autonomy, much because it emanates from a strong tradition in spain that which actually dates back to the dictatorship itself that the right wants a unified spain, a whole spain and they do not really respect their regional autonomy. last quick question, is this a workable solution? is there something that could be resolved? what if this vote takes place, they declare most people voted for independence, what then? well, that is a really interesting question. i do not have the answer to that question. what i would say is that it could go two ways. we could see perhaps more resistance from the spanish government, revoking autonomy that has been granted to catalonia, or we could perhaps see a beginning of a dialogue, which would be prefrnaberable i opinion and in the eyes of the international community if there could be a peaceful solution to
the last week seen that actually a lot of people want to have this referendum regardless of whether they are pro or against independence. and i think that that has really been the surprising factor in the government s response. also, they have been sending in the national police in order to make sure that the referendum would not take place, and as we have seen this morning, the regional police force have been refraining from going into polling stations, shutting them down, leaving that to the national police, which are then authorized to go in with, i would say, stronger force than the regional police. polls showing that 49% would not support independence, 41% yes. why is this vote this symbolism of this vote so important? well, it has been important for many, many years, this is not something that has just happened over the past couple of
this problem. this always depends on what happens today, will the yes side win, how many people will be able to vote, and i think that really sets up the conditions tomorrow for the possibilities for negotiation. we thank you for your helping us understand the situation, emmy eklundh, thank you, emmy. thank you very much. we re also tracking breaking news out of the u.s. state of nevada, that s o.j. simpson right there, former u.s. football star, walking out of prison. he was released a short time ago, he s been released on parole after serving nine years for a las vegas armed robbery. those charges were unrelated to the charges that made o.j. simpson infamous, back in 1994. he was charged with murdering his ex-wife, he was the key suspect in the deaths of nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman. this case riveted the country. the trial was watched for months
welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you re watching cnn newsroom live from atlanta. i m natalie allen. here are the top stories we re following this hour. we re having breaking news, clashes have broken out in polling stations in parts of spain as police try to block voters in catalonia s controversial independence referendum, voting started just over about two hours ago. here, right here in the northern city of girona, riot police are physically preventing voters from entering the building. spain s highest court says the vote is illegal, it has vowed to shut it down. former football star o.j. simpson has been released from prison in the u.s. state of nevada. he left a short while ago on parole after serving nine years for a las vegas armed robbery. simpson became infamous in the
who went after him so aggressively during the campaign with a view toward his own re-election. this is about restoring honor and his sense of himself, who puts prudence before a party vote. he didn t vote for donald trump. he wrote in his friend, lindsey graham. pressure from the administration and despite it all, two republican women stood firm.