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osh cholera was onstage with the president and made the introduction to the crowd. >> they have been friends for quite some time, the families have been friends, so when they see each other it's con gene y'all and informal and happy. and when the rest of us saw the president we were giddy. >> reporter: terry christianson says it's unusual to have a president throw his weight into a state attorney general race. but harris is trailing republican steve cooley and president obama is here to help a friend. >> the down-ticket races once you get beyond governor and senate, people bayless attention to those, and people pay a little more attention as you get closer to the eye alex. so the fact that the president is here with her, yeah, that's gonna help a lot. >> reporter: the last event of the night was a $30,000 a plate dinner at this palo alto home of a google executive. the president says he has been trying to find out what has prevented more companies like google from being created. >> google is like the symbol of the successful company. i mean they are making money.

in june there were deadly ethnic clashes here in the city of osh where we are now which is populated both ways and was back in nationals and as a result hundreds of people were killed thousands were injured and thousands more had to flee their homes and at the moment peace is really threatened jail here in the south of the country and in fact at the moment meaning people fear even going to the polling stations on sunday there have already been reports of threats sent out to the local population of why a mess for many people at the moment the main priority is to rebuild their homes and businesses after june as well it's rather then to vote for any politician but despite this the authorities are still calling for the people to go to the polling stations to take poured in this election promising that it will provide the a long awaited stability of stories are on high alert across the entire country both police and volunteers are monitoring the streets of the city's international observers have already arrived at the region and authorities say that everything is

to go pissing off in the southern city of osh and italian over cobra in the capital bishkek tell you first to you what exactly are the claims being made about the weekend bout it. well some members of the opposition claim that they believe this election was unfair they say that they have seen people here voters here being dragged around town from one polling station to another and being forced to vote several times one of the opposition leaders school has also said that at least three cases have been filed on the matter of violations that have taken place during the elections and a russian parliamentary delegation of observers has proved that the legitimacy of this election is something that still needs some deeper digging to do before claiming that the election was fair that despite the fact that according to preliminary reports by the international observers here there lection has gone smoothly but russian observers have found violations that should be looked into. their impact on the selection for example there has been an unusual splash of activity among voters here in kyrgyzstan

ok well let's turn to the southern city of osh which witnessed horrific ethnic violence in the summer is there for us now what's the situation there as the people. where we are now. go watch a city and it's also one of the most. was her old home fashion. not a lot of people were on the streets on sunday and the night was relatively calm as well although i did speak to some of the representatives of the wish and since this violence was basically caused by the fact that the sea is divided into the various . and they had these ethnic clashes between each other and you'll call was vexed for me that allegedly many of them were to vote reported to the polling stations and couldn't find the means on the electoral lists so the very issue still has to be cleared out because. by your years and by it was making nationals and in july there were massive ethnic clashes between the two on gangs walked around the city destroying businesses and destroying homes and the violence lasted for several days until the interim government was finally able to take control of the situation mobilizing the army bu

ok well let's turn to the southern city of osh which witnessed horrific ethnic violence in the summer is there for us now what's the situation there as the vote count to get. where we are now is there you strong for a second largest city and it's also one of the most unstable reason because you know it's a disappointment as the voting was held in a calm fashion the not a lot of people were on the streets on sunday and being i was relatively calm as well although i did speak to some of the representatives of the it was very good we should since this ethnic violence was basically caused by the fact that this city is divided into the and the candidates population and you have these ethnic clashes between each other and you told me that allegedly many of them were to vote. for the polling stations and couldn't find the i mean. on the electoral lists so the very issue still has to be cleared out because we would walk by your views and why it was very good nationally july there were massive ethnic clashes between the two armed gangs walked around the city destroying businesses and destroyin

as you go in the southern city of osh and the top in the work of a who's in the capital bishkek. some members of the opposition claim that they believe this election was unfair they say that they have seen people here voters here being dragged around town from one polling station to another and being forced to vote several times one of the opposition leaders failing school has also said that at least three cases have been filed on the matter of violations that have taken place during the elections and russian parliamentary delegation over preservers has said that the legitimacy of this election is something that still needs some deeper digging to do before claiming that the election was fair the so for non of the record number of twenty nine political parties registered for this election appeared to be natural leaders and that is because most of those parties have rather similar political agendas only five or six of them can make it to the parliament but if the votes are equally divided between the parties that might perhaps weakness a similar parliamentary stalemate here in kyrg

itself in a moment totties evil preschool brings us the developments in the troubled southern city of osh first let's turn it over koval reports from the capital bishkek. some members of the opposition claim that they believe this election was unfair they say that they have seen people here voters being dragged around town from one polling station to another and being forced to vote several times one of the opposition leaders school has. at least three cases have been filed on the matter of violations that have taken place during the elections and parliamentary delegation of observers has that the legitimacy of this election is something that still needs some digging to do before claiming that the election was fair despite the fact that according to preliminary reports by the international observers here has gone smoothly but russian observers have found violations that should be looked into. for example that has been unusual. among voters here in kyrgyzstan one hour before the ball has ended and washing observers have found that suspicious so for non of the record number of twenty nine p

during which it was decided to turn the country into a parliamentary state to the southern city of osh now you go it showed the highest turnout so what's the atmosphere like there in the city well that's right that's the biggest news from a lot about this city showed the biggest voter turnout in the entire country of this is really unexpected since this city really went through a lot of really difficult in the hard times recently we last june there was a massive ethnic clashes between the local population will be cured and back nationals armed gangs destroyed businesses and destroyed homes and as a result hundreds of people were killed several thousand were injured and several thousand more had to flee their homes the city basically is still recovering that's why there were fears that this violence could. as the voting is held but nevertheless the warning was held in the calm fashion little people on the streets that we saw today and this is despite the fact that previously there were reports of threats being sent out to the local population by s.m.s. and posters. flyers distributed in

clashes in recent months earlier i spoke to our correspondents going off in the restive southern city of osh and that's in the capital bishkek. this is the landmark poll for the country regardless of how many people are going to show up at today's election the election will still be valid and after this election kyrgyzstan will become the first country in central asia to become a parliamentary state where a prime minister has more power than the president and accountable to the parliament traditionally central asian states are ruled by a will through tarion leaders and when former president bakiev was overthrown in april this year the current she was wrecked in violence. with dozens of people killed and many more injured people here were unhappy with the president's former president's policies that have left many to live in poverty and that was the reason why he was overthrown after he was overthrown the temporary government. has held their referendum during which it was decided to turn the country into a parliamentary state and there were rumors that said these elections might bring even mo

months earlier i spoke to our correspondents who are just going off in the rest of southern city of osh and become in the capital bishkek. this is a landmark election for the country and regardless of how many people show up at their lection it will still be valid even once it's over kurdistan will become the first central asian country to become a parliamentary state where a prime minister has more power than the president and it's accountable to the parliament tradition essentially asian states are ruled by all three tarion leaders on in april when former president by key was overthrown the country was wracked with political violence that took lives of dozens of people and left many more injured people were unhappy with the former president's policies and many lives and after the president was overthrown temporary government held a referendum during which it was decided to turn the country into a parliamentary state there are still rumors however that more political of riots will follow this election is special in the country stars and regions hugo or so what is the atmosphere like in

during which it was decided to turn the country into a parliamentary state to the southern city of osh now you go it showed the highest turnout this sunday so what's the atmosphere like there in the city that's the biggest news from auschwitz sunday is the city showed the biggest voter turnout in the entire country around fifty percent of all the people who locals here eligible to vote children to the polling stations and cast their ballots this is really unexpected since this city really won a lot of really difficult in the four times recently the last june there was massive ethnic clashes between the local population will be cured and commercials armed gangs be sure. and destroyed and as a result hundreds of people were killed several thousand were injured and several thousand more had to flee their homes the city basically is still recovering from those several days of while and back in june that's why there were fears that this violence could reemerge as the voting is held but nevertheless the warning was held in the calm fashion quite a lot quite little people on the streets that

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they'd be fearful, and so what the other side calculated was if he just sit on the side livense, we let oshe and the democrats in congress deal with everything, then we can do well in the polls. that was their theory. and that's what they did for the last 20 months. they said no to just about every idea i proposed, every policy i proposed and even ideas they traditionally agreed with. i'm not exaggerating. we had situations where they would sponsor bills and i would say ok, and then they would say, if you're ok with it, we must be against it. [applause] and because they understood because folks were going to be anxious and fearful, they've been tapping into that fear. and now the pundits are saying that the base of the republican party is mobilized and energized and excited and all of us who worked so hard in 2008, well, maybe we're not as energized. maybe we're not as engaged. that's what they're saying. i'm -- i'm just the messenger here. they say that there is an enthusiasm gap, and that the same republicans and the same policies that left our economy in a shasmibles and the middle class

they will take him to the tree osh if center it will assess them and move him on today facility wheres not seen sunlight in 69 days. a quick other hot day in the bay area sunshine spilling over the bay. 62 degrees warming it up to 85 minut85 by noon conditions at the bay area warm everywhere. 71 in antioch, 68 redwood city, 61 los gatos, 69 in fremont. your eyes today warm again just like yesterday close to the record- breaking territory. '89 san rafael, 91 for vallejo. topping it out 93 redwood city, few other low 90s in the south bay, 91 morgan hill, 93 in livermore. as i mentioned excess of he warning in effect until 8:00 p.m. tonight for the areas in your screen that are pale orange. through san francisco and the peninsula as well as the bay shore. 80s, 90s another hot one. 7 day around the bay shows hot weather tomorrow then we cool it down as we make our way into friday, saturday, sunday by the weekend driving down 20 degrees temperature. for today hot territory mid-90s inland high eighties around the bay at the coast low '70's. let skoda george with traffic. >> still tracking m