dictatorship that rules in the syrian regime controlled areas. it's unclear who would succeed him. it's a name we might not recogni recognize. it's really going to make no difference at all. it's a civil war between different sects who i don't think live together and there's got to be some sort of federalism there is the way out. >> cnn security and intelligence analyst bob bear live for us. thank you for your insight and perspective on this. now on to spain and live pictures that we have where people are heading to the polls this hour, voting in their most uncertain election since the end of the dictatorship four decades ago. polls predict no party will win a majority and three of the country's parties say they don't want the former coalition. our --