voter turnout. tomorrow four years ago some 22,000 people turned out for early voting. the past two weeks this year early voting attracted some 14,000 people. were you expecting by the early vote? >> no. we know d.c. residents are focused on getting a fresh start and voting tomorrow. >> this is all new territory because we've never had an election this time of year. of course, the weather has not been great, snow yesterday, but it looks like we'll have great weather the rest of today and tomorrow. >> reporter: gray is counting on voters in wards 5, 7 and 8 with a strong showing in ward 4. bowser begins in ward 4 and says she looks to finish strong throughout the district. recent polls have the two in a dead heat. bruce johnson, wusa9. >> the polls open in the district at 7 a.m. tomorrow. tune into wusa9 tomorrow night for live election updates. we'll have a special webcast on www.wusa9.com. that's from 10:00 to 11:00.

he would be a very formidable general election candidate. and there is no better story obviously in american politics than the notion of if you look at the intertwinement of these two families since 1988, what an incredible story. and it will capture the imagination of the national press corps. >> it reads like drama. david axelrod, steve schmidt, and john heilemann, thank you all for joining me tonight. coming up, ezra klein joins me to talk about the last-minute enrollments on the healthcare.gov site, the biggest day of enrollments. and later, we will show you an extraordinary video of the killing of a homeless man by albuquerque police. peace of mind is important when you're running a successful business. so we provide it services you can rely on. with centurylink as your trusted it partner, you'll experience reliable uptime for the network and services you depend on. multi-layered security solutions keep your information safe, and secure. and responsive dedicated support meets your needs, and eases your mind. centurylink. your link to wh

. >> let's go to india where people have begun voting in the world's biggest general election. the vote is spread out over nine stages due to the sheer size of the country. the votes will not wrap up for another month yet emma with the main hindu nationalist opposition party had to get the strongest back in. it's concerned, it would bring an end to their willing congress party's 10 years in power. the first stage of india's mammoth elections, voters line up to cast their ballots. the process began in two states restiveountry's northeast. >> i feel great. i'm voting for the first time. >> we hope to have a good leader who forms a stable government and can find solutions to the problems the country is facing. >> dozens of parties are in the running, but polls put opposition bjp out front. been touring the entire nation for the last six months and talking about changing the future of india. >> faced with rising food prices and worsening poverty, many indians want change. they are said to punish prime minister's congress party at the ballot, for high inflation and endemic corruptio

primary and tea partiers, but could backfire in the general election. this is a generally democratic district. that is the power politics. >> not to laugh or make light of the situation, but how do you stray so far from a serious topic, gun control. >> this is a guy that obviously doesn't believe in gun control and thinks the democrats are coming to take away second amendment rights and he's prepared to defend his rights to fire his canon. in certain quarters, among the tea party, that rhetoric is like liquid gold. the problem is how do you pivot to a moderate position in a general election, especially in a district where that ad can hurt him, especially where there's a democrat saying "he not only likes gun, he wants to shoot canons. >> louisiana macauster says he will not run, after a security tape showed him kissing a married female aid, saying his conduct was a failure, failing his family and district. hoel serve the remainder of his -- he'll serve the remainder of his term. >>> a $100 million bid - pfizer making a move for astra zennica. will it low

delhi says security for the election is tight. >> there's concern about community across the general election, and when certain dates were to vote, especially in the nearby borders - they were closed. what we have seen in the first week of elections is violence - what is described as the corridor of india. they have been fighting a left-wing maoist insurgency for decades. individuals feel that the natural resources of coal, mineral and lumbar are taken from the state, but the revenues from the items are not being ploughed back into infrastructure and for the benefit of the people. >> sohail rahman in new delhi for us. >> when it comes to the act of voting, it's not a simply as many assume. it reports -- we report on the commeption votersers -- challenges voters are vasing. >> mehboob ali does not have much. he has the right to vote. that is what he and his wife are et setting out to do. they were forced to leave the roomar communal violence ravaged the village. sips then they have to recover official documentation. >> he did manage to get them ids to vote. >> violence - there should be peace

unafraid to criticize those running the country, in 2010 miramar held the first general election in generalction. they asked voters to boycott the polls. he was at the forefront of the campaign. >> we are asking them not to go to the poet. >> he suffered recurrent health problems but continue odd to work. he was always pictured wearing a blue prison shirt. he said it was a protest. he died aged 85. bbc news. >>> let's catch up on other news from around the world. fresh pro test in caracas. there are protests where police responded with tear gas and water cannons. 40 have died since the protest began in february. >> australian authorities coordinating the search for mh 370 flight say the blue fin robotic submarine has searched two-thirds of the underwater area without finding anything of interest. it's scouring the ocean floor within ten kilometers where possible ping locaters were detected two weeks ago. >>> music singer kevin sharp has died at age of 43. he came to fame in 1990s with a hit including "know nobody's." kevin suffered from bone cancer as a teen. his family says he died at home

it's day one of the general election. the process will go on five weeks in the world's biggest democracy. >>> the initial break through in the hunt for the missing plane. what appears to be signals from the black box recorders. >>> i'm focussing on the business side of the big election in the world. >> it's clear the economy is concerned for voters. roofing continuing to fall in value. consumer prices don't rise. we'll take a look at which candidate has the answers to those tough business challenges. >>> hello and welcome to the program. oscar pistorius has taken the stand for the first time in his murder trial. let's go live to my colleague. >> reporter: here in pretoria, the dramatic moment so many have been waiting for came just under an hour ago. the first witness, a pathologist, wrapped up evidence. quickly without warning oscar himself took the stand. the defense's second witness about to be questioned by the lead defense council. he stood up from the beginning very tearful, his voice cracking as he decided to say s

it's going to -- he is going to have to answer to this, particularly in a general election.n in a republican primary, tea party people play a big role in the republican party. that's where the -- >> well, tea parties don't like the bushes and the christies, they say they're bryant of that rino crowd. so play that out whether this is a well-heeled crowd. and where do you think the crowd goes? >> i don't know. a great question. this is going to hurt him somewhere. we should point out -- i don't know about hurt. let me become up -- back up. he will have to answer to this. he was there when lehman -- he had to associate with lehman brothers. they were the reason why we had a financial crisis, one of the main reasons. this is something he has to answer to, just at chris christie has to answer to the bridge get, just as hundred hundred -- hillary clinton has to answer for benghazi. and being associated with wall street this closely, working for wall street, is generally not a good thing in a general election, and i'll tell you, not a good thing in a -- either in a primary. what pe

it's a large general election, the largest democracy in the world, hoping to choose the 16th parliamenthelp us understand what is at stake for the indian people. well, for the indian people what is at stake is what is at stake for most people, and what they worry about is the economy, security, jobs. the different parties who sit in opposition, but you listened to the polls, and the comments made by the local media. they could be a party request a large number of seats, a promisi promising development. it's an alleged made by the opposition party. in this election, and for their campaign, it's led by gandhi, the son and great gand son of former indian prime minister. it will be interesting to see how they develop and succeed in the coming weeks. results will be known on may the 16th. >> live for us in new delhi, thank you for the report. >> the libyan government truck a deal with protesters that occupied key ports. it's a major breakthrough. andrew simmons is in tripoli with that story. >> the deal means the reopening of two out of four eastern oil ports after an 8-month blockade. it co

because that will work for him in the general election. how it's going to help him with his, you know, challenges from the far right, i don't know. and other republicans who have challenges from the far right. >> mcconnell must be fairly confident in his primary to be putting out statements like that. but doesn't that clear the fundamental problem for republicans, joan. you can not repeal this law a, you can't do it. and b, you would be fundamentally taking away something from people. tens of millions of people who have it. and even republicans won't like that. >> mitch mcconnell is really stuck, because kentucky, his own state, has brought down its number of uninsured by 40%, because there is a democratic governor in a red state who did his own exchange, who accepted medicaid expansion. and some of mitch mccobble's own voter base aging white people. you know they are on -- it's not called obama care. they may not know what it is, but increasingly if he goes out and says i'm going to repeal that, he can't do that. but he's lying when he sa

and florida which are important marginal swing states which are always going to be critical in general elections in this country where you could have a situation but i think if you really break down the statistics in the case of obama's last election that he won by such a margin that he would have won even if it was 50/50. >> host: you mention florida and talking about obama just now and florida is in the first chapter of the book and that is where you say was the first time anglo-americans and spanish americans fused. what did you mean by that? >> guest: well it started in places very far removed. that is really because spanish empire had preempted all the parts of the hemisphere that were accessible from the outside and that were economically exploitable in worth colonizing. .. well, at the same time the english word seeking. and the first region, the exchange between the two empires >> host: and in the 16th? >> guest: the 16th and 17th centuries, a very general name for a large part of society, what is now the united states, including what was now georgia dome and in some respects the when it

india's general election is the biggest. we look after the break. people in a small texas town demand a cult-like church to leave. live with the latest. conversation >> illegal crossings along the south-west border increased dramatically. the border control made clearly 91,000 arrests. that is 69% more than the year before. >> recently there has been a stripping of shootings involving border patrol ates. we are on the ground in a town straddling the border in mexico. >> a dusty cross and flowers mark the spot where a boy died gunned down in his home up to. this is a story of a boy, a border and a wall of silence. some time before 11.30pm, the 16-year-old died instantly when hit by a bullet in the back of a head. as he fell face down eight shots hit him in the back. one border patrol agent fired here, through the fence into the street, down into mexico. why? they say he was throwing rocks at them. an eyewitness said he was just walking down the street. even if he was firing rocks, was shooting him a response, was he a threat to armed agents up on a c

in 2010, burma held their first general election. he decided to opt out and called it fundamentally flawed. he asked the voters to boycott it. he was at the forefront of the campaign. we're asking them not to vote. >> he suffered recurring health problems. always pictured wearing his prison shirt. protest because other political prisoners are being held behind bars. he died at age 85. katerina. bbc news. >> tomorrow, president obama leaves for an eight-day trip to asia. he was looking for a nice break from the tension of the ukraine. he will be disappointed. the trip comes as two of the biggest powers are under pressure. a chinese court ordered the seizure of a japanese cargo ship over unpaid debts that go back to world war ii. in tokyo, there are signs of rising nationalism that has alarmed people at home and abroad. we have this report. the young navy cadets are about to take each other on in a ruling exercise. it is military tradition here since the 1980's -- 1930's. this place is called the japanese imperial naval academy. today,

losing a general election. dave and i have talked about it before. look at the states. mocrats have won six of six elections. at 242 electoral votes. doesn't count florida, ohio, north carolina, virginia, nevada, new mexico. you look at mike huckaby's message. he may compete against rick santorum. not going to put one of the states out of the democratic column with the message. not where the country is. >> david axel rod. looking at potential republican field. with some candidates. jeb bush, haven't seen them perform as presidential candidates. as rick perry showed us that can include some surprises. looking at the field as we see it poe ten sha-- it potential n. >> would jeb bush be the strongest candidate? >> heap would be. it's interesting. what happened in the last two cycles. we have had center right candidates. mccain and romney to get the nomination have basically s subjugated principles. bush seems to be willing to do the opposite. which is to say these are my prince pulls. you either accept me with, with my prince pulls, or, or the nomination isn't worth having.

. >> we begin in india where people have been voting in one of the biggest days in the general election. more than 100 million people were able to cast ballots thursday. 16,500 polling booths were open in 11 of india's 28 states there. voters irs in delhi cast their ballots. we have this report. ♪ >> a moment that she will never forget. she's been homeless for two and a half years and today will vote in a general election for the very first time. >> i've got not only my identity card, but my election card. i'm voting for the first time. i'm so happy. >> she is one of 8,000 homeless people officially registered in the state capitol new delhi. she lines up at the polling station alongside many thousands more in south deli. the doors opened at 7:00 in the morning and will stay open for 10 hours. deli is being fiercely fought over. in the last election, allle seats were won by the congress party. this time, candidates have a tough fight on their hands. people here voted for change in recent state elections, a seismic political shift. the emerge edges and rise of an anti corruption party, th

electability in 2016. they really want someone who's going to be able to appeal to a general electorate. epublican candidates making their electability arguments now. rand paul saying he can assemble a new coalition and the base is going to want to hear that. >> and celinda, i just wonder -- i don't know if concern is the right word, but on the democratic side, your party clearly has a strong candidate in position if she decides to run. i would argue no candidate would be better positioned, not incumbent in modern history. if hillary clinton doesn't run, is there any concern on the democratic side that we're not quite prepared for this scenario? when you see the gaps in the polling nra ining scenarios, is anyone democrats are excited about? >> yeah, i think it would be easy to have lots of other democratic candidates. i think that right now, no one can get any oxygen because of the real enthusiasm among democrats and the real enthusiasm among women will this country for hillary clinton. but if you asked not in contrast to hillary, but just in contrast to george w. bush, or jeb bush, for e

there are is some daylight between the primary and the general election or the end of the year, i do think there is hope. if it doesn't get done during this calendar year, it is going to get done before the 2016 election. the stakes go up higher and higher. >> i am a dreamer. we need to act now. will you fight with us? stand up with our families. >> ma'am. thank you. we're trying to have a civil conversation about this. let us continue. >> i didn't hear the word deportation come up. >> thank you for your perspective. >> we are in the middle of this panel. for the people watching, i encourage you to let us continue and shall respect to others. thank you. [applause] the big issue people are going to be talking about, which is in addition to border security, which has been the thing that has been vexing people, if we do have 11 to 12 million people who were here living in the shadows, whatever term you want to use, if that is one of the major stumbling blocks to something moving forward, whether or not there is amnesty, which is strongly rejected in certain areas, whether or not it is a

but he lost a general election and he lost the general election, in part, because latino voters turned at an enormous rate for barack obama. that was mitt romney, of course. one interesting thing about that bill, you mentioned it earlier. 27% nationwide. in the seven battleground states with exit polling, you have got 33. and in the battleground of batting ground states, ohio, where if you go if you are a presidential candidate, you are going everywhere multiple times and your message ultimately gets through. he got 42%. which says to me if we can put this message, this issue behind us, republican, conservative principles can be well received in the the latino community. i have seen it here in texas all the time. >> i think unlike african-americans who for the foreseeable future will vote block democrat. i think hispanic americans can be persuaded. but you have got to get on the right side of this immigration issue and the hispanic american lobby can't think that you are trying to punish them. and that's what i'm not worried about the lobby. i'm woshed about latino and hispanic dissent

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but when it comes to the general election, you do know that the democratic candidates, a lot of them,s like emily's list, will try to make this an issue. remember, if we go back to 2011, a personhood in mississippi, mississippi, failed when it was brought up on the ballot and it really caused even republicans to try to figure out, you know, where they stood on this issue. even republicans who were pro-life. so i do think it's a way for democrats to talk about the war on women, in talking about abortion and contraception, because this personhood issue certainly brings that up. they want to talk, i think, mainly about the war on women in terms of economic issues, but it does seem like this will be a part of some of these races, particularly races featuring women going against men. >> and susan, that is really the key, right? democrats are counting on a strong turnout among women, that will go in their direction based on some of these issues. and what personhood gets to is the risk of contraception actually being outlawed. so it goes beyond that abortion debate. is that why it's working

they'll raise the issue such as election irregularities that it said took place in the last general election last year, which cost - which they believe cost the opposition coalition some votes. the opposition won the votes but failed to gain a majority in parliament because of the way electoral constituencies are drawn up, because of jerry nannedering. there are -- jerry mannedering. they want to bring up the fact that a state government is trying to impose a criminal islamic law, and there are concerns over that. it seems that he has taken all this on board, and will not have a meeting. but the politicians say it's not enough. they are questioning why he is not meeting the opposition leader anwar ibrahim who they say face trumped up charge, accused of sodomy and is facing a prison term if he fails to win his appeal. >> there's larger policies at play here, that president obama's administration wants to rebalance its relationship with ashia, calling it an asia pivot. is that having an effect or influence in a way that malaysia is dealing with the visit? >> this is an opportunity for malaysia

african refugees living in the country for decades will not be able to take part in a crucial general election in afghanistan. now, in 2004, most people here in the camps did vote. it was the crucial vote which helped president hamid karzai win the election in afghanistan, but this time when a president hands over power to a newly elected president. the refugees will not be able to vote. >> translation: it was our wish to participate in the election and cast a vote for someone we liked to be our leader. >> how can you call it fair and free when so many cannot choose their head of state because they are refugees. >> predominantly these are pashtun groups, the majority in afghanistan, and therefore they say will not be heard across the border. the pakistanis have stepped up border control. at the refugee camps, as you can see, most people would be interested to see the outcome of the general election, but they have mixed feelings. >> that was al jazeera's kamal hyd hyder reporting north-west of pakistan. >> nearly two-thirds of av gaps are under the -- afghans are under the age of 25. a quarter