also interesting to look at the macro ——at the five—star movement.ecause really, with a lot of these european parliament elections, what we're talking about are the issues that are big at home and you see this reflection taking place in the european parliament. for italy and the matteo salvini, it's really been about immigration and the economy. that is something that definitely when you are here it comes to the forefront of the minds of people quite quickly, whether they agree with mr sell venial not. the economy is the other issue. unemployment is at 10.6 nationally, 30.6 when you get to youth unemployment and felt more cleanly in the south. the south would have been against the league but he has come down and revise the way he speaks to the self. he previously denigrated people who we re previously denigrated people who were living in the bottom half of the country. but they are voting for him now and for a party in rome as well. what i am curious about is what is he going to do with that result? that was the question i was about to ask you. what

its coalition partner the anti—establishment five star movement was beaten by the centre—left democraticvini had to say. the democrats having a bit of a plunge. the league going through the roof. about a third of the votes. matteo salvini pretty happy after that. translation: it is not only the lega that's the first in italy. marine le pen has the first party in france. nigel farage is the first party in britain. so italy, france and great britain. it is a sign of a europe that is changing, a europe tired of the powers of the elites, finance, multinationals, and from tomorrow we will have to redouble our efforts. we canjoin we can join nuala we canjoin nuala in rome, she's been monitoring this. for mr salvini, a very good result domesticly, let's start from that perspective. definitely. when it comes to these european parliament elections that you've been covering over the past day, what we're really seeing is when they have votes in parliament, it's really a reflection of national issues, nowhere more than italy and matteo salvini of la lega, or the league, he is in current issue with t

its coalition partner the anti—establishment five star movement was beaten by the centre—left democraticeeds, by 23. —— seats. and you can see the other groups there as well. let's go on to the shower, though, this is particularly interesting. the league got 34%, compare that to 2014 where they got 6.2%. and as you go down you see their coalition partners, five star got 17%, that is most and exact —— almost an exact inversion of how the coalition has been going in italy. we'll get some analysis on that in just in italy. we'll get some analysis on that injust a in italy. we'll get some analysis on that in just a moment. in italy. we'll get some analysis on that injust a moment. but in italy. we'll get some analysis on that in just a moment. but first let's hear from matteo salvini, leader of the five star party. translation: it is not only the league, marine le pen has the first party in france, nigel farage is the first party in britain, so italy, france, great britain. it is the sign ofa france, great britain. it is the sign of a europe that is changing, europe tired of the powers of th

relatively good result for them because according to that they would finish 2nd even above the 5 star movement which is said to have between $20.23 again these results have to be taken with a pinch of salt it's only the 1st results that have come out the polls here actually have just closed a few minutes ago so we still have to wait exactly how these numbers develop here in italy overnight that's right thomas but as you're saying you know this is what my tail salvini was aiming for to become the biggest party in italy what does this mean for the other parties are non populist parties in retreat in italy. well they are certainly having a difficult time in particular the democratic party that's the center left party which as i mentioned had actually won the election in 2014 they had had around 40 percent of the vote back then 5 years later they have that so as i say 21 to 24.5 percent so for them that is certainly a rather better result compared to 5 years ago and part of that. part the reason why this happened is actually because voters have punished them voters believe that they are no longer

to vote have voted for material need that the democrats as well as his coalition partner the 5 star movement are trailing behind but this is not just a vote about the european union voters who we've been speaking to through the day have been telling us that this is also a referendum on the telly and politics people want to change to see a change a face is so to speak they want their own representatives to go into the european parliament and want to cast their votes for those people who've been saying that they want to change the status quo but so far in the south the turnout has been which has resulted in the other parties trailing behind and it's been higher in the north in milan beneath his piece have been gathering to celebrate what they've been expecting to be a victorious night what this also tells us is about the state of affairs that we will see in the wider european parliament because the european alliance for people of the nations is going to be taking a large part of the right wing road from hungary all the way to germany and everything in between in trying to form a bloc are right

he wants to push ahead with policies that are not going to necessarily be supported by the five star movement. this will remain a africa tuss coalition going forward. there is also speculation that he wants to get rid of some of the five star ministers. there is plenty of room for clashes in the future and also the role of the prime minister. the prime minister was a compromise candidate. he has been put forward by the five star movement. where does that leave his position? most people believe the deputy prime minister iseally the e a shaky al force in this coalition. it will probably hold together in the short-term term but in a fefew months' time, who knows? sosolvini c could push to disis e parliaiament,all for fresh elections. we will have to wait and see. >> moving on, in the latest development in the u.s. abortion debate, missouri is planning to ban the state's only clinic from carrying out pregnancy terminations saying it hasn't complied with regulations. in response planned parenthood says it's a political tactic and court.en the case to >> missouri's last abortion clinic, will it shu

a price tag of about six billion euros but the criticism isn't deterring luigi demaio his five star movement wants to get the program up and running before european elections. it was one of their election promises very important ambition of this government specially for the five star which has come under increasing pressure in recent months. italian authorities have been busy with applications for weeks a lot to do with the payments will be strictly monitored money won't go directly into bank accounts rather on to special credit cards it's strictly forbidden for example to buy lottery tickets buy items online or book on flights but experts doubt if the system will have the effect on the country's economy but the government promises. the basic income is rich states investment policies that were implemented by many european countries up until well into the one nine hundred seventy s. and then bit by bit disappeared. rafaela ferraro says she will vote for the five star movement next time she goes to the polls she's grateful for the money but she would rather have a job. still to come on day w.

to vote have voted for material needs that the democrats as well as his coalition partner the 5 star movement are trailing behind but this is not just a vote about the european union voters who we've been speaking to through the day have been telling us that this is also a referendum on the tally in politics people want to change to see a change a face is so to speak they want their own representatives to go into the european parliament and want to cast their votes for those people who've been saying that they want to change the status quo but so far in the south the turnout has been low which has resulted in the other parties trailing behind and it's been higher in the north where in milan the 2 us and we need. peace have been gathering to celebrate what they've been expecting to be a victorious night what this also tells us is about the state of affairs that we will see in the wider european parliament because. european alliance of people of the nations is going to be taking a large part of the right wing road from hungary all the way to germany and everything in between in trying to form a

to vote have voted for material need that the democrats as well as his coalition partner the 5 star movement are trailing behind but this is not just a vote about the european union voters who we've been speaking to through the day have been telling us that this is also a referendum on the telly and politics people want to change to see a change a face is so to speak they want their own representatives to go into the european parliament and want to cast their votes for those people who've been saying that they want to change the status quo but so far in the south the turnout has been low which has resulted in the other parties trailing behind and it's been higher in the north where in milan beneath his peace have been gathering to celebrate what they've been expecting to be a victorious night what this also tells us is about the state of affairs that we will see in the wider european parliament because. european alliance of peoples and nations is going to be taking a large part of the right wing road from hungary all the way to germany and everything in between in trying to form a bloc are r

the preferred budget limits in the meantime mr salvini and and his coalition partners of the 5 star movement will have 2 days to respond to a letter from the commission european commission protesting failure to comply with european budget rules the italian government could be fined 3000000000 euros by the commission for the budgetary breaches. and staying in europe for a bit. more on the e s latest elections we are joined by the former 1st minister of scotland alex salmon who joins us from our u.k. studio. first of all you're the you're the expert here so we'll open it up what's the biggest story as you see it coming out of these e.u. elections. well let's take the you case of speaking from london the big story there is the success of nigel from new bracks that path day which has swept into the leading position and english politics this caused consummation in both the ruling conservative party of the opposition labor party the can self those are no engulfed in a leadership contest in the labor party have just engulfed so nigel foote as his success is the big story coming up perhaps in the me

the 1st part of italy it appears to have overtaken the league's national coalition partner the 5 star movement this could give silva need more sway over the national agenda he spent the e.u. election campaigning networking with other far right parties across europe. for more on that let's go to d.w. correspondent thomas thomas salvini spoke a short while ago what exactly did he have to say exactly was around 1 in the morning when salvini stormed into this room here in the party headquarters and without accepting any questions he spoke about a moment of responsibility in italy about historic mission to defend its release interests into these values and he once again demonstrated that for him this goes well beyond it to these borders it is something international and he spoke about the results in france and the results in the united kingdom for faraj i spoke about a sign that that means that europe is changing as far as the internal politics in each of the concern because again there has been speculation about what the results could mean for italy's governing coalition he said that he will be ba

want us to spend money and in our economy to grow this is mainly what was the league and the 5 star movement are saying stephanie before we spoke about you know potential of russian links with the leg steve bannon as well transformer chief strategist has made no secret that he wants to support us some vini lead the union does that have an impact in a country like italy. well you know as an impact. not so much because of benon which is not very known among the people ordinary people in italy but it did have an impact on salvini i think because as we revealed in the book the 1st meeting between salvini and ben and took place on april 2016 in washington d.c. when when ben and explicitly. suggests that we need to attack pope francis and in fact this is what happened right after would still be tweeting against the pope for the migrant issue. and. wearing for example a t. shirt during the latest rally of benedict so the pope francis' predecessor. this led to an alliance according to what we what we what we could reveal between ben and part of the u.s. and also with parts of the cardinals that are

has managed in the last elections he was the 2nd biggest party polling at 17 percent was the 5 star movement was at around 33 percent whereas in the europeans that almost seems to have reversed the knee is by quite a stretch represents his party was the biggest single party just about a week ago it was him and his colleague in this you know what they see is a fight against a 2 powerful europe standing side by side in milan announcing a new alliance between a van and other like minded parties so we see salvini do very well the biggest party in italy in france we see marine le pen do very well the biggest party there be seeing by not as much as 70 but still beating president. party and of course with the brics the results will be talking about later but even there the brics a party overwhelmingly the largest party so what we've really seen is a lot of these far right parties not quite dominating but certainly in key areas really showing that they are now a force to be reckoned with and the real question is whether they will be able to form an alliance within parliament because remember these e

about the need for a flat tax and the conflict that inherently with his coalition partners five star movement that has been much more focused on trying to distribute wealth the idea of stimulating the economy with a flat tax is something a lot of economists globally have said is the right idea but that's not necessarily been the reaction from the european commission. today is a very important day. not only are we going to speak to the central bank governor here, but also we're expecting to hear a letter from the finance minister giving the italian government's response to concerns about the fact that growth targets have not managed to meet the expectations they set several months ago, which at the time helped stave off some of the european commission's concerns those concerns will roar back front and center ahead of the 2020 budget discussions that could happen as soon as september. if there is any indication of a new set of elections, if the head of labor decides he's done so well in the european parliame parliamentary elections, then those elections would play into that timetable around bud

that the labor gets it also depends on the results that other parties get in particular the 5 star movementthere are obviously speculations as well that a big result could mean that italy in a way could be in a way isolated in european politics if you look at the last few years italians have had some of the biggest and most important posts in europe the foreign affairs the . very need central european bank mario draghi the head of the european parliament to tie johnnie so some of the key european positions have been held by italians and what some people here here fear is that if the lady in fact gets a good results today those positions could turn to other countries because not many would want to work with a party like like delayed and delayed i would as well face some trouble in trying to unite forces with the populist parties that's at least what we've been hearing here in milan today but again it is still a bit too early we have to wait what exactly the vote is all about it would close at 11 o'clock as i mentioned so there's still a few hours to go before we actually know what exactly it

they are surpassing the five-star movement. this is mostly due to domestic things.f you see far right movements in other countries, they all have a very domestiticly concerd program and have problems that are most of all domestic programs and outs european problems. even though they announced he wanted to change european politics from within, we cannot really count on what he memeans. in the current situation the outcome of these elections they don't have the majority they would have had necessary t to adopt his kind of policy chahan. i think he e will further coconcentrate on domestic affais in italy and try to consolidate his position in this country. ofre isis not the same kikind black wave of populist parties. in other countries the populist parties have rather lost votes. if you look in germany, they are not concerned. in spain, it has not come through. the only case where we could s y another popupulist party actctuy has confirmed itself is france.. britain is a particular case. the brexit party. we see a stagnation of right-wing parties a across europe.. thei

to do their job the 5 star movement should get another chance and show us what it can do let's hope.it's $700.00 kilometers to the d.n.a. a trip through the whole of italy in the hope of finding a permanent job up north. many trains arrive in rome from the south full of people looking for jobs they all head for the capital's trade fair center some 5000 teachers are hoping to land one of 600 training posts as teachers for pupils with special needs a scheme created by italy's populist government despite the debt crisis in the education sector. dominica comes from naples he works as a supply teacher in milan 800 kilometers away he doesn't know how the government will finance the new posts but he's hoping to get one. of course i'm nervous my professional future could be decided today this could change my life. but the pressure is enormous dominik o.-n. $2000.00 fellow hopefuls have to go to hall 5. many applicants are already waiting patiently. they know that these tests are their only chance to get a state post but also how slim their chances are. good for you shit if you succeed here i

the league and the 5 star movement are saying is that it before we spoke about you know potential ofrussian links with the leg steve bannon as well transformer chief strategist has made no secret that he wants to support us led the union does that have an impact in a country like italy. well it has an impact 1. not so much because of benon which is not very known among the people ordinary people in italy but it did have an impact on salvini i think because as we revealed in the book the 1st meeting between salvini and ben and took place on april 2016 in washington d.c. when when ben and explicitly. suggest that sylvia need to attack pope francis and in fact this is what happened right afterward sylvie any tweeting against the pope for the migrant issue. and. wearing for example a t. shirt during a rally of benedict so the pope francis predecessor. this led to an alliance according to what we what we what we could reveal between ben and part of the u.s. and also with parts of the cardinals that are within devout he can and oppose pope francis and his politics. and it's a funny scene h

the league and the 5 star movement are saying 7 before we spoke about you know potential of russian linkswith the leg steve bannon as well transformer chief strategist has made no secret that he wants to support us led the union does that have an impact in a country like italy. well it has an impact. not so much because of benon which is not very known among the people ordinary people in italy but it did have an impact on salvini i think because as we revealed in the book the 1st meeting between salvini and ben and took place on april 2016 in washington d.c. when when ben and explicitly. suggests that sylvia need to attack pope francis and in fact this is what happened right afterward sylvie any tweeting against the pope for the migrant issue. and. wearing for example a t. shirt during a rally of benedict so the pope francis predecessor. this led to an alliance according to what we what we what we could reveal between ben and part of the u.s. and also with parts of the cardinals that are within devout he can and oppose pope francis and his politics. and that you finally see it here in the

popping pollution that is the 5 star movement as you said before and quickly this goes to show aboutwhat his ambitions are about the why de european alliance that he's creating middle of the far right has been let us out of a nice championing their cause do you think that he's been able to disrupt and will be able to achieve this new europe that he's been promising his voters while this is the ambition of moto salvini and he sees the ambition of the populist wave in europe but actually. the numbers. are not so encouraging for them i mean populist potties in europe have gained of course as compared to previous election. mainstream pop days so the european people's property the broths and the social democrats. able to do from together a majority within.

is that it basically consolidates the league has a grip on that government squeezes out the 5 star movementand that will influence italy's behavior in the european council and that probably can have a more decisive impact on the e.u. policy making then what his deputies could do in the european parliament well interesting leigh enough the populace have identified a new opponent we can say at the greens the rise of the mentalists party. is one of the big stories that emerged from the vote let's hear what both the populist a.f.d. from germany and the greens themselves here have to say. they are our main competitors and we take them very seriously you have to but in the end the policies we provide and we'll see the new emperor has no clothes it's not that you won't hear from me that there's no man might climate change but you won't he that might climate change either i say they're adults. and we know that the result is with being a guiding force we've moved into the center of the political debate. i was assistant issues of course we know that we are. raising hopes that have to be fulfilled. al

victory but also because the senior coalition partner in his coalition government and the papas 5 star movement and they have scored huge loss they've only not even been able to place themselves 2nd and 3rd with a 17 percent of votes and that is almost a half of what they got in last year's general election so their support really has gone down massively and there has been speculation here in italy in the last weeks whether a big win for a lead would mean that. his party would be tempted to pull the plug on the current coalition government on the current coalition with the 5 stars which has been extremely difficult since the start since last year and however and to salvini has rejected this speculation for now and he said again last night when he was here at the headquarters in milan that he still considers the 5 stars as an as an ally as a friend and that he's willing to keep working with the party but we'll have to see what happens in the next days ok we'll get more word from long though on that in the days ahead alex i'd like to wrap up this with a question to you about nigel farage demandin

been seen in politics here in italy we've also seen that in a year his coalition partner the 5 star movement has dropped down significantly as well from its popularity and it's gotten somewhere close to about 20 percent of the water official results are yet to be announced but we've seen jubilation in the league party which is led by a. mere emmanuel sorry which is led by the league party and it is also been a buoyant victory for them here at home because it is going to shake up politics internally in italy is going to because they won't be as reliant as they were on the coalition partner what this means across europe is that selvi me is also leading an alliance of far right leaders from hungary to germany and he's been aligning himself with all of these leaders and it will give him the boost that he had projected that he is going to be leading these parties into a new europe although they're not significant enough to hold any ministries yet but this is the the biggest number that we've seen off far right parties going into the european parliament and. prime minister of a.c.n. a head of thei

here in italy because the the senior coalition partner in italy's government of the populists a 5 star movement that did not only been outperformed by their junior coalition partner the legal. that they've also not even come in 2nd place they've come in 3rd place with about 17 percent of the vote that is really a dramatic loss for them and also if we compare it's that's the last years a general election when they had 30 percent so they've almost halved their consensus so this is really a big loss for them and the speculation here in italy is whether this point and also having seen this result. will be under pressure to maybe pull the plug on this a coalition government which has been very difficult since the very beginning and maybe seek early elections maybe try to become prime minister himself however this is still up for speculation and he has rejected. this speculation so far and he also said that yesterday when he spoke here at the league's headquarters that he was not considering his coalition partner as and then to me and he was still going to want to work together with the 5 stars ok we

far right parties across europe mostly with with lega in the 5 star movement in italy but also across europe so he's trying to create particular alliances that can bring the issue to the forefront even inside the european parliament mr x. a doctor does great get your perspective once appreciate it thanks will. all right let's move on to the weather has covered that story and we're looking at probably the worst severe weather day that we have seen this year but possibly in several years and explain why what is happening here across united states we've just had one severe weather event that had gone through that's the front that was associated what we saw over $45.00 tornadoes with that particular system now we're talking about what is happening here coming out of the rockies now today we're looking at 23000000 people at risk now this number has just been upgraded just in the last hour earlier today was 18000000 we're talking about 6 states that are going to be seeing severe weather and they're very sure that it's going to be a tornado weather outbreak that is going to be happening let'

and the 2nd is that the political debate is basically stuck between momentum was still in the 5 stars movement and so be on issues like a power struggle the so-called migration crisis except now which did not allow the green issues and climate questions to come out later of romania israel and social democrats as they get a 3 year sentence for corruption a monday the supreme court upheld the dragon is conviction for handing out state jobs it was a 2nd defeat and 24 hours after his party lost heavily to centrists and the european elections. a test case has been getting in the us on whether in the visual states can hold pharmaceutical companies responsible for why. it's bread addiction to prescription drugs millions of americans are hooked on pain killers which resemble other opiates such as morphine and heroin as any gallagher reports lawyers in oklahoma are arguing that a drug manufacturer is to blame for the so-called opioid crisis after 2 others settled out of court. it's a drug crisis of epic proportions that's what i wouldn't busy die for it according to the center for disease control in 20

and the 2nd is that the political debate is basically stuck between momentum or selling the 5 stars movement and so beanie on issues like a power struggle the so-called migration crisis except now which the lout the green issues and climate questions to come out. plenty more still to come for you here on al-jazeera including dozens of inmates are killed in brazil in the latest wave of violence 2 rockets over populated prisms. also at the merger the codes of reshape the global car industry. the weather set by the time. hello there we've got yet more showers across parts of the middle east at the moment the satellite picture is showing this little swell of cloud here that just about works its way down through positive iran you can see a little speckled area of cloud here these are actually giving us some fairly lively thunderstorms and say we're seeing a fair amount of dust kicked up with those showers as well so the risk of seeing more of them as we head through the day on cheese day and into wednesday but aside from the showers this region now is just very hot couple there up to 31 degrees 3

and the 2nd is that the political debate is basically stuck between momentum or selling the 5 stars movement and so binnie on issues like a power struggle the so-called migration rise except by which the doctor lour the green issues and planted questions to come out. still to come here on al-jazeera sudanese protest as a doing next. hello there the tornadoes have still been ripping their way through parts of the u.s. most of them have been across the great plains and you can see the latest system here as it's ballooned and worked its way northward still going to be with us over the next few days with plenty of rain in the northern parts of our map stretching right up into the southeastern parts of canada but also there's this trading leg towards the south so there's still the risk of seeing some severe weather here the cause of all this severe weather is the warm air in the southeast heating that cold air from canada so atlanta 33 degrees will be our maximum fall cooler towards the west with denver only struggling to 12 a bit further towards the south and there's plenty of showers here lots

lega was victorious in italy with around 30% of the vote while its coalition partner the five-star movement lost significant ground on the face of the numbers, that sounds like a significant shift away from the centrist parties raises the prospect of a more difficult parliament over the next five years and a certain amount in the political extremes but i think there will be many in the center and those who are very much at the heart of the e.u. project who will be saturday with the results given the fact that 2/3 of the parliament will still be represented by meps who who can tell us more about the reaction about the heart of this this morning. sylvia >> yes these european election results are a victory for the establishment in the sense that more people voted and, indeed, that the european parliament is still a pro euro peechb chamber. however, as you mentioned, they are more fragmented so this means it's going to be even more complicated. so in the coming hours, in the coming days we need to look at the negotiations wean the pro european union and the greens, the liberals, the social clev

as we head into these elections >> it really resolves around the desire on the part of the five-star movement, the party that got the larger share of the vote in last year's national italian elections to spend more money. this will have a bearing on the country's budget, and a significant one. i had a chance to sit down with one of his party's candidates for the u.s. parliamentary elections. she's a krd for the southern region of italy. she's a political novice, but i asked her after 1 1 months why is it that the lega party in government has failed to pass any meaningful legislation that could reduce taxes or introduce a flat tax for italians. >> translator: i think that we need more time in those 1 1 months we have implemented a series of laws that respect our commitments in the next few months we will implimt plemt more laws, including tax cuts we've seen how a flat tax gets companies more chances to envest and create new jobs. i believe that the next few months will be able to meet all of our commitments we've seen it when it comes to the pension or which has been dismantled. his partner i

the league and the 5 star movement are saying.before we spoke about you know potential of russian links with the leg steve bannon as well transformer chief strategist has made no secret that he wants to support us led the union does that have an impact in a country like italy.

southern part of italy, forh affected those results a catastrophic drop in preferences for the five-star movementdemocrats resuscitated like a phoenix. they were pretty much given up for dead because of the infighting. the government has rallied the of not the extreme left, trying to go towards the center, amalgamating a lot of good thinking people, increasing their percentage at the polls yesterday very significantly. i don't think they will pose an existential threat to the current government, mostly because of the fact that there is no current alternative to the five x coalition. think ist do you needed to boost growth in italy? the lack of growth momentum in this economy catches the eye of many economists. how about you as an investor? marco: a measured wand. no, just kidding. really, probably some very good weather. we have had the worst spot of weather in may for the last 30 years. id. believe that what has happened in the recent past is a sign of the future, but i think we are looking forward to some very different things. i think that if italy proposes the flat tax idea, embraces this ,la