including a look ahead to the nail biting final day of the english premier legaue season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. with a key strategic position, a growing regional influence and difficult economic times the future of turkey is today being decided in the run off round of the presidential election. around 64 million people are eligible to vote turn out in the first round was closing in on 90% and they have a choice between two veteran candidates. immigration has been top at the topics of discussion for the last few weeks as the two candidates vying for votes. this is one of the polling stations you will see up and down the country. voting always happens in schools. i have been outside this one for a few hours then people have been coming in through the day. they head into these classrooms and each one like a separate ballot box and they give their name, because the vote and get photographs of both candidates. they have to st
separate ballot box and they give their name, because the vote and get photographs of both candidates. they have to stump the one they choose and in less than an hour s time these ballot boxes will close on the votes will start to be counted. last time around there was a really big turnout. there are around 64 million people in this country who are registered to vote and nearly 90% came out last time. i m told that turnout here has been brisk once again and this is a scene that been replicated up and down the country. let s take it look at pictures. the incumbent recep tayip erdogan came out to cast his vote at his local school, arriving in a blacked out limousine. you see the crowds being held back behind barriers. he had the place pretty much to himself as he went in with his wife to cast his vote and that almost the same time, in the capital, the challenger kemal
good evening. it is 10:00 on the east coast. we begin keeping them honest with president obama doing what presidents do in election years with proposals they know will win votes and don t have the votes to pass in congress. they try to pass them anyway even if they expect them to fail. sometimes, especially, if they expect them to fail to make a point. two examples tonight. one in texas and one on gas prices which the president appears to be doing with just a couple weeks ago he mocked. this has been going on for years now. every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. president obama, that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn t promising $2 a gallon gas or dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan to lower prices by cracking down on speculators. we can t afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, crea
year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. president obama that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn t promising $2 gas. he wasn t dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan to crack down. where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying oil, creating the shortage and driving oil higher. we can t afford a situation where some speculators can reap millions while millions of american families get the short end of the stick. that s not the way the market should work. keeping them honest. not even his own advisers could say how this would effect prices. telling politico, i m not going to speculate about this provision or any other provision and the specific effects it would have on the price at the pump. the proposed legislation is unlikely to get through the house. president obama is pitching it after spending the last few months arguing this. there is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes
this has been going on for years now, and every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. president obama, that was march 15th, mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn t promising $2 a gallon gas. he wasn t dusting off a three-point plan. he did, however, label a five-point plan for cracking down on speculators. we can t afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage, and driving prices higher to flip a quick profit. we can t afford a situation where some speculators can reap millions while some american families get the short end of the stick. that s p not the way the market should work. keeping them honest, not even his advisers could say how this would affect gasoline prices. i m not going to speculate about this provision or any other provision on the price of the pump. it won t get through the republica