Treason. Now spains 4th election in 4 years is underway in opinion polls indicate another fragmented result with a surge in support for the far right vox 40 the leftist the demos party is now vowing to help be incumbent socialists in hopes of forming a Left Wing Coalition Prime Minister pedal sanchez call for the vote after failing to form a new government adding to the political divisions is a turmoil in catalonia which has seen weeks of protests by separatists Hoda Abdelhamid is standing by for us in boss alone a 1st we go to join a whole in madrid spain is capital saw joan of the 4th election in 4 years how are things shaping up as a we likely to have a stable government in spain right. Frankly on the basis of the pretty base going into the vote. Is the most you need to keep the next. 48. But you stated that he. A pool but not crucially enough to form a majority government on their own so there will be inevitably something of horse trading that takes place after this vote as you poi
A prominent opposition politician is freed in cambodia but still faces treason charges. Spains 4th election in 4 years is underway in opinion polls indicate another fragmented result with a surge in support for the far right vox party the leftist demos 40 is now vowing to healthy combine socialists in hopes of forming a Left Wing Coalition Prime Minister Petro Sanchez call for the vote after failing to form a new government adding to the political divisions is a turmoil in catalonia which has seen weeks of protests by separatists are standing by for us in boston or not but 1st we go to join a hole in spains capital madrid so i dont know how things looking so far. But we can move it to a vote she told in a close look up there. Well have at least an initial idea for the exit polls that they do explain of where things stand. What we expect is that the socialists will come out of this the Biggest Party much as they did back in april greatest chair vote but usually unable to form a governme
A little but the heart of the town of counted. And less than an hour polls will close in spains 2nd general election this year acting Prime Minister pedre sanchez called for the vote after failing to form a governing Coalition Following the april poll spain has been without a stable government since 2015 and this is the 4th vote held in as many years the leftist but demos party has vowed to help sanchez a socialist form a coalition the vote has been overshadowed by the rise of the far right vox party and the unrest in catalonia we have correspondents covering this election in a moment we speak with Hoda Abdelhamid she is in the catalan regional capital barcelona 1st go to jonah hall in madrid and jonah as you are saying this is the 2nd vote. Take place this year and that the 4th in 4 years voters must be feeling somewhat fatigued but whats turnout been like today. What we await final figures on turnout its like to be slightly lower than it was in april thats what the indicators are sho
On the cookie monster look at the global success behind the iconic childrens show sesame street. But its being counted in spains general election and whats shaping up to become a battle for power between the countries fragmented left and right this is the 4th time despondence have gone to the polls in 4 years after socialist leader and acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez failed to form a Coalition Government but sundays vote has been dominated by fears of a far right surge and a renewed push for Catalan Independence well al jazeera is jonah hol is following this story for us from the spanish capital madrid and jonah polls have now closed always getting an idea of whats happening. Thats right 8 pm polls are closed we dont have any official exit polls they dont do that sort of thing here in spain there are opinion polls that are conducted throughout voting day that give us some highly unofficial but sense of the direction of travel we can at least talk about those itll be a couple of hou
Dubya bush and mr. Card under george w. Bush. They compare the leadership styles of father and son. That is what is coming up here on American History tv. We interrupt this program for an nbc news special report. Good afternoon. We have a late and truly a sensational report coming in from east germany. In a News Conference which ended just a few minutes ago in east berlin, government officials have announced communist east germany have announced their border open with west germany. East german citizens now have the right to cross directly from east germany into west germany. Up to now, the thousands, tens of thousands of east germans going west have had to pass through other communist nations, most of them passing through czechoslovakia. But as of right now according to the official statement just concluded, they have the right to go directly to west germany. Nbc correspondent Dennis Murphy is in berlin right now and has been following the events. What more do you know about this start