opposition leader he's calling for a recount of over five thousand ballot boxes but the national elections commission they've already begun recounting somewhere around one thousand and thirty one ballot boxes that contain some irregularities as they say now the national elections commission still has not given a formal announcement we actually don't even know if the opposition delegation is participating in that recount today and it's been a week it's been a full seven days since the general election and there's still no announcement made as to that hotly contested presidential election here in honduras and that meant well i mean i guess it might be hard to say but what do you think would be the reaction if it is actually declared the winner. right well since wednesday there have been at least three deaths. related to this wave of violence and chaos here across honduras and there's been a curfew that's been put in place a strict curfew a six p.m. to six a.m. curfew that the military hears and foresee they say is going to last for ten days it seems to have brought back some calm at least here in the c

demonstrators express a general mistrust of the national elections commission making the job of international observers all the more valuable. than we when the recount to be fair no matter who wins we will accept it but not with election. we want to be president we want to. we want to remain this repressive government the people of honduras have woken up and we are tired of what's been done to us over the last eight years. there's a large military presence in the city enforcing a strict six p.m. curfew the hundred military's response to a wave of violence and looting that gripped the country in recent days at least three people were killed and dozens others injured it's now been a week since the general election and while peace has returned to the city the concern remains that as long as the political limbo continues violence could spark up once again. that was he got the. former egyptian prime minister ahmed says he is still considering a presidential bid although he says he needs to explore the option for sure feet made the comments on egyptian television his first appearance since arriving

we are as close as people are allowed to get to the national elections commission waiting to hear any word on a final decision of this partly contested presidential election in honduras now the military has sectioned off this part of the road not allowing anything other than pedestrian traffic and military personnel to move through now. as the head of the elections commission said on friday that representatives from both parties along with international lection observers would be present during the special recount process the opposition however has failed to attend and there's really no sign as to when we're going to hear a final word a final decision from the national elections commission so the military isn't forcing a strict curfew from six p.m. to six a.m. that they say is going to last for ten days this in response to this wave of violence that we've seen spread across the country that's left at least three people dead including a teenage girl who was shot by military security forces now the concern moving forward is that if this process continues to stall and even further down t

demonstrators express a general mistrust of the national elections commission making the job of international observers all the more valuable. than we were in the recount to be fair no matter who wins we will accept it but not with election fraud. we want to allow them to be president we want to wait. and we want to remain this repressive government the people of honduras have woken up and we are tired of what's been done to us over the last eight years. there is a large military presence in the city enforcing a strict six p.m. curfew the hundred military's response to a wave of violence and looting that gripped the country in recent days at least three people were killed and dozens others injured it's now been a week since the general election and while peace has returned to the city the concern remains that as long as the political limbo continues violence could spark up once again. that was he got the venezuelan president says his government will launch a cryptocurrency like cohen nicolas maduro says it's needed to find what he calls a financial blockade by the trumpet ministration he gave

from the liberian capital monrovia henry boy pflum a director of communications at the national elections commission and joining us on skype from dakar adama guy a west african analyst and former director of information of the regional bloc coerse and in london alex vines head of the africa program at chatham house welcome to all let me start by asking mr flynn with this so flow how significant is this election for the liberian people. well this election is quite significant because. this is going to our show any. leader who would take over from. alan johnson sirleaf. is going to be history because for many many years we have a hard. leader a sitting president turning over willingly and democratically to another person so yes it is historic and it will also be serving as a third consecutive presidential election since the. civil war. so. the election is quite important and we take it very seriously mr guy in the car is the fact that this is the first time that the librarians will witness a smooth transition into democracy that makes this vote very special for them i think it's a very important elect

national election commission officials say final results will be announced before the end of the weekcdc opposition party, the mood is ecstatic. supporters are in a jubilant mood because we are already aware of the results. we know our result from how room. it is in sharp contrast to what is obtained here. this is the central office of the governing party. the few people who are here are wearing long faces. but one of the youth leaders is upbeat and insists they are winning. we have a tactical team on the field and getting results. are you winning? absolutely. as the waiting continues, wide hearings have reasons to pat themselves on the back. with this election, they have for the first time since 1944 set the stage for one of the critically elected president to succeed and other. a civil society coalition of over 1200 observers is analysing results from all over the country. we use these figures to have a minimum picture of what is unfolding, we are very much relu cta nt to unfolding, we are very much reluctant to not begin to predict the. because we don't know what figures may be com

is what they write this story and transparent elections they've lost confidence in the national election commission which after a week since the general election has still not managed to provide an alchemy of these elections this demonstration was organized by members of the opposition party but the people that we've spoken to come from all walks of life we're seeing families out here we're seeing students were seen members of the of the opposition party but we're also seeing members of the president's own party it's. not nice here it's not in any way similar to the riots in the fields and the causes that we saw between demonstrators and police only days ago but. there is still a terror in the people. for an election result commission here a decision on these very tense and very very heated presidential elections here two hundred. cattle foreign minister says the bin hamad elf. tony will attend the gulf cooperation council in kuwait on tuesday the regional alliance is facing its worst crisis in decades as a saudi led blockade of cattle and to its seventh month foreign minister mohammad bin abdul ra

helped calm down the situation people here are anxious for an official statement from the national elections commissionit's been six days now since the general election and there still has not been a decision from from the commission so in response to that violence as we mentioned we've seen the military announce that curfew for six o'clock they say that it's going to last for ten days and along with it comes a suspension to see to certain has that you and it's certain rights afforded to one hundred citizens and anyone that's caught outside of their homes has that six o'clock hour are subject to arrest now the concern that most people have here in the city if they go seek out the concern that people have across the country is that as the elections commission continues to stall there could be a resurgence of violence that just like the ones that we've seen over the course of the last couple of days especially a further down the line we hear an announcement that the incoming president one orlando don this is the clear the victor then most people would agree that there would definitely be a resurgence of

iberia is national elections commission is expected to begin releasing the provisional results from the presidential runoff election pitted former football star george where against current vice president joseph akai local newspapers are reporting a low turnout among the two million people who are eligible to vote is the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years how many are down has more from the capital monrovia. of to a day of orderly queues and peaceful venting in move on five thousand polling stations across liberia the people of this country are waiting for the results of the runoff election it pits full muscle pulls todd gold to where against current vice president joseph walker local media is already reporting that told the way a hostage and then an elite in votes counted on tonnage will fall in some of the counties all for this country george where is banking on his support with in the youth which accounts for more than sixty percent of the population of this country. just of walker has tied himself as the much for cutting date of tr

continue to call for hunder and president one orlando at nine days to step down and for the national elections commission to finalize an announcement the organization of american states has expressed concerns over quote irregularities errors and systemic problems within the elections and have issued recommendations that the process become more transparent. demonstrations blocking roads and bridges are also having a significant economic impact across honduras several cities are reporting fuel and food shortages causing worry that the political crisis is only getting worse money went up on no. god but still to come here on al-jazeera relatives of colombians wrongfully executed by the army are looking for justice. and at times any analysis becomes the first black woman to win the u.k.'s most prestigious award . hello there we've got a developing system that's making its way across turkey at the moment the satellite picture is showing that area of cloud here and as it works its way eastwards it's giving not only heavy rain but also a lot of snow and that snow is giving quite a few problems and will gradually

continue to call for a hundred president one orlando at nine days to step down and for the national elections commission to finalize an announcement the organization of american states has expressed concerns over quote irregularities errors and systemic problems within the elections and have issued recommendations that the process become more transparent. demonstrations blocking roads and bridges are also having a significant economic impact across honduras several cities are reporting fuel and food shortages causing worry that the political crisis is only getting worse. now leaders are to un environmental conference in kenya have agreed on tough action against plastic waste entering the oceans they're going to sign a resolution to combat what the un ocean is chief has described as a planetary crisis but there's no timetable on the resolution isn't legally binding . is the no each and environment minister. his country is sponsoring the resolution he says agreements like this are important but the world also needs action to clean up its mess. i think the most important is that we are now uniting the worl

continued to call for hundred president one orlando and nine days to step down and for the national elections commission to finalize an announcement the organization of american states has expressed concerns over quote irregularities errors and systemic problems within the elections and have issued recommendations that the process become more transparent. demonstrations blocking roads and bridges are also having a significant economic impact across honduras several cities are reporting fuel and food shortages causing worry that the political crisis is only getting worse. all to europe our refugees and greece risking their lives to end to other parts of europe say that determined to keep trying to make their dangerous journey north already say about one thousand a day try to stow away aboard ships and bound for italy has this exclusive report from the port of patra same grease on the dangerous reality of human smuggling. the sea crossing from greece to italy can take days and this is no way to do it hidden in airless cargo containers or clinging to wheel arches just inches from certain death all those pe

continue to call for hundred president one orlando at nine days to step down and for the national elections commission to finalize an announcement the organization of american states has expressed concerns over quote irregularities errors and systemic problems within the elections and have issued recommendations that the process become more transparent. demonstrations blocking roads and bridges are also having a significant economic impact across honduras several cities are reporting fuel and food shortages causing worry that the political crisis is only getting worse. hundreds of argentinean soldiers buried anonymously on the disputed full clinton island subpoena identified relatives now at the chance to bring the remains of their loved ones home to a supposed reports from buenos aires no tomorrow my sister brother and a lot of the he was nineteen years old when he went to war and was killed. that was thirty five years ago and norma has traveled from the remote north of argentina to the capital to find out whether her brother's remains have been positively identified. i am very anxious them very upse

continue to call for hunder and president one orlando at nine days to step down and for the national elections commission to finalize an announcement the organization of american states has expressed concerns over quote irregularities errors and systemic problems within the elections and have issued recommendations that the process become more transparent. demonstrations blocking roads and bridges are also having a significant economic impact across honduras several cities are reporting fuel and food shortages causing worry that the political crisis is only getting worse money went up on a. big. a wildfire in the u.s. state of california has forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes the blaze northwest of los angeles has burned more than eighteen thousand hectares is more than one hundred fifty structures have been destroyed with many more at risk it is the west on record for wildfires in the state. the russian olympic team has been banned from the next winter olympics for doping offenses the international olympic committee says russian athletes will still be able to compete individually bu

the political crisis in honduras persists despite an announcement by the national elections commission that a special recount of over one thousand ballots in this hotly contested presidential election had concluded election observers from the european union announced early monday that that process is unfinished. only bro says he some finished we cannot say if they just that and confirm but we want to guarantee that these procedures meet the conditions of transparency and opposition leaders including presidential candidates and other than that i continue to denounce what they call the fraudulent electoral process going as far as claiming victory in the presidential elections already now all of this traffic this heavy vehicle traffic that you see behind me these are people rushing to get home ahead of that strict six p.m. curfew that still in effect now the curfew how does help calm things down here in the city. and the rest of the country but it also suspends a number of constitutional rights for honduran citizens and the concern in the back of every person's mind here is that violence

liberia's national election commission is expected to begin releasing provisional results from its presidentialday. more than 2 million voters went a the polls to choose between former soccer star in the country's vice presidents. he didn't garner enough votes to win outright. the winner will replace the president, who stepped down in january. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm emma chandra. this is bloomberg. david: we spent much of 2017 focusing on geopolitical risk, ranging from the nuclear threat of north korea to a range of potentially destabilizing elections in europe. as we look forward to 2018, we try to anticipate what might be around the corner. faires.me bill it's impossible to know what's coming. faries: north korea would be on top of everyone's list. it's been a tremendous year for ratcheting up tensions, particularly when you look at the progress kim jong-un's regime made in developing icbms and nuclear weapons. that is still president trump's top foreign-policy challenge and it is one that doesn't have a

me is look they write history and transparent elections they've lost confidence in the national election commission which after a week since the general election has still not managed to provide an alchemy of these elections this demonstration was organized by members of the opposition party but the people that we've spoken to come from all walks of life we're seeing families out here we're seeing students were seen members of the of the opposition party but we're also seeing members of the president's own party it's right here it's not in any way similar to the riots in the fields and the conscious that we saw between demonstrators and police only days ago but. there is still a tear in the people already after a week before an election result commission here a decision on these very tense and very very needed presidential elections here and wonderous. venezuela's government says it's close to reaching an agreement with the main opposition to tackle the country's ongoing economic and political crisis the meetings in the dominican republic all the first negotiation since anti-government protests pro

continue to call for a hundred president one orlando at nine this to step down and for the national elections commission to finalize an announcement the organization of american states has expressed concerns over quote irregularities errors and systemic problems within the elections and have issued recommendations that the process become more transparent. demonstrations blocking roads and bridges are also having a significant economic impact across honduras several cities are reporting fuel and food shortages causing worry that the political crisis is only getting worse. said a un environmental conference in kenya have agreed on tough action against plastic waste entering the oceans they decide a resolution which they hope will combat what the un. has described as a planetary crisis there's no timetable and the resolution isn't legally binding let's go live to nairobi in a moment but first. mini on a whole new looks at just how big the problem of plastic erosions has become. five trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans more than a million plastic bags used every minute millions trillions for many of us

and in the rest of the country really are anxious for a decision from the next from the national elections commission that really it has been stalled it's been almost six days and still no decision in response to the violence as i mentioned before the military as has begun in forcing this curfew that begins at six p.m. they say that it's going to last for ten days with it comes a suspension to constitutional rights afforded to honduran citizens which means that anybody that's caught outside past the hours of six pm local time will be subject to arrest now the concern the concern here moving forward as these as the elections commission is going is that it's an announcement is made that the incumbent president one or two men do it now and this is declared the victor then we could see a resurgence of the violence in a resurgence of the protests that we've seen taking place over the course of the last few days doesn't sound like the election commission is going to come to some sort of decision today as the opposition i think we're pushing for. there's really no way to know that what we've been hearing fr

continue to call for a hundred president one orlando at nine days to step down and for the national elections commission to finalize an announcement the organization of american states has expressed concerns over quote irregularities errors and systemic problems within the elections and have issued recommendations that the process become more transparent. demonstrations blocking roads and bridges are also having a significant economic impact across honduras several cities are reporting fuel and food shortages causing worry that the political crisis is only getting worse. they can see god but still ahead on the news of the russian olympic teams banned from the next winter olympics for doping offenses we'll have the. details for you coming up in sport. time for the sports news yes peter. thank you very much the international olympic committee have announced that russian athletes will be permitted to compete at february's a winter olympic games in pyongyang but only under a neutral flag the russian olympic committee has been suspended the decision was made at a meeting of the i.o.c. executive board in lowe

continue to call for a hundred president one orlando at nine days to step down and for the national elections commission to finalize an announcement the organization of american states has expressed concerns over quote irregularities errors and systemic problems within the elections and have issued recommendations that the process become more transparent. demonstrations blocking roads and bridges are also having a significant economic impact across honduras several cities are reporting fuel and food shortages causing worry that the political crisis is only getting worse. but. this is a being investigated for killing civilians who were wrongly accused of being guerrilla fighters as many as three thousand colombians many of them were farm as well allegedly killed by the army to base the government's campaign against rebels . from. for almost ten years has been searching for the truth about the killing of her son fay you've learned that at the . lurd by fake job recruiters he left home and then returned alive months later she was told by officials that for you to west's killed in a clash between fired grav

in moscow today, putin handed in his papers in person, to the nation's election commission.ly polls show he's likely to be re-elected in the march vote. opposition leader alexei navalny is urging a boycott of the election after he was banned from running. today, he called for nation-wide protests next month. >> ( translated ): let's come out to the street! for yourselves, for your rights, for your future! for the fact that we do not want to lose another six years. we will start a big campaign, on one hand, to persuade everyone to participate in the boycott and not to take part in the election, and on the other hand, to count how many people really come to the polling stations and not to let putin fabricate that number. >> sreenivasan: putin is 65 years old and has already led russia as prime minister and now president for a total of 18 years. former president obama is urging leaders to be careful in their online statements. he spoke with britain's prince harry in an interview that aired today on the bbc. the former president did not directly mention president trump, but he d

in liberia's national election commission, expected to release provisional approval's today. more than 2 million voters are the soccer star and the country's vice president. he led the first round of voting on october 10 but did not get enough votes to win outright. ellen johnson steps down in january. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ julie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm julia -- julie hyman. we are 30 minutes from the close of trading in the u.s. the dollar weakened against most peers. what taxwe are 30 minutes from e of trading in the u.s. reform could mean for private equity firm, we look at a question of how leon black post and how it could alter the wall street model. plus, betting against boredom, 2017 going down is the least exciting year for stocks collectively on record. what to expect with volatility next year. loans taking on big tech by trying to lower top tech from detroit, facebook and google. we bring you those details. what did you miss? the

the protesters charge incumbent president juan orlando hernandez used honduras' national election commission to rig the ballot after early counting showed opposition candidate salvador nasralla five points ahead. this is protester maria fernanda bustillo gomez. >> in this moment, we are in front of the united states embassy. we are protesting, as you can see. it is a huge number of hondurans in front of the embassy because we don't agree with what is happening in our country. we don't want them to impose the president that his hourly and power, who wants to keep power. people elected a different person. it is obvious the opposition once, but they won't let him take power. amy: over the weekend, salvador nasralla formally challenged the results of last month's election in honduras, calling for an annulment of the results over what he called scandalous fraud. to see her interview with former honduran president manuel zelaya on friday, go to democracynow.org. in el salvador, judges have delayed a ruling on whether to free a woman who was sentenced to 30 years in prison after she gave birth to a

iberia's national elections commission is expected to begin releasing provisional results from tuesday's presidential runoff elections or form a superstar footballer george we're up against vice president joseph i local newspapers are reporting a low turnout though monks the two million people who are eligible to vote it's the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years. the u.s. has imposed sanctions against two north korean scientists known for their role in the country's missile program kim jong sick and repealing charla thought senior figures in north korean leader kim jong un's but missile development team sanctions are the latest move in the u.s. campaign to denuclearize the korean peninsula. and the detention of two reuters journalists in myanmar has been extended now for another fourteen days while alone and. arrested earlier this month after meeting police officials on the outskirts of young gone they were allowed to see their families and speak to lawyers outside the court hearing the young gong accuses the pair of planning to illegall

while we are as close as people are allowed to get to the national elections commission behind me a line of military police that are taking all necessary precautions sectioning off this area of road not allowing anything other than pedestrian traffic through and we're waiting to hear any announcement on the progress of that special recount process now. he is the head of the elections commission he said on friday that members from both parties as well as international lections observers would be present at this press at the special recount process but we do know that the opposition delegation failed to attend both friday and saturday and instead are calling for more demonstrations against quote fraud and dictatorship now. he is the opposition leader he is demanding a recount of five hundred five thousand ballot boxes but we do know that the elections commission is also looking into a recount of a little over a thousand one thousand and thirty one ballot boxes that have shown irregularities within the electoral process but by now it's been one week it's been a week since the general electi

the central election commission decided nationally that the anticorruption crusader is not eligible tobut vladimir putin will have someut opposition in the march election, if only token. senior correspondent amy kellogg has the story. >> she knows she can't beat putin, but the kremlin is letting her take him on, and she's taking the most of it, stopping her heart out. ksenia sobchak says there is a lot of economic frustration across this country. >> these people are quite ready to understand there is a connection between c unfair elections to my between, between crimea problems, other things. and their livelihoods. >> doug: a child of kremlin elite, sometimes called russia's paris hilton. she once posed on the cover of playboy. her late father was president let me put in his mentor and gave him his first break in politics. but when the putin said he would seek a third term in politics in 2011, she said enough was enough, and join the massive street protests. sobchak call the annexation of crimea was illegal and believes russia should join the e.u. sobchak called putin out on this think

presidency while the kid is under investigation for coordinating with foreign nationals to impact the federal election commission'segrity. it's stunning to me. and it's sort of lack of thoughtfulness from a legal jeopardy standpoint. but that's don junior. >> sure. so from the president's son to son-in-law, michael let me stay with you and talk about chris christie he is speaking out against jared kushner and he had this to say about him. >> i'm telling you that he deserves scrutiny. you know why? because he was involved in the transition and involved in meetings that call into question his role. okay. well, then if he's innocent of that, then that will come out as mueller exams all the facts. >> well, obviously, bad blood between the two. we know the story with kushner dad and chris christie some years ago. do you think this is part of this or do you think there is more at play? >> well, backing up for a second. christi sends kushner's dad to jail. that doesn't create good relationships among people. then kushner, according to christi, gets christi kicked off the transition team and loses him could have vetted at

national protection and programs directorate at the department of homeland security is leading an interagency effort to provide voluntary assistance to state and local officials. this interagency assistance brings together the election assistance commission, the fbi, the intelligence community, nist and other dhs partners and is modelled on our work with other critical infrastructure sectors. our nation's election systems are managed by state and local governments in thousands of jurisdictions over the country. state and local officials have already been working individually and collectively to reduce risks and ensure the integrity of their elections. as threat actors become more sophisticated dhs stands in partnership to support the efforts of election officials. we offer three primary types of assistance. assessments, information and incident response. dhs typically offers two kinds of assessments to state and local officials. first, the cyber hygiene service for internet facing systems provides a recurring report identifying vulnerabilities in internet connected systems and mitigation recommendations. second our cybersecurity experts can go on-sight to conduct risk and vulnerability assessments. they are more thorough and result in a

in on paper ballots for both state and national elections so folk counting is going to take a significant amount of time and according to the election commission it will take around a week before we know who will get the mandate to form the next government. russia's president vladimir putin says he'll seek reelection next year the sixty five year old has been in power as either president or prime minister for seventeen years but if burton serves another six year term you could reach the master for the longest tenure as leader since joseph stalin. disputed. there can be no better place and no better reason for making this announcement thank you for your support i will put forward my candidacy for the post of president of the russian federation . a right wing billionaire who's promised a tough stance on migrants has been sworn in as prime minister of the czech republic under above as has pledged to stick to the czech republic's rejection of an e.u. quota mandate all members to take in some migrants his party was the strongest force in october elections with about thirty percent of the vote but it's not clear how bad this is facing corruption all

in on paper ballots for both state and national elections so folk counting is going to take a significant amount of time and according to the election commission it will take around a week before we know who will get the mandate to form the next government. than twelve thousand homes are death threats wildfires in southern california two hundred thousand people have been told to leave their homes as the fire is now into the heart of los angeles the flames are being fanned by hot dry winds which are forecast to last all week. was the country has learned how to radium experts say it doesn't take much to turn a civilian nuclear energy program into a military one well powers jumped into action when iraq began a homegrown nuclear program but an iranian m.p. has told al jazeera that the international panic about building nuclear weapons was based on a base reports of. many iranians here say they've paid a high price for their country's nuclear ambitions years of sanctions have led to international isolation and an economic toll that is difficult to quantify but the cost can be measured in at least four lives nuclear scientists killed in targeted att

in on paper ballots for both state and national elections so foad counting is going to take a significant amount of time and according to the election commission it will take around a week before we know who will get the mandate to form the next government now the u.s. president has called on saudi arabia to immediately end its blockade of yemen in a statement donald trump said i have directed officials about ministration to call the leadership of the kingdom of saudi arabia to request they completely allow fuel water and medicine to reach the yemeni people who desperately need it the u.s. has backed the saudi led coalition it is finding its hutu rebels and you have been since twenty fifteen thousands of people have died in the wall that millions more are facing famine and starvation. now the son of yemen's ousted president ali abdullah salah who was killed on monday has been consoled by the crown prince of abu dhabi i have a bit inside the visited salah who's been under house arrest in the u.a.e. for the past three years since his father allied with the forces the u.a.e. is part of the saudi led coalition fighting for the overthrow of the who

. >> the democratic national committee, and alleged steam here, the federal election commission, thecited cash, a lot of cash from big-name donors, and back to the dnc, it finally ended up with the clinton campaign and all the money to get elected president. here to react to this is the author of clinton inc. and contributing editor of the washington free beacon daniel halpern. explain exactly what is wrong with what she is alleged to have done and the parties alleged to have done. >> hillary clinton raised money for various state organizations, democratic parties throughout the country through her hillary victory fund, the money she raised basically went through the dnc to her campaign conference, violating the law that one could get $2700 in support of her campaign last year which applied equally to both candidates. it is complicated but there are various laws that prevent giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to single candidates. this was a violation of that and what we are seeing is not just an accusation against hillary clinton is pushing a test of the campaign finance laws t

one of the things that served our nation well is that you have local election commissions.ou have state election commissions. these are individuals that are either elected or appointed to those in different positions at the local and state level, and, you know, they take very seriously cleaning up the rules, making certain they keep those rules current. and at one point, i served on the election commission in my county, williamson county here in tennessee. we were the first county to move to the electronic voting machines. we felt like that was -- that was back in the mid'80s, dana, a long time ago, and we felt that was the right move to make. it was the accountable move that our county should make to our voters. so, we all come to different perspectives based on our experiences, that's the way that i feel like we have -- we did our job then and i know most of your election commissioners take very seriously their job. >> let's talk politics. >> sure. >> democrats are suddenly feeling emboldened about the seat you were running for, senator from tennessee. especially now that

in on paper ballots for both state and national elections so folk counting is going to take a significant amount of time and according to the election commission it will take around a week before we know who will get the mandate to form the next government. gay couples in australia have been cheering m.p.'s as they voted to legalize same sex marriage and held by the majority vote in the house all changes the definition of marriage from solely between a man and a woman to a union of two people legalisation follows the yes vote in a recent national survey. so to come here on the edges here at news hour find out why this champions league football manager dressed up a zorro that's coming up with joe and inspiring. q. thank. you. thank. it's time for this was used his joe thank you very much of a day and another piece from history made by christiane are an elder the real madrid strike as become the first player to school in all six of his teams you wait for champions league matches rinaldo made history with his second goal against policy adult women date with his ninth in europe this season madrid were already heading for the last sixteen of the co

national committee's unity reform commission. their recommendations will be given to the party's rules and for the 2018tee election. the commission continues tomorrow and we will have coverage here on c-span. >> tonight on c-span, at 8:00 eastern, this week's supreme court oral argument in the case of masterpiece cakeshop v. colorado civil rights commission on whether a baker could refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple based on religious beliefs. interview withn counselor to the president kellyanne conway. >> i'm not here to read about myself. i'm here for something so much more bigger than me and that is the lesson that a lot of folks need to understand. i'm often said publicly and privately that there are only two people who work here that were elected to do anything. andnames are donald trump mike pence . >> beginning tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org and the free c-span radio app. >> also tonight, president trump holds a campaign rally in pensacola, florida. he's excited to address tax reform efforts in congress. the comments will start live at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. you can also

$6.3 million in the bank on december 1st and the republican national committee had six times as much as $40 million. the election commission. posting its worst fund-raising amount in a decade. how big a deal or worried are you? >> the party in power of the white house will always raise more money. just a given. if you look historically just in 2016, hillary clinton did by far better at raising actual campaign contributions than donald trump did, yet look who's in the white house? enthusiasm overall will take the day. you're seeing similar as in 2010 is, you have people from dog catchers, local coroners, auto body mechanics running for office because they can't take it. this will far and away carry the day come november 2018 than you'll see from campaign contributions alone. >> you need that organization. >> you do. >> you need that money. without that -- one of the things that actually, the dnc was very successful at in the roy moore doug jones race, staying under the radar vocally and putting grass roots down when the allegations came out against roy moore. getting a very strong ground game out there that could turn out.