voters want to put somebody in charge that seems that inept. of course, the other side of him being a leader that he could be the most corrupt person of all time so it s interesting to me how it even gets to this point. but even though he s still in office or whatever ends up happening, something serious will happen with blatter. the u.s. will come after him. he s going to get indicted at some point. there s no way it doesn t get to him in the future. jimmy, so far, though nothing has been talked about as far as blatter himself, no allegations, nothing as of this point. but today we ve heard that the british serious fraud office may get involved in the fifa investigations. is this like an onion you re thinking? no question. they ll try to get the people underneath him to flip like they did with blazer the head of concicaf. they re trying to get the next level of people to get hard
big-ticket item is the election of 2 next president for fifa the bottom of the list in terms of when it comes and latest guess is we re two or three hours away from the vote and the vote will probably take about an hour to process. two people standing, the incumbent, president szep balloter and the challenger prince ali of jordan. you need a two-thirds majority to win straight up. if that fails we have to have another round of votes. but the crucial thing to think about in terms of who is likely to win is this there are six geographical areas of fifa, a total of 209 votes will be cast. only the european grouping, with 54 votes, seems to be really behind prince ali. across the other five, loyalty towards the company szep blatter is very high. that s why he remains the favorite. wilfred frost in zurich thank you very much. still ahead on the rundown. we ll talk to retired major league soccer player jimmy
i kept the cash, that s what i m doing. this indictment was shocking not only because who it involved denny hastert, but that the investigation had been a secret. reporter: there s been no response to the charges from the former speaker. a spokesman for the lobby firm where dennis hastert has been working says he has resigned. he ll make his first court appearance next week in chicago, jose. a lot of questions still to be answered, pete thank you very much. we ll keep you updated on this story as it develops. but turning to a different kind of scandal as if it wasn t enough drama at the fifa congress in zurich a bomb threat briefly disrupted proceedings ahead of a vote on president sepp bladder. the threat was cleared a little over an hour. the main event today, fifa s 209 soccer federations will vote for their next president. either sepp bladder or his opponent jordan s prince ali. bladder, who s lost much of his
executive staff amid corruption accusations is still favored to win an unprecedented fifth term. despite the massive bribery allegations that happened on his watch, he claims he s still right guy to run fifa. translator: today i m appealing to unity and to team spirit so we can move forward together. it may not be easy but it is for this reason that we are here together today and we are here together to tackle the problems that have been created. we re here to solve them. cnbc s wilfred frost is live in zurich. good morning wilfred. explain what s happening snowed. so the fifa congress kicked off last night. it s continuing as we speak. there s lots of item on the agenda. but as you touched on, the
evidence to go up against blatter. i ll flip the whole chart. let s talk about the sub-20 happening this saturday in new zealand. what are your thoughts? do you have any players or anybody you re looking out for? these young kids are the ones that are the near future huge stars. i think we have a tendency here in this country in every sport to anoint the next greatest superstar. i ll try to refrain from doing it this time. i m excited about the u.s. s chances. anytime we have a chance to pit ourselves against the best countries in the world at any level is a good test for us to show we re getting better at the sport. yes, we always have to cut difference between, you know what may be going on in fifa and the sport of soccer which is just the most extraordinary sport. it s really worth watching. jimmy, good to see you. big fan of yours. thanks jose. take care. up next, staunch hillary clinton supporter to 2016 political rival. martin o malley is expected to