kaczynski himself never will. >> ted kaczynski has absolutely no feelings of remorse or sympathy oregret or anything for any of his victims. they were all soldiers of the technological society as far as he was concerned. he had a higher purpose, and they were immaterial to him. >>> turkey pushes deeper into syria as the kurds issue a desperate pressure to the u.s., saying they are left to be similaritied. the u.s. president now defends rudy giuliani. donald trump says he stands by his personal attorney. >> also ahead this hour, dangerous wildfires burning in california. firefighters doing their best to contain those fires. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell. the cnn "newsroom" starts right now.

the problem is that kaczynski's ambition is to continue changing poland.model of the pole with strong national feelings, family, traditional values, but he is also undermining the principles of the eu. i mean, first of allthe independent judiciary. he has already made a lot of changes. it is under political control of his party. public media are totally... it is an instrument of propaganda of the government. what may influence in the forthcoming two years the situation, the short term economic prospect are not so rosy for poland, because it's a policy of very risky fiscal allowances, people were promised a lot. everybody was promised a lot. everybody was promised something. thank you so much for your expertise, and yes as he said, the promises, the pledges, the doubling of the minimum wage, the doubling of the minimum wage, the generous welfare packages for families with children, it is all yet to be seen how the government, the returning government with that majority is going to be paying for that after a very divisive election here, sally, with minority

they're the party of heroes for kaczynski would have to look for a coalition partner but anyway of course it is a huge success and a victory of law and justice party in poland so a victory for them what makes this party so successful well law and justice party has a very coherent program that i would call poland 1st simply. and also polish economy runs really well at the unemployment is very very low. besides a law and justice party is a party which fulfills its promises which is not really a rule in poland and a very important issue it's a party which. for the 1st time after $1009.00 set enough save you it's time to spend money it's a party which starts with giving money to do people in politics and what about the opposition then that the voter turnout appeared what explains that well outside the opposition doesn't really have a good leader or some popular politician to pull the entire position. i would also say there is no such a clear and decisive coherent program there on the side of the of the opposition and you know it's not easy to fight against the party i mean to fight against lo

are choosing a new parliament today the incumbent nationalist lord justice party under yaris was kaczynski was ahead in pre-election polling and is hoping for an absolute majority today so the party is presenting itself as a defender of traditional catholic values against what it calls quote l g b t ideology of the vote is also being closely watched in european capitals after the law and justice party and acted controversial justice reforms saw the country's judges say they're being targeted for speaking out against the reforms but despite the pressure they say they're determined to keep fighting to uphold the rule of law . judge christiane markovitch regularly receives hate mail online he's the chairman of the judges association that supports the rule of law in poland. that's when i can decent words they use that i don't wish to they attack me directly saying i am an accomplice to the class of judges and that someone should silence me that someone should find out something about me that would ruin me whew that is about the courts a culture which ignores english thousands of hate mails twe

yes that there were rumors before that even peace party leader of kaczynski would maybe go for the position of the prime minister but just this week in an interview he said that he is the most natural person for that post so most probably if peace can form the government. will be the prime minister again. or check the have been concerns about the door and justice party but seemingly remaining relatively successful can you explain that and as well why the turnout i may have potentially been so you know for the opposition well law and justice party is greatly working machine with very consistent and coherent program knowing what it wants to do with the country knowing what it wants to go and it's a party which has changed a pair of big mind poland for the 1st time after $989.00 giving money. to the people and we have to say it is a party which kept in full field many of its promises which was not often taking place in poland before and all this together makes it so difficult i would say for the opposition to fight against this as i said really great the working machine law and justice party a

choosing a new parliament today the incumbent's nationalist law and justice party under jaroslav kaczynski was ahead in pre-election surveys and it's hoping for an absolute majority today party is presenting itself as the defender of traditional catholic values against what it calls quote l g b t ideology the vote is also being closely watched in european capitals the law and justice party has an act of controversial justice reforms as well as fiercely resisting e.u. efforts to resettle foreign refugees in poland. all right let's head to poland now our correspondent olivia cortazar standing by for us live via according to those polls we heard about the law and justice party has the support of about 40 percent of the population why is it doing so well. well the people here feel that the living standard has been rising and they connect that to the governing party peace has introduced in the very beginning in 2015 and the last months of 2015 social benefit programs which has promised before meaning that family scott child benefits which is around $130.00 per child and that's a lot of money in