we're going to see what comes next so wait just a couple more weeks for the government to form peter gray then senior correspondent here at the deli thank you very much. meanwhile another european country is facing uncertainty this hour italians are casting their ballots in a general election in a close race a center right coalition anchored by former prime minister silvio berlusconi's forth the italian party could come out on top with a majority the economy and integration rather have dominated what's been an unpredictable campaign and there are more surprises on election day. former italian prime minister and leader of the right wing coalition silvio berlusconi prepares to const his vote in milan but like so many things in this eighty one year old's life nothing is predictable. that. a topless activists from the women's group femen shouts time's up belasco neat and your expired telescope. that. brought a lot. but there's little that can deter this veteran politician bella skinny is barred from holding office because of tax evasion his coalition no could emerge as the largest bloc in par

we're going to see what comes next so wait just a couple more weeks for the government to form peter gray then senior correspondent here at the deli thank you very much to you. that's some of the other stories making news around the world syrian troops and allied militias have captured a number of villages and towns near rebel held eastern ghouta hundreds of people are reportedly fleeing the largest advance since an offensive began last month to crush the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus. with voters took on likely look on likely rather to abolish their t.v. license fee exit polls suggest a clear no vote in sunday's referendum on whether to accept a mandatory fee for radio and television programming and licensing fee is around four hundred euros annually and provides funding for public broadcasters. a century after british women won the right to vote activist celebrities and politicians are joining a rally for gender equality on the streets of london demonstrators on the march for women are calling for an end to violence and discrimination in the workplace. to italy n

the name of science this is the peters walk of life station this is a very unique piece of property because it sticks out into the migratory corridor or of the northbound gray whale cows and calves a picture perfect location for researchers to fly a science drone to get an unprecedented bird's eye view of what swims below right there. but in the distance on line on our. wall or. for twenty two years wayne perry man and a team from noah have been here from march until may counting and collecting data on great whales migrating north from the breeding grounds of mexico to the arctic a trip of six thousand eight hundred miles this point is kind of a focal point for them and we're able to see them very very well they passed often within one hundred meters of the beach so it's a great place to count animals great whales swim close to land as protection against their main predator killer whales even so it takes a sharp eye and strong binoculars to spot the northern migration once they do it's go time for a one of a kind unmanned aircraft named mostly. to the right to the right now move there and then i let the frame the right keep on going out hold on hold of the

gray area. and russia's taken advantage of that. >> so put it in context as to what's happening in russia right now. you've written all about the historical leaders from katherine the great, peterhe great, stalin. but this is putin's russia, and he's facing an election. what is the context and the status there? >> putin has intervened in syria, he's intervened in the ukraine. syria is turning out to be a muchult more ffd sticky aren a military front than he expected. at home he's running a sort of fake election where candidates like his sobchak are running against him. he's desperate to show strength, and to project military power. that is putin's kind of formula. and the formula, all russian leaders, from stalin onwards, that is security and prosperity at home, glory abroad. >> one of the former obama administration officials wrote today about putin's sort of -- it's a potemkin village, you've written a lot about that russian leader, but basically saying he may not be all that he's cracked up to be. explain what you think he means. >> he isn't all he's cracked up to be. the columny is sc-- it's so necessary to the image and the excitement to the russian people who want to beli

peter negara spoke with larry kudlow yesterday. the president spoke with larry kudlow yesterday and it's only a matter of hours. >> gray. we dodged a huge bullet because the president was looking at chris liddell, who's not a supply sider, not progrowth. if you had gotten another trade protectionist into that job, the market would fall a lot more than it fell yesterday. the u.s. economy just dodged a big bully. maria: the president likes to have different views in terms of the people around him and he gets that again with larry kudlow and peter navarro. trent very larry kudlow is on the page of the progrowth agenda. an important voice along with steve moore and art laffer in terms of cutting taxes in this country. in terms of trade protectionist, can you imagine peter navarro a democrat in that job. that would rattle the market. maria: let's talk about ge. are you working with activists right now to help ge? >> yeah. my comment about the headline about revenge is not sense. i would do anything to help general electric. i love that company. i feel a very strong bond to a lot of the people's till they are. i've been throu