there was con solation in remaining the largest party. the state premier is from the c.d.u. he hailed his party's showing in his own state. >> we managed to win with a good margin, we have roughly the same ruts in vats from five years ago when we were in a different situation, a different party landscape. >> reporter: the election campaign has been dominated by the refugee crisis, many suggests it was a referendum on the party. the popularity slumped as the influx of refugees yew. in recent weeks, the approval rating recovered. but not in time to save party leaders. where the c.d.u.'s main opponents from victorious. and the candidates won seats at the expense of established parties. one political scientist told me why he felt voters chose the i.s. d. >> they appear it's the resolution of the refugee crisis. i don't think added a threat. but the people feel the threat and voted for the anti-refuge party. >> the question for the federal government is what to make of the voter's verdict. and where it leaves their policy on refugees. >>> well, angela mushingel is at the -- merke

temperatures are going to fall and already we're seeing the cooler conditions pushing the piedmont solat to the west the cooler weather is going to come and roads are a little wet right now we've already seen some showers out there sixty two degrees in dc that rain symbol at the airport showing the showers here the rain is coming through and we're going to deal with this for the next couple of hours chances for showers already see the back edges pushing past south boston farmville so while we had the rain up on the eastern shore it's a

temperatures are going to fall and already we're seeing the cooler conditions pushing the piedmont solat to the west the cooler weather is going to come and roads are a little wet right now we've already seen some showers out there sixty two degrees in dc that rain symbol at the airport showing the showers here the rain is coming through and we're going to deal with this for the next couple of hours chances for showers already see the back edges pushing past south boston farmville so while we had the rain up on the eastern shore it's a there had a wave push through your thick and now crossing over just off virginia beach it's in more areas of study or light to moderate rain down across northeast north carolina batch pushing past franklin will deal with this the cooler air is coming in and if you look here you see this darker line right here that's a frontal boundary that is pushing through into the cooler air sweeping in after that said the temperatures generally trending down this morning very mild will see temperatures in the mid fifties around sunrise and as we head through the noon h

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