form a majority. for the first time in ten years, chuck, we can see a way in which the era of netanyahu is over. he s certainly closer to losing power than ever before. don t write his political obituary just yet. one canny voter said to me benjamin netanyahu is the cat with nine lives and has used 17. one of the things that hovers over his head is this investigation. is that part of the could that become part of the negotiation? could, in unity, in exchange for leaving likhud i know that everything is on the table when you re forming governments. is that where this could end up heading? now maybe he thinks he can still win, but could that be where this goes next? i think the problem for him, chuck and remember, it s a problem that s coming up fast. october 2nd, he is due in court for that pretrial hearing on
coalition government and another sign netanyahu might be in trouble, he canceled a trip to the u.n. general assembly to new york next week. chief global correspondent bill neely is live, thankful forly for me in tel aviv at this very who early hour there. let me start with you. bibi netanyahu, will he be the leader of the likhud party a month from now? that s a good question. and i asked that to the former mayor of jerusalem. are you prepared to knife your party leader in the back, needless to say he said no. but there are muttering within likhud that that could be one possible way forward. as you said, 94% of the votes already cast. it is actually in terms of the blocks they can command a tie at 56 each. in fact, they both fall short of that magic 64 number needed to