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Good morning to our viewers in europe. To asia. Ing happy president s day to the united states. This is the pulse. A how not to get burned by secondhand car. Lets get to our top story. The Democratic Party leader is weting with the president as speak and it could mark the first step to a new italian government. Lets hans nichols is back from rome. Walk me through the next 24 hours. Good morning. Minutes, we could see napolitano a merge. Renzi to form a government. What is the makeup of his cabinet . He will face challenges in the upper and lower houses of parliament and the challenge will be in the upper house and this is. What can you do to appease various factions to vote for him. If you dont, you have snap elections and that is an outcome they do not want. He wants to serve as the Prime Minister until the end of parliament in 2018. That would be the third Prime Minister was not directly elected by the people. In a tient turnover and Prime Ministers, let us say. Italian Prime Ministe
7 00 this monday. Bloomberg is standing by, ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. Hans nichols is looking forward to renzis meeting with the italian president. Its rainygle buys start up slicklogin. Elliott gotkine has the details. Is looking at hunters. First, italys Democratic Party leader will meet with the italian president in what could be the first steps towards a new government in italy. Hans nichols joins us with the details. Of last week in italy following this story. What are the first hurdles for moscow renzi . Perhaps the biggest hurdle is the senate. This happens if president napolitano asks renzi to form a cabinet. That is what we expect. He would be the youngest Prime Minister in the history of postwar italy. First he has to cobble together a cabinet. Then he faces votes of confidence in both houses of congress. It is the Upper Chamber where we expect him to have more of a problem simply because of the way the coalitions are aligned. That is what he has
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