We first begin with the story of the syrian elections with syrians are broad abroad begin counting their votes this wednesday and a boat that is widely expected to return Bashar Alassad to power. Lebanon in particular held voting amid allegations syrian officials may have pressured refugees into voting. An estimated 200,000 of the 3 million syrians living abroad are eligible to vote, but the Syrian Opposition and its allies declared the election to be a sham. The rest of syria will be going to the polls next tuesday. For more on the story, lets. Ross what was the turnout like today in lebanon where there are many Syrian Refugees about . It was pretty tumultuous. Thousands of Syrian Refugees and the embassyed up at today. It was the only polling station in the whole country. Ashas been extended tomorrow an emergency measure because. Here were so many people schoolchildren had to cancel exams in the area because they said they could not get to their schools. The traffic was intense, and
For independence. And, among other things, i mean, tomorrow is a perfect storm for the market and for market geeks like you and me. You have the scottish results. Right. You have the alibaba ipo. And . You have index rebalancing. Quadruple. A quadruple witching expiration tomorrow. All on the same day. The excitement. It just builds here. I am going to be lurking in the morning while all of this happens. Wont we all . Keep a sharp eye out. We will get reaction to the market and the fed from David Winters, winter green advise others, he is coming up, also continues to be at odds with cocacola and Warren Buffetts berkshire hat away, he joins us exclusively in a little bit. As we said, zero hour for alibaba. The energy really is palpable here on the New York Stock Exchange floor today, more so than normal, eagerly awaitedism po due any time, the pricing will be due any time after the bell tonight. You will hear that news here first and we will prepare you for what should be an eventful fi
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To our viewers in the u. S. And around the world, a warm welcome to cnn news room. Im errol barnett. Appreciate you spending a bit of your saturday with us. Ousted Prime Minister inc. Lung shinawatra is safe. Being detained along with other leaders of her former government. The military has banned more than 150 prominent figures from leaving the country and imposed martial law. That includes a curfew and shut out independent media reporting, including cnn. We have Paula Hancock who has been watching this over the last few days. Bring us to speed. Whats the mood . A lot of people concerned and wondering how inshinawatras supporters will respond. Whats happening now . Reporter well, errol, we are seeing pockets of frustration coming out on the streets of bangkok. We are seeing hundreds of protests we understand, quite close to here standing up against the military and riot police. We have pictures from that particular area. Those protesters we saw a little bit earlier on today are trying