a quick town shows joko widodo has a several point lead over former army general prabowo subianto. but prabowo has refused to concede defeat. official results won't be known until after july 20. on wednesday, both candidates addressed the respective supporters and claimed a mandate to lead the nation. the fate of indonesia is decided by us. we want a better indonesia. we want all indonesians to be healthy. we want our people to be educated. we want our people to be civilized. >> we are thankful that all the data showed that we, the candidate team number one, prabowo subianto, have received the support a mandate from the people of indonesia. american investigative journalist allan nairn recently reported indonesian forces tied to prabowo have waged a campaign to rig the election if it -- in his favor, including ballot tampering, street violence, and threats against rivals. by the u.s.,ned has been accused of mass killings when he headed the indonesian special forces in the 1990's. his reporting on prabowo became a major issue in the campaign and prabowo has filed criminal charges aga

prabowo subianto declared victory only an hour after his rival joko widodo said he had won.et the official results in a couple of hours. let's tell you what we know about both of these men. prabowo subianto was commander of the army's special forces during the last year of indonesia's dictatorship. he's seen as a representative of the old guard and is praised for his decisiveness and experience. but he faces accusations of human rights abuses during his time as commander. subianto is running against joko widodo, the governor of indonesia's capital jakarta. joko supporters say he's a noncorrupt and humble politician, a win for him would be seen as a triumph for a new breed of politicians in indonesia. critics, though, say his lack of experience could leave him vulnerable. so two very different candidates. we have been reporting on the election campaign and we have more from jakarta. >> reporter: this was an election no one wanted to lose. and with the stakes so high, within hours of polls closing, both sides declared themselves victorious. on national television, joko widodo

for example, if someone is killing someone or there's a picture of prabowo subianto depicted as a hitler. >> reporter: this campaign showed how indonesian elections are about personalities, rather than politics. other issues have hardly been addressed. to most indonesians the choice between joko widodo and prabowo subianto sa choice between a firm president with links to the past or a new leader with a different style. on july 9, 147 million voters will decide who will run the third-largest democracy. >> kenya is one of the world's biggest exporters of flowers, but concerns are raising about the industry. we have this report from the flower-growing town, north-west of nairobi. >> reporter: flower growers across the world show off beauty. where else better to do it than kenya, the third-largest explorer. they contribute 35% of the world's flowers. we developed a good name. we are the number one supplier of roses to the japanese parked and to the e.u. we are looking good, pretty. >> reporter: it's labour intensive. the workers rush to beat the deadline. 250,000 systems of rozes have to be

. >> joko's opponent prabowo subianto alleges voting fraud and plans to officially challenge the result. the election was the closest in the country's history and has left a deep political rift in its wake. nhk world's fransiska renatta reports from jakarta. >> reporter: the election results were announced tuesday evening. the following morning, this newsstand in jakarta was filled with headlines expressing hope for joko's management of the country. >> translator: i think joko is a good man for the job. ahead in polls in the final phase of the campaign. many politicians, bureaucrats and wealthy families support prabowo. they don't want to lose their vested interests. >> translator: this is a vic for all indo we should forget who came first or who came second. let's unite once again. >> reporter: even if the constitutional court acknowledge fraud, the finding would not overturn the election result. among the challenges when joko takes office in october will be how to resolve the political rift that has only grown wider following the election. fransiska renatta, nhk world, jakarta. >>> of

his rival, former army general prabowo subianto, took 46.85%. >> translator: this is a victory for all indonesian citizens. let's forget who was first or who was second. we should unite again. >> reporter: joko is 53 and currently serves as the governor of jakarta. he gained wide support from the poor and the young while promising economic growth and better social security. joko is from a humble background. all of the country's previous presidents were authoritarian leaders. with a population of 250 million, indonesia has one of the largest economies. it has enjoyed annual economic growth of around 6% in recent years. more and more foreign companies are coming to the country to invest. but there are concerns about the future. in january, an export ban affected minerals. one of joko's main challenges will be improving infrastructure to support stable economic growth. on tuesday, prabowo complained of large-scale and systematic misconduct by the election commission and others. prabowo's campaign said it rejects the election result. >> translator: we withdraw from the process that has bee

prabowo subianto has filed a legal challenge. he alleges the poll was riddled with fraud. members of indonesia's election commission said tuesday that prabowo lost by six percentage points. they handed victory to jakarta governor joko widodo. prabowo's team say they submitted evidence of irregularities at over 50,000 polling stations nationwide to the constitutional court. his supporters surrounded the building. joko gained support from voters for his promise to work toward bureaucratic reforms and stamp out corruption. analysts do not expect the court to overturn his victory. still, some say judges could order a revote if the evidence of fraud is strong. court officials say the judges will give their decision by the end of next month. >>> investigators in taiwan are examining the remains of a passenger plane that crashed this week on a remote island. they're trying to find out why the plane went down while attempting to land. more than 400 police officers and soldiers are combing through the wreckage on penghu island. the transasia airways flight was carrying 58 people fro

earlier, though, the other candidate, former general prabowo subianto, withdrew from the contest and charged it was all a sham. >> ( translated ): there has been a massive fraud, structured and systematic in the 2014 elections. in consideration of this, we, the presidential candidate prabowo subianto and running mate hatta rajasa, will use our constitutional rights to reject the 2014 election. >> ifill: despite that claim, the defeated candidate opted against challenging the results in court. >> woodruff: dozens of police were rounded up in turkey today, accused of spying on prime minister recep tayyip erdogan and others. they were charged with using a corruption probe as a cover. in another development, erdogan said he no longer speaks directly with president obama. he told a t.v. interviewer it's because the u.s. failed to take stronger action in syria. >> ifill: in south korea, police announced they've found the country's most wanted fugitive, the man whose family owned the ferry that sank in april. the decomposed body of yoo byung-eun turned up in a farm field, more than a month

prabowo subianto celebrated his own win. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: indonesia's election commission will take about two weeks to officially declare the results. and a new president will not take office until october. for now, both candidates are relying on independent quick counts. the tallies are from sample votes cast around the country. outgoing president, susilo bambang yudoyono urged both sides to restrain themselves and he also asked not to allow their supporters to declare victory until the election commission announces the winner. during the campaign, 53-year-old joko, the governor of jakarta kept a significant lead until a few months ago. supporters consider the self-made businessman the new guard because he does not have ties to indonesia's powerful families. 62-year-old prabowo, an ex-general and former -- of late president suarto picked up quickly in the campaign. he picked up endorsements from many of the country's largest political parties. observers have characterized this election as a watershed moment in indonesia's democracy. but now some fear the divisi

the former army general prabowo subianto declared victory based on quick count results. that was an hour after his rival joko widodo also claimed a win. wins all around it sounds like. for more on this, we go to jakarta. this will run on until there is something definitive. >> they seem confident in what they're claiming. as you say, both of them claimed victory and we can see on the local tv stations here both campaigns have tv channels dedicated to their campaigns. and it is very bizarre that each one of them is reporting as if their candidate is the real winner. but we have to remember these are results based on the quick results, which is based on sample select polling stations that have been deemed to usually represent the country, and they have historically been quite accurate. obviously this time around it is not really the case. the official results will come out in two weeks and the public will be kept waiting until then. and this is a test of indonesia's democracy on whether or not people can wait patiently and eventually accept the official results, whichever

fought presidential election between jakarta governor joko widodo and former military general prabowo subianto. but voters aren't the only ones taking a keen interest in the official release of election results next tuesday. foreign companies want to know how the next president policies will affect the country's economy, which is showing healthy growth. nhk world's takatoshi shiozaki reports. >> reporter: joko's down-to-earth personality has gained widespread popularity. prabowa portrays himself as a strong leader. around the end of the campaign, probowa managed to narrow joko's lead. meanwhile, companies overseas with ambitions of investing in indonesia have been following the election with particular interest. indonesia has a population of 250 million with an economy that's growing around 6% a year. in 2014, the country is expected to overtake japan in gross domestic product. the major concern of business people is whether the next president will improve the country's business environment. topping their wish list is better infrastructure. limited boat capability keeps many investors offshore

trained army general prabowo subianto. the american journalist allan nairn has reported indonesian forces linked to prabowo tried to rig the election in his favor. his advisers say they plan to .hallenge the election results a pair of federal appeals courts have issued conflicting rulings on the affordable care act. president obama signature health care law. on tuesday, a judge struck down insurance subsidies in the 36 states that use federal exchanges. do notrt said subsidies apply to the federal exchanges, just the state exchanges. it's allowed to stand, the ruling would drastically hike premiums for over 4 million people and got a provision at the heart of obamacare. in a separate ruling hours later, a fourth circuit court of appeals upheld the subsidies. the differing rulings will likely mean the fate of obamacare richard to the supreme court. odds on howains at to address the influx of 57,000 migrant children fleeing violence and poverty in central america. president obama has requested $3.7 billion to cope with the pr

but - for example, prabowo subianto is going to kill joko widodo. there's a picture of the prabowo subianto depict as hitler. >> reporter: this campaign showed how indonesian elections are about parties rather than policy. issues have hardly been addressed. to most indonesians the choice is a choice between a firm president with links to the past or a new leader with a different style. on july 9, 147 million voters will decide who will run the third-largest democracy. >>> polls open wednesday at 500,000 faces across 33 provinces. >>> a texas rancher says this was a big surprise. earlier this week he discovered more than 5,000 marijuana plants growing on his land. that cannabis is worth about $2 million, and the farmer says he leased the land to graze cattle. authorities are trying to figure out who did it. >>> summer camp a place where kids learn skills and gain confidence. a camp in the woods of michigan is going that, for an exceptional group of young children. ashar quraishi explains. >> reporter: like most kids heading to camps, this boy is look

forces in the state intelligence agency recently met to discuss how to ensure victory for general prabowo subianto. sources, to an unnamed the participants confirmed an ongoing operation that intel's ballot tampering, street violence, threats against supporters of rival candidate joko widodo. prabowo, who is trained by the u.s., has been accused of human the 1990's.s from he was dismissed from the army in 1998 following accusations of complicity in the abduction and torture of indonesian activist. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to a democracy now! exclusive. wikileaks founder julian assange has just entered his third year inside ecuador's embassy in london where he has political asylum. he faces investigations in both sweden and the united states will stop here in the u.s., a secret grand jury is investigating wikileaks for its role in publishing a trove of leaked documents about the iraq and afghanistan wars as well as state department cables. in sweden, he is wanted for questioning on allegatio

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to most indonesian, the choice between joko widodo and prabowo subianto is between a presidential candidate has links to the past and another one with a new style. they will decide who will run the third largest democracy. >>> back in the united states, hurricane arthur washed out 4th of july plans for many folks on the east coast. the storm weakened to a category one after making landfall in north carolina. tonight it continues its path northwood. meteorologist rebecca stevenson is tracking it. >> hurricane arthur continues to weaken. it's beginning a transition as you can see on the radar and the satellite. a transition into what is called april extra tropical storm. it's similar to the typical storms that make their way across the u.s. the amount of rainfall has been impressive. we have video of flooding coming out of massachusetts. this is new bedford where the video of the flooding is coming. new bedford reports the highest amount of rainfall coming in today for the entire united states. 2.98 inches at last report. so it's clear we are going to have some areas of flooding and some dama

governor joko widodo is coming victory over rival presidential candidate former army general prabowo subianto. officials will not be known until after july 20. the american journalist allan nairn reported this week indonesian forces tied to prabowo have waged a campaign to rig the election in his favor, including ballot tampering chemistry violence, and threats against rivals. prabowo, trained by the united states, has been accused of masculine 20 headed the indonesian special forces in the 1990's. he was dismissed from the army in 1998 following accusations of complicity in the abduction and torture of activists. allan nairn's reporting became a major issue in the presidential campaign. prabowo has filed, will charges against him including inciting hatred against the indonesian military. will mark the it first transfer power from one elected leader to another. a newly disclosed leaks from edward snowden have identified five innocent americans who were spied on by the nsa. the news website the intercept reports all five were muslim americans. executive director on the council on american isla

prabowo subianto, a former general with a militaristic style that includes uniforms and highly choreographedstadium rallies. prabowo evokes indonesia's strong man past, and his poll numbers have been rising as jokowi's have plummeted. andreas harsono is with human rights watch. >> prabowo is doing a very rigorous campaign. his organization is solid, his volunteers are all very well- organized. they have a lot of money. a lot of his former military colleagues are helping him in organizing his campaign; to be compared with jokowi, who only built his campaign over the last three months. >> reporter: but prabowo's military history is also stained with abuses, including the kidnapping and torture of democracy activists, for which he was never held accountable. >> back in 1998, prabowo was actually to be court-martialed. but when he was called by the national commission on human rights, he moved to jordan for two years. and then because of political considerations, long delay and of course he came from a very prominent family, it did not materialize. >> reporter: prabowo was denied a visa to the u

and former indonesia general prabowo subianto has withdrawn from the race with irregularities in theo is expected to win by a margin of about 5%. returning now to our top story and israel military and gaza and israel released a statement about attacking a hospital in gaza city and at least five people were killed after tanks shelled at the hospital on monday, more than 60 people were injured. and it's the third hospital that israel forces have attacked since it began its military assault and the israel army said in a statement that the initial investigation says a cashe of missiles was stored in the vicinity of the hospital and this was successfully targeted by idea forces. now gaza is among the most densely populated places in the world, 1.8 million people live in a 360 square kilometers of land squeezed between the mediterranean sea, egypt and israel and now it's effected by evacuation warnings or declared a no-go area and 2000 homes have been destroyed by the israeli bombardment and 18 house centers and 85 schools have been damaged and the death toll continues to rise. 604 palesti

. >> woodruff: the surveys showed his opponent, former general prabowo subianto, with about 48% of thees. but he refused to concede. instead, he said other preliminary data showed he was in the lead. final results are expected in about two weeks. >> ifill: cyber-security and maritime disputes topped the agenda as china and the u.s. opened annual talks in beijing today. the u.s. has accused china of widespread computer hacking and has criticized its tougher stance on territorial claims. china charges the u.s. has encouraged japan and other states to be too aggressive in the territorial disputes. the talks run for two days. >> woodruff: on wall street, stocks managed to regain some ground after sliding for two days. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 79 points to close at 16,985. the nasdaq rose 27 points to close at 4,419. and the s-and-p 500 added nine to finish well over 1,972. >> ifill: still to come on the newshour: the stand-off between israel and gaza escalates; the politics of immigration reform takes a sharp, new turn; integrating child's play and learning in the cla

>> what do the political nalysts say about prabowo or joko victory? >> subiantoean a more closed society, he is a military man. he was a former general, some say he's been beating the nationalist drum. he's capitalizing on another country and indonesians are seen of being tired of investors coming in and taking a lot of money out, particularly in the mining sector. prabowo, former general closely linked to the previously dictator. as for joko, he is seen more inexclusive, open-style government. his proposed changes according to some observers are not so much in terms of economic reform but bureaucratic reform. his campaign pushed image of self-made man but his own political ties to former esident is raising big questions about what role she will play should he become the president, whether he will end up being her puppet. angie? >> well, let's get more insights now. bring in our next guests. joining us live from sydney aaron connelly, research fellow at the lawy institute for international policy. aaron, thank you so much for joining us. give us some context as t