only last month sepp blatter met sepp blatter at the side lines of a sporting event and told the russian president that the world cup steering commit re disadvantages five stars, pore with russia holding the world cup. there's a lot at stake. f.i.f.a. said the alleges will have no are no impact as to the venue changes, boat with 2018 and in qatar in 2022. there's a lot at stake here. $50 billion, it is said is spent on the building of this world cup. 11 stadia across the country. it's an embarrassment for russia. we look forward to what will be one of the largest sporting events history. >> charles stratford reports from motorcyclescow. >> andrew woodward is a marketing expert and said spon seniors had been through cases like this before. >> i wouldn't expect to see sponsor pull out of f.i.f.a. at that time for the reason all of these companies have invested hundreds of millions over the last, you know, four, eight, 12, 20 years in football. so at the - at one instance, there's no logical reason to, you know, withdraw from the sponsorship. you would be wasting a lot of money. marketers a

sepp blatter: crisis? what is a crisis?> sepp blatter might try to put on a brave face, but this crisis will not end his two decades of ahead of world football in his mind. some like it him as a dictator for life. >> you could call someone a dictator who has his hands on the reins like i do at fifa. >> since he took the reins in 1998, blatter has turned football into a global phenomenon and a profitable business. in just the past 12 years, fifa 's revenue has raised to more than $2 billion. it is the reason why some people say he should keep his job. sepp blatter: this is the work that i have done in the last years of fifa. >> he especially made himself popular in oceania, asia, and africa. a lot of the money that he earned has gone to those regions. that has benefited football, but critics say the patronage came at a price. blatter built up that bolstered his power and influence. opposition to him has grown in recent years and most recently in europe's uefa federation. it has not seriously threatened him. >> the criticism

--fifa president sepp blatter. molly: they are talking about a sad day for the popular sport. florence: "the independent," sums up the emotion -- talking about the shame game. the greatest scandal in sporting history. quite harsh words there. in their editorial, they talk about how this is really a red card for fee for --fifa. they applaud the u.s., justice system for setting into motion what it calls a long-overdue cleanup of fifa. lots of papers are picking up on the fact that it is funny it is coming from the u.s., a country where soccer or football really is not that popular. in "the new york times" they also pick up on this detail. they are also talking about how this corruption really stains world soccer and i picked out a cartoon from a swiss cartoonist. he drew this for a swiss paper. it sums up the emotion you are getting in the press today. you see two boys. one is saying when i grew up i want to be a football star, and right next to him the bully says when i grow up i want to be a fifa official. molly: l

let's listen in. >> translator: sepp blatter is elected president. [ applause ] >> so there -- >> translatorplease bring in mr. blatter. >> the surprise announcement of the withdraw of the challenging to sepp blatter. which means that sepp blatter has now become the -- his taken on his fifth term in charge of the world football. let's listen in. we understand that sepp blatter is now going to step up to the podium and say a few words. in the last few days sepp blatter has been talking about the wave of arrest and corruption allegations, but he called in the run up to this election for unity and team spirit and it was surprising in some people's view that it went to a second round. so we're not sure what prompted ali hussein to drop out after the first stage. sepp blatter didn't initially get the two-thirds required for the first vote to be conclusive. but now with prince ali conceding, sepp blatter has been elected as president. there were 209 delegates, and it's quite a long and complicated arrangement, where they spent about two hours queueing up to vote in two different booths but this el

sepp blatter defeated jordan's prince ali, his sole challenger friday. tter promised delegates that he will do his best to clean up the organization with their help. with more on this developing story. turn to matt scott in london. columnist with inside world futbol. he joins me via skype. matt, thank you for joining uh. i want to start with your reaction to sepp blatter being voted back in. why is fifa sticking by him? >> well, i think we have seen -- among the, from the indictment, the allegations that the fbi and u.s. department of justice have made. they talked about rampant systemic, endemic corruption. among a number of fifa delegates. and that's happened on under sepp blatter's watch. this is something, an organization where there is little account built team. the traces of money that leave fifa. there is no requirement for transparency how the money is spent. if you look at facilities the money is paid to the national associations, to deliver, and very many jurisdictions. the facilities just don't hold up to, to the value of what fifa is paying fo

with sepp blatter refusing to step down and aiming for re-election, can this organization move forward if blatter were to maintain its helm? welcome to another crisp blue sky here in switzerland, george. the events have been so jaw dropping that it's prot probably not overstepping the case to say this could be the most important day in history of the world's most popular sport. sepp blatter, president of fifa since 1998, he's been there a lot longer than that stands for re-election for a fifth term in charge of the organization and the tot 209 national associations from across the world, the bosses that have all flown here from every corner of the earth. they've got more members than the united nations. will have to choose between blatter and the scandalous headlines we saw this week or his challenger, prince ali binassain. but from his point of view, he feels he offers a completely different alternative going forward, george. >> and a lot of people are looking at this election to come and asking, you know, if blatter remains at the helm, what would happen with sponsors? >> there's lot

and sepp blatter felt there was a grand swell of support behind him.blatter did pull out of an earlier public appearance here in zurich. but he has just arrived behind me now in the last few minutes for the opening ceremony of this congress. he didn't answer any questions, but he is here. he had an emergency meeting instead with the six heads of the confederations of world football which is where he met platini, interesting two members of the committee wouldn't be there, because they are being held in custody. >> so andy while it seems that his position is most likely secure, does prince ali at this point have any leverage to still be an agent for change even in his role as vice president? >> reporter: well he's likely to lose that vice presidentsy during congress. he was one of the -- i think the youngest-ever member on the fifa executive committee when he was voted on in 2010 but he has made it clear in subsequent years that he will not be controlled by blatter, and he is also not backed by his own presidents of the asian football confederation, who

we'll find out if sepp blatter will survive. thank you. >> thank you. >> speaking of sponsors and f.i.f.a. made more than 175 million in marketing deals. today visa one of the top sponsors threatened to sever ties with the organization if things didn't change. jonah hull with more on the mounting pressure from f.i.f.a.'s sponsors. >> f.i.f.a. may learn in the billion dollar world of advertising, bad publicity can be the most expensive. the current corruption scandal threatens to rub off on f.i.f.a.'s world cup sponsors. they are not happy. this lenthy controversy has tarnished the mission and ideals of the f.i.f.a. world cup, says coca-cola. the company expects f.i.f.a. to address the issues it thoroughly. mcdonald's says it takes matters of ethics and corruption seriously, expressing concern saying it would monitor the situation. visa expressed disappointment and concern, saying it expects f.i.f.a. to take steps to address the issues failing which visa will re-assess its sponsorship. >> the tipping point may be the negative pub

and sepp blatter. the prince that wanted to be king of world football couldn't quite get the votes he needed and sepp blatter was due to begin a fifth term. >> i thank you that you accepted me that for the next four years, i will be in command of this boat called f.i.f.a. >> wednesday, zurich was where several f.i.f.a. officials were arrested. where headquarters were raided by the police. now they hoped the promise of a fresh start could win. the jordanians thinly veiled criticism of his rival. >> it is not a process, it is not about empowering wrong building our path and the way to the future must be led by transparency inclusiveness and accountability. >> reporter: plenty for the voters representing 209 associations with a two-thirds majority required to win. the total of 133 was short of that. the arrival decided not to carry the fight into the second round when a simple majority would have been fuf. >> 73 nationalists were brave. we did it for them. we don't want them to be in more trouble. so that

we can see sepp blatter in the box next to you. i think he's about to begin speaking and a lot of attention focused on why he could have to say. this is a difficult week for f.i.f.a. scandals associated with names. it hasn't stopt sepp blatter winning another term as president of f.i.f.a. let's listen in. this is a man who between wednesday and thursday right up to the elections last night, as from 6: 30. wim. i would like to tell you that i am delighted to have been re-elected for another mandate of four years. a term of four years at the head of f.i.f.a. despite the troubles recently. nevertheless 133 national federations put their trust in me and also to try and. as i sit in my state yesterday, in the course of the day and after my election. it is essential that the head of the organization take responsibility but i insist that it is everybody's responsibility the organizations responsibility as a whole. everywhere and the president, and i, and i undertake to take that responsibility and discuss that matter as of today and in th

sepp blatter has been reelected as fifa many president for a fifth term. blatter received 133 votes in the first round. his only opponent where you before the second ballot. >> i thank you trust and confidence let's go fifa, let's go fifa, thank you, thank you so much. thank you, thank you. >> scott mcintyre is a football journalist. good to have you with us. perhaps in the west, sepp blatter and fifa is viewed with skepticism. tell us about the impact sepp blatter has had on football in asia. >> yes, good evening from sydney. certainly not just in asia but in africa as well, it's his real power base, it's been for quite a long time. fifa has really survived in many ways by giving these development grants that they hand out to individual associations regardless of your size. the smaller and poorer football association he throughout africa and asia up to a half a million a year, and they dole out their projects which go to building clubhouses to training pitches and stadiums as well. a lot of people find from those grants that they're targeted to specific na

explain, neverq bet against sepp blatter.should have the news conference up in just a couple of minutes. brendan: i do believe that the swiss move is interesting. looking at this 400 page report, voluntarily gave up, looking exactly at the 2018 and 2022 bids, in an unprecedented move those votes were held together. it enables both collusion. hasfact that sepp blatter done so much for switzerland. is very much about the vet -- ray open about the fact that they hide his home -- high salary, but he has done so much for switzerland and the fact with have decided that they have had enough. it really says that he has out state his welcome. olivia: brennan, thank you so much. we will be back with more on " market day." and on this shocking scandal. erik: it is not shocking. it is long overdue. olivia: see you in a minute. ♪ welcome back. it is time to get you caught up on all the market action around the world. ,et's head out to ryan chilcote who joins us from london. ryan: let me give you the lay of the land here in europe. europea

sepp blatter said he intends to help restore trust in world football. first time since seven officials were arrested on corruption charges. the head of uefa says he asked blatter to step down. he said the majority of uefa members are expected to vote for jordan's prince ali to replace blatter as president in many a vote on friday. >>> and iraqi government forces backed by shia fighters are lat ling to retake iraq's biggest oil refinery from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. isil fighters hold large sections of the beiji complex in iraq's north. >>> all right. let's stay with our top story, that is of course the fifa corruption scandal. major international sponsors have threatened to pull their support from the organization. jonah hull has more details. ♪ >> reporter: fifa may be learning to its cost but in the billion dollars world of big brand advertising, bad publicity can be the most expensive. the current corruption schedule theretoening to rub off on world cup sponsors and they are not happy. this lengthy controversy has tan initialled the m

at the same time sepp blatter is the end goal the end target of the u.s. justice department. rney-general loretta lynch did not use of word sepp or blatter, she was pointed about the fact that is about uprooting 20 years of corruption and malfeasance in f.i.f.a. how long has sepp blatter been in charge - 17 years. behind the scenes from what i heard from someone that works over at justice, they called sepp blatter the white whale. being that he is their moby dick, and that's who they are on the hunt for. >> we heard from the chairman of the english football association, greg dyke saying sepp blatter will not see out his latest term and will be forced to resign do you agree. >> that's a cost preticks to make. it's hard to imagine sepp blatter finishing out the term. >> it's how hard it is between soccer and the body as a whole. all is pointing to 2022. they are saying the world cup will be in the fall cutting into the european - particularly the english soccer season. so the soccer season of the split between europe and f.i.f.a. will intensify, so not just 2022, but sooner than

for now sepp blatter provides the member associations with a hugely profitable company. a normal company just had seven top officials arrested and its hq rated, the ceo would be under pressure from the shareholders shareholders. the majority of people inside that hall do not see the need for change. >> andy richardson joins me live from sdmrur rich. thank you. >>> now, he has vowed to eradicate boko haram and rescue hundreds of kidnapped women and children as he was sworn in as knee nigeria's new president. that's one of the major challenges on his long to-do list. it includes land in the northeast, but buhari took cheers when he announced taking personal charge of the fight against the group and move the military command center to the northeastern city. now, he'll also have tackle huge economic problems thanks to a huge problem in oil prices that represent 90% of the country's exports and 70% of government revenues. he has pledged to fight the rampant corruption that impoverished nigeria aefr the years. he'll be expected to improve the electricity outpost, which is a na

boss sepp blatter is refusing to resign. he says he is not responsible for the corruption scandal seeing seven arrested on wednesday. and the majority of 209 national associations voting in the presidential election continues to back blatter for a fifth term. laurence lee reports. >> reporter: if you've been on the moon since tuesday night you'd assume the opening ceremony of the f.i.f.a. conference in zurich, there was nothing wrong. everywhere looking relaxed. not even sepp blatter could admit everything was fine. >> actions of those individuals bring shame and demand change and action from us all. we, or i, cannot monitor everyone all of the time. if people want to do wrong they will also try to hide it. >> reporter: sepp blatter's refusal to step down has come in the face of unprecedented criticism from many quarters. this was the u.e.f.a. delegation from europe arriving for an early meeting demanding that sepp blatter go. their candidate. prince ali from jordan will stand for president. but it's not known if he can get e

sepp blalt blatter we're told i being targeted. he is continuing to be looked at as far as the investigation. there have been allegations of corruption, so many times and so many levels of the way fifa operates its business. but the complaint many people have had, internal investigations no teeth. no punishment after the fact. though sepp blatter isn't being named now with his inner circle essentially being taken down. this has to carry potential. fbi, u.s., with more teeth than any fifa internal investigation. this certainly must carry a potential for real consequences. exactly. that's what's missing in all cases to date. the federal arm. heading into it. criticism of the fifa investigations has been that the swiss authorities haven't been involved. they're definitely involved this time. they are working with the u.s. justice system to get to this point. they really stepped up their case, the fbi after, of course, that controversial garcia report. the fifa internal investigation. into the corruption and wrongdoing surrounding thes

all of them went to sepp blatter. why? because africa in organized programs to help youngsters and develop football all under blatter's watch. >> blatter' re-election could mean more funds for african footballing confederations. how much will benefit them is unclear. football continues to be played barefoot with an old ball. here skills set them apart. >> coming up in the bulletin brush strokes of change. why protesters in guatemala are blaming paid politics. >> right behind me is 83-year-old leo budwell she's carrying on a musical tradition of mississippi blues music. the question becomes after men like lee are gone, where does this music go from here. >> hello again here are the top stories on al jazeera. italy's navy has helped to rescue nor than 4,000 migrants trying to cross the mediterranean in the last 24 hours. they were found on 22 different boats. more than 70 people have been killed in northern syria after government forces dropped barrel bombs in two areas of aleppo province. 55 people were killed in the town a

africa has respect for fifa, and sepp blatter is the protege so when sepp blatter came into power, he simply went on to make sure that africa has respect and has treated africa well, and has doubled africa's development funding by 40-fold. >> thousands of people have seen violence as the government fights rebels there. many are blaming government force force burning their homes and killing militants. >> these men have just arrived at a camp for displaced people. they come from a village from across country. it happened on the road for 24 days. hiding in swamps during the day and only daring to walk at night in fear of government soldiers. they carry a friend who was too weak and sick. he died on arrival. >> he improved. he was even walking and talking. i went and looked for food. when i returned he had died. >> after days on the road, they have just arrived. this woman gave birth on the day after they escaped a village. >> they beat us and killed some people. after burning our homes we ran to the bushes. that's where i delivered my baby. >> he had to undergo surgery. doctors without b

fifa president sepp blatter steps up to face the music but insists he won't step down. >>> syria's opposition forces capture the last remaining government-held city in idlib province. >>> more than 1400 deaths blamed on india's heat wave with high temperatures set to continue for a month. >>> angry scenes in chile as school students demand free education are disbursed by riot police. >>> in sport with those fifa presidential elections less than 24 hours way we examine the credentials of the only man left in the race to stop sepp blatter claiming a fifth term. ♪ >>> fifa boss sepp blatter is refuse to go resign despite the deepening crisis at football's world governing body. he's told the opening of fifa's congress that he cannot be held responsible for the corruption scandal which saw sefo visuals arrested in zurich on wednesday. the head of uefa which represents european football situations says he asked blat tore step down air. vote on friday will now decide if blatters gets a fifth term at fifa's president. a majority of uefa members are expected to back his only riv

large 46 votes, and despite being the home federation of prince ali, they are major supporters of sepp blatter. africans have the most votes with 54. they support blatter. >> thanks robin. to discuss blatter's ground swell of support from africa we bring in david smith. why is he so popular in places like africa? >> yeah he spent years coming to africa and running programs that have really benefited african football in one way or the other. earlier this week for example, i visited zambia and there the football association of zambia has a shining new headquarters that was -- was built with money from fifa under sepp blatter. he attended the opening ceremony sometime ago now, and the people there said look before this we used to rent four small rings downtown, it cost a lot of money. now we'll give you a tour of our headquarters. this is really our base now, and we're very grateful to sepp blatter for that and the other projects under fifa's gold development program, and a journalist said to me what you are looking at in zambia is true in many african countries, and really it depends on your per

>> i think what is going to happen is that sepp blatter will be reelected and it will once again causea to be the subject of international mockery, and erode its power, which will only pave the way for more problems for and set blatter. the prince is 39 years old, he is considered very young, very raw, so even in the best of kirks he would not be competing this and set blatter. that's why people have dropped out, because fifa's actions are not seen as legitimate by the candidates. >> you wrote that fifa's core problem is its duel problem is raising money and regulating the game. how would you remodel fifa. >> i would make it two separate entities, an enforcement body and then another that deals with selling the game to the world, promoting the game to the world, and making sure that the beautiful game people have as much access to it as they can have regardless of the station of their country. the fact that fifa takes responsibility for both of those things is just a recipe for corruption. it's overseeing itself. it's the chicken guarding the wolf in the hen house, but it has lead to f

i spoke to an advisor to sepp blatter over the last two decades. i asked him a simple question. hisais blatter corrupt? >> his management of fifa was not free of corruption. giving the tv rights for one dollar to an airline in exchange of a vote, maybe it is not corruption, but it is serious mismanagement. mark: he also said that fifa wasn't corrupt, but some of its members clearly were. he also noted that the investigation centered on american officials. he said investigations in the future could center on other confederations. there are six global confederations. asia, africa, europe, north america, south america oceania as well. that is something to consider. the math is very simple. sepp blatter needs to thirds of the vote. there are 209 members. every member has an equal vote. that means montserrat, the caribbean island with 4800 people has an equal vote to brazil which has 200 million people. blatter has been focusing on the likes of the cayman islands. $2 million of fifa money has gone to the cayman islands. blatter turned up in the cayman islands with his grand groundbrea

and goliath, sepp blatter, going for a fifth consecutive term. said he would not even run for a fifth term, and the biggest scandal in football history has overshadowed this event. but it is overshadowing mr. blatter himself. brendan: walk me through what we know, association by association. the europeans, are they going to vote in a block, no? mark: the european said they might even boycott the vote. they said they should suspended for six months. then later they decided to turn up. they will vote because changes are from the inside. it is thought the majority of the 54 delegates will vote for prince ali. but you need a 2/3 majority to win the first round, and blatter has the africans, the asians, the south americans, and he probably has the caribbean's. -- the caribbeans. brendan: let's hang out with that word "probably." the caribbeans has been his staunchest allies. mark: it is incredible when you remember what has been happening in the last few days considering this is the biggest scandal, considering we have had this indictment of 14 offici

the head of fifa, sepp blatter, says the crisis has brought shame and u mihumiliation to football. he is calling for those allegedly involved to be punished. he calls as members of the congress vote today on whether to effect blatter to a fifth term as president. and as its members decide feef why's future, blatter said he won't step down despite calls do so from world leaders, krcritic and the heads of world football. we have more from zurich. >> reporter: shaming as fifa's shaming in epic proportions. fighting for sound bites. >> you can be sure mr. blatter will be re-elected and we want to try to avoid that. >> and in the middle of this, feels like a revolution in the making. leading the way for change, the body of fifa -- >> i'm disappointed, i'm disgusted and fed up. enough is enough. >> michel plantini said he told his friend to step down. >> it is not good for the rest. is my duty to tell that. >> reality is, when the delegates inside here on friday vote for the new president, it is going to take a lot more than platini and u uefa to get blatter and fifa to change course. >>

as for sepp blatter. a more complex question. i think we have rather overpersonalized the issue. while blatter is culpable of all sorts of things it is not clear to me he is personally enriched himself from an of these activities. he may have presided knowingly or not over a court of fools and rogues. but just getting rid of him is not the answer to the problem. it's only one element. we need a profound and complete revision of the structures, the constitution, the organization, and the legal standing of fifa. because it is the institutional structure as well as the culture of the place that makes it possible for these things to happen. >> we will certainly wait and see what this con krecrete evid is. joining us by web cam from bristol. appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. >> we will have much more on the fifa corruption scandal. a closer look at the questions surrounding 2018 world cup in russia. and the 2022 world cup in qatar. >> but first, other big stories we are following. first to iraq where isis militants have killed 30 government soldiers in a suicide bombing in

mr sepp blatter step down from f.i.f.a. you could argue it was a good day. >> reporter: (inaudible) - that the election should be postponed. >> there's a u.e.f.a. meeting and we'll discussion what the u.e.f.a. position will be decided by all of us. >> reporter: what is your own decision? >> personally i think probably not. >> reporter: why not? >> i think another could win, and we have achieved what we came to do say goodbye to mr blatter. >> reporter: (inaudible). >> f.i.f.a. took a battering. it now needs a totally different leadership and therefore the most important thing for f.i.f.a. is that mr blatter, after many years, steps down and someone else takes his place, someone that believes in transparency and honesty. >> okay thank you very much >>> that happened in zurich. you're with the al jazeera newshour and we have more coming including the european governing body meeting to discuss the fall out from the f.i.f.a. arrests >>> plus - after the flooding is clean-up. crews face a massive task in houston. >> and stealing

ballots now to see who will be the next president of soccer's governing body but fifa's president sepp blatters not getting the support of the u.s. blatter spoke to delegates just before voting began. any soccer world has been in turmoil for days. this is a live picture you are seeing from zurich. there have been calls for blatter to resign but he says he is the man to keep the job. >> 209 voting delegates in this room today, you are the individuals who hold the responsibility of changing the way the story of fifa unfolds. >> translator: i wish to stay among you. i wish to play this role. i would like to continue with you. this is a matter of trust, confidence. >> that was prince ali and of course sepp blatter, making their requests for votes. andy richardson has more on the voting now from zurich. >> there's two separate voting booths and each country is taking their turn to enter a booth, put their votes on a piece of paper and pop it in a ballot box. it's very old school and it's taking a long long time. at least we have two candidates this time around. in 2011 at this stage, fifa president

where is sepp blatter. because, after all, the few hours, it appears to me between now and the opening ceremony of the f.i.f.a. congress, that is supposed to be in about six hours from now, is crucial in determining whether sepp blatter can stay on. i suspect that what he's likely to do now, which is what all politicians do in times of crisis, is ringing around as many as he can do see how much support he is going to be able to muster when the congress meets over the weekend to decide whether to give him a fifth term as president of f.i.f.a. you can see the bits of the block falling off the side that surrounded his sense of impen et rabilityy. u.e.f.a., as you said in a meeting now. they'll decide whether or not to boycott the entire thing, and there are people significant figures in european football suggesting that countries like spain, france italy and germany should potentially threaten to breakaway from f.i.f.a. entirely. separately major corporate sponsors big global brands who have given vast amounts

the european soccer organization has called on sepp blatter to quit. handsmore money changing in china than the u.s. what's driving this record -- good afternoon from bloomberg world headquarters in new york i'm mark crumpton, here with scarlet fu. scarlet: u.s. stocks were at record highs, then have come down a little bit here. off by 64 points. .3%.&p 500 losing if you look at how treasuries are trading, it's a little changed day. the10 year yield stuck -- 30 year bond selling off a little bit here. we did have pending home sales that came in better than economist had -- economists had anticipated. a 12 year low over's the dollar for the end. -- for the yen. mark: let's look at the top stories we are following at this hour. there has never been a big deal in the tech industry. broadcom $437 billion in cash and stock. because of increasing production and design costs -- avago is based in singapore. om is the biggest maker of wi-fi chips. scarlet: tropical storm andre poses no threat to land. to specter to strengthen and could become a hurricane by lat

if you vote for sepp blatter, you are out. and we have to abolish fifa. we do not needed anymore. we need a new organization because they have failed us. they have failed the fans. i cannot see coca-cola mcdonald's, visa, i cannot see the sponsors wanting to have anything more to do with set blatter. -- with sepp blatter. we have put pressure on the sponsors to get it out of qatar the slave labor death camp, and get proper clean, open elections. the next place should be america in 2022. genie: thank you for speaking with us, andrew jennings. let's go now to london, where queen elizabeth romanii gives her annual speech to parliament. it comes as a delicate time -- it comes at a delicate time where the conservatives in place are in power, and giving cameron has promised a referendum on the u.k. spot in the eu. queen elizabeth: my government will renegotiate the united kingdom's relationship with the european union and the reform of the european union for the benefit of all member states. alongside this, early legislation will be introduced to provide an in-out referendum on the memb

sepp blatter says he's aware there are more tough times ahead. the u.s. justice department is confident there'll be more arrests. the reason he is reelected is because he has wide support across the world and has given many member associations huge backing. he has to ashore them the good times will role. that will not happen. the organization will not generate cash if the top officials are arrested. >> good point. thank you for that. >> during that news conference. sepp blatter announced that indonesia's football association has been suspended. the domestic competition was cancelled because of a row between local government and football association. and it means that indonesia will not commence world cup qualifications but they are allowed to compete at the south-east asian games. south america had some senior football officials arrested in zurich casting a shadow over the copa america competition. daniel schweimler reports from san diego. >> there's not much signs on the streets. not yet. unless chileans express support for the choice of hotdog. with the

we have heard a very defiant sepp blatter, but how bad is it? steve: there have been a lot of allegations about fifa wrongdoing, and people connected to it, but this is the first time have seen a prosecutor in the united states indict people in front of the whole thing. and they are making serious allegations that are back up by evidence that they have took forth in official documents. this is the real deal. jane: we had these sorts of allegations before, and investigations before. why is this different? steve: it remains to be seen how different it will be. it is different because you have the force of the u.s. justice department behind it. the question is how many of these folks who are not american citizens will end up inside a u.s. court room even for arraignment or beyond for trial. that remains to be seen. jane: what do you make of the u.s. involvement. we heard president putin saying that this has nothing to do with america. is he right? steve: you have american citizens, the american banking system involved. you have involvement by high-

asked there be a paper ballot so sepp blatter could never know who voted for what. you hear people say things about blatter the past two days they had not said before? >> they finally stepped up to take some ownership of it, have the courage to say that we don't believe in who you are and what you stand for. if you have your organization'ss best interests, you should step down. >> in the last hour when all this news was breaking, he gave me the best expedition i heard this week. i asked, why is this so important outside of the realm of sports, outside of the realm of football, soccer? he said, it's about power. is this about unbridled power? >> no question. you would think the international committee would be next. another organization that has this power, can do whatever they want without any repercussions. it is sad to see sepp blatter will still remain in charge. scarlett: you mentioned repercussions. let's talk about the repercussions for team usa. are we never going to get to host a world cup? jimmy: i don't know what it's going to be. maybe we get held hostage

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fee for president -- fifa president sepp blatter was reelected.e will hear from some experts. ♪ alix: welcome back to "bloomberg market day." x steel. the top story of the day was the reelection of fifa president sepp blatter for a fifth term. former professional soccer star jimmy conrad stopped by today. he discussed results with scarlet fu, mark crumpton, and -- >> there's a lot of corruption that exists. not only with fifa. if you are in it for a long time, you understand this is part of it. it is bad from a voter perspective. you are voting for two different versions of blatter, the man who doesn't have any idea or the man who is the most corrupt in the entire world. scarlett: a jordanian prince was also in the running, but with through candidacy? wast became clear he not going to win the absolute majority and become president himself, to spare everyone the next round. i surprise he got as many as 73 votes. my most generous estimate was 60, and he went far beyond that. e south american teams and central american teams, to do that. >> i was sur

begin this hour in zurich, switzerland, with all eyes on fifa, the most powerful man in football, sepp blatter has won a firm term as president of that organization, despite two corruption investigations. blatter defeated jordan's prince ali bin hussein who was his only challenger on friday. but the questions still remain as to how much blatter may be connected to the scandal as the investigation gets under way. for his part, though, blatter promised to the delegates at the group's world congress in zurich that he will do his best, quote, to clean up the organization, with their help. >> i promise you, in the end of my term, i will give this fifa to my successor in a very, very strong, strong position. a robust fifa and a good fifa. >> sepp blatter reelected. let's get more on the story from world sport anchor alex thomas who is slive in zurich, switzerland. with more on the vote and the reaction there, alex. good day to you. >> reporter: hello, george, i'm outside fifa house in the picturesque rolling hills outside of switzerland. as i speak, the most powerful man in football are meeting for

sepp blatter addressed the congress congress on friday morning.e says he still believes he is the best man for the top job despite calls for him to quit and he is facing a challenge from this man. europe's football body is backing his candidacy. and in a separate development as the congress was kicking off protesters briefly interjected they were calling on members to support a palestinian motion to suspend israel from world football that motion has now been dropped. let's talk to andy richardson live in zurich. what are we waiting for? and how much of a threat is batter under at the moment? >> well the vote is going to take place in the next hour or so. you would suspect in a city where just a couple of days ago seven top fifa officials were being arrested the man at the top of the organization might be feeling a bit of pressure but there is still a lot of support for blatter in that congress. of course the head of uefa has said he has urged the european countries not to vote for him. the voting process is quite archaic. one by one the associatio

only last month, sepp blatter met with the russian president in sochi on the sidelines of some games,n event there, and mr. blatter said to mr. putin, that the russian steering committee, the world cup steering committee deserved five stars in its performance so far. so a lot of mutual back slapping has there been in the past and now from mr. putin with respect to his support for mr. blatter. but, you know, there's a lot at stake here. $50 billion it is rumored is going to be spent on hosting these games here in three year's time. already the stadiums are being built, 11 stadiums in russia the source generating vast amounts of income and employment for this country, but it seems certainly at this stage that this unfolding scandal is something that could rel potentially reflect on russia's reputation on the international sporting stage, and the international stage in general yet again. >> charles stratford reporting from moscow. >>> key sponsors are now putting pressure on fifa to clean up its about, one major company is threatening to pull its money out of the up coming world cup. we'

this is the opening ceremony of their get together in zurich led by defiant boss sepp blatter.we or i, cannot monitor everyone all of the time. if people want to do wrong, they will try to hide it. but it falls to me the responsibility of the organization and to find a way forward. >> blatter, thought likely to win a fifth term in office on friday is refusing to go despite calls for him to step aside. >> the noirningt for f.i.f.a. is -- important thing for f.i.f.a. is sepp blatter steps down and someone takes his place who believes in transparency and honesty. >> translation: i feel insulted i feel disgusted and am sick of it. enough is enough. i can tell you tomorrow that the election. president, a very large majority of the european national associations will vote for prince ali >>> he is the european preferred candidate. it's not clear that he'll get enough votes for the support that sepp blatter enjoys in malaysia and asia. f.i.f.a. is hitting back that it paid $10 million in bribes to secure the 2010 world cup. we did not share part of your resources with criminals. i'm se

current boss sepp blatter is refuse to go resign despite calls for him to do so.s all comes after sefo visuals were arrested among 14 indicted by the u.s. on corruption charges. >> we, or i cannot monitor everyone all of the time. if people want to do wrong. they will also tried to hide it. but it must fall to me to be the responsibility for the reputation and well being of our organization and to find a way for. [ inaudible ] >> laurence lee joins us from zurich with the latest. so let's talk about the vote that is anticipated within in the next few hours laurence. numbers stacking up for blatter? >> reporter: well, it looks very much i think at the time, as though blatter is going to be reelected. remember out the voting system works, 209 votes potentially two rounds of voting, if one of the two candidates, either sepp blatters or his uefa-backed opponent prince ali of jordan, gets two-thirds of the vote, that's 139 or more in the first round, they win. but if neither get that in the first round there is a second rounds and that's a straight majority what, ma th

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. ♪ >>> hello, there are calls for sepp blatter to resign.en executives were arrested in switzerland on wednesday morning and are expected to be extradited to the u.s. they include jack warner and jeffery webb, the former and current presidents of the north american regional body. the suspects are accused of pay or receiving bribes of more than $100 million. in return for lucrative sponsorship deals. switzerland has begun its own criminal investigation into money mismanagement, specifically relating to the world cup wins of russia and qatar. >> reporter: swiss police arresting officials from football's world governing body. they are suspected of bribery totaling more than $100 million and face extradition to the u.s. the case is linked to commercial deals dating back to the 1990s for major football tournaments in the americas. 14 people have been indicted they include fifa vice president jeffery webb the head of north american football governing body, his predecessor, jack warner former south american football heads, and the chief of brazilia

nic, we're just moments away from this news conference. >> reporter: we are, career expecting sepp blatter, of course, have met with his executive committee, they were going to discuss and a president's address. and blatter's address to that executive committee meeting they were going to discuss issues, including, you know, the formation of the new executive committee. different bodies. the executive committee is involved in. but, of course, what the world is waiting to hear now is what he has to say about how he intends to move fifa forward. we have heard very little from him in the past few days. specifically on that issue about precisely how he will rid it of the taint of all of these allegations of corruption. but what we have heard him say, in an interview with swiss television here, was how he was shocked that u.s. officials, he considers, interfering with fifa. indeed, he says interfering with the congress, the arrest taking place just before that was -- just before that took place on friday. so his feeling here does seem to be that he believes the united states is interfering in ma

david cameron said sepp blatter has to go. ini, the head of the european football association, says that he has to go. these are not things that you said in public. went on bended knee to sepp blatter four years ago for the world cup to come to the u.k.. beckham, david cameron, and prince charles. get thet to zurich to gains. for him to say this now, there has been a shift in power. money and politics. i know you will stay with us throughout. much more ahead. coming up in the next half hour, in silicon valley, virtual reality is becoming a hot topic. how companies from google to go pro are getting in the game. betty: it is game on at the world's largest poker tournament. whether the world series of covert can deal biggest casinos a winning hand. many traders were still in school the last time the fed raised interest rates. how young guns may act once the fed pulls the trigger. betty: sentencing this hour for the mastermind of the silk road. he faces a minimum of 20 years in prison for prosecutors are asking for more. was convi

. >> sepp blatter defiant as the corruption scandal engulfing f.i.f.a. rumbles on. >> and i have all the sport, including we'll find out from africa why f.i.f.a.'s president is so popular across the continent. details later in the programme. >>> hello, there a warm welcome to this hour of news. a massive rescue operation has taken place in italy during one of the busiest periods for migrant traffic this year. more than 4,200 people have been saved in the mediterranean in just the last 24 hours. they were pulled from a number of boats from rescue teams from italy, ireland and germany, the latest development in a growing crisis. since january, 1,800 people have died or gone missing, making the perilous journey. >> reporter: in the middle of the mediterranean sea, this was a scramble to stay afloat. a desperate scene repeated many times over. a german frigate was involved in this rescue where hundreds of people were picked up from different boats. among them the very young. and few can imagine how this mother might have felt being reunited with her little b

it has been sepp blatter, since 1988, when he succeeded the head of fifa before that. and a nice stroll through zurich. gathering opinion ahead of blatter's term as president. he has one challenger. blatter is the overwhelming favorite to be re-elected as president of fifa. we hear that swiss police in plain clothes overnight raided the hotel where all of the top officials, fifa.futbol's governing body were staying. all connected to fbi investigation of corruption at highest level of the game. cnn understands from swiss police they were ordered to conduct the raid at request of federal authorities. there is cooperation between the swiss and u.s. authorities. there is a particular extradition treaty between the two nations. "the new york times" reporting that although people can't be extradited from switzerland to america, on tax charges, common criminal charges do work in that case. we are yet to find out which of the fifa official have been amongst the 14 arrested. although we understand, sepp blatter its not one of them. nonetheless, accused of cronyism having those c

sepp blatter, he is well into extra time. the question is will he be sent off before his own personal game is over. >> it's business as usual at f.i.f.a. >> thank you, thank you that you accepted me that for the next four years i will be in command of this thing called f.i.f.a. >> days after arrests and a bombshell, sepp blatter is back for australian press dented fifth term at the top. >> i'm not perfect. no one is perfect. we'll do a good job. i thank you so much. thank you for the trust and confidence trust and confidence together we go. let's go f.i.f.a. let's go. >> minute before his only challenger conceded after blatter failed to win enough votes for an outright victory. >> i want to thank all of you brave enough to support me. having said that doubt date. >> delegates piled into two booths to cast elections, each representing a block of votes, as the dust settled, a man that stepped assize had choice words. >> the majority do not want to change. you hear him saying bringing the ship in the harbour, or something like t