saying he feels closer to a deal today than he has before, but not everyone in his party is as optimistic. one top republican negotiator warning the deal is still teetering on the brink and could fall apart entirely. meanwhile, the national deficit continues to soar to new heights and treasury secretary janet yellen says there are only eight days remaining to pay america s bills. is everyone on board? reporter: we ll see about that. he came in to the capitol this morning and told reporters he s feeling optimistic and thinks progress has been made and really they re focused on a few remaining sticking points for this deal. i am told the goal is to have a deal announced by the end of today. we ll see if they can get there. we have new reporting about what the outstanding issues are. one of them is a provision to impose new work requirements on some social safety net programs. i m told they made some progress on that in negotiations last night. we re going to see today wheth
will face off once again at the end of the month in the next stage of an election that has been viewed as a referendum on the now 20-year tenure of president erdogan. jomana ca ra cha is joining us now. what would this runoff look like? what s happening behind you? it s still a pretty boisterous scene even at 2:00 in the morning in istanbul. reporter: it is, jim. we are right outside the headquarters of president erdogan s a.k. party here in istanbul. as you can see, hundreds and hundreds of people have been turning up here. you ve got families who are out here. you ve got people who are driving around on motorbikes and their cars waving the turkish flag and the flag of president erdogan s party. this looks like a celebration, but there is no celebration yet. as you mentioned, this is still too close to call. we understand from the country s supreme election council that nearly 90% of the vote has been counted so far, but they haven t given any indication of what these cand
Shift they may get over that threshold. members of that party which came in third place in the first round have also pledged support for the opposition leader who is heading up an alliance of six opposition parties from various ends of the political spectrum. they are still hopeful their voters will show up on sunday and they ll be able to bring an end to president erdogan s more than two decades in office here in turkey and mark a significant political shift for the country. of course, whoever is declared the next president of turkey, there are some significant challenges ahead, not least the economy. this is a country facing a severe cost of living crisis. we ve seen rising inflation, many criticizing erdogan for his unorthodox monetary policies and a weakened lira. then there is the aftermath of the devastating february earthquake, more than 50,000 people killed, millions
Tomorrow in a crucial runoff election. the country s president is facing his toughest challenge in years. reporter: it s a matter of hours before polls open in turkey. we ve seen the incumbent party and the opposition stepping up their campaigns, hopeful they will be able to sway enough voters to declare victory on sunday. p president erdogan s party was successful in securing 49.5% of the vote in the first round just shy of the threshold to declare victory. in the last week we ve seen the leader of the nationalist party, which came third in the first round of the elections, pledging his support for president erdogan. they are hopeful this may mark a
Will face off once again at the end of the month in the next stage of an election that has been viewed as a referendum on the now 20-year tenure of president erdogan. jomana ca ra cha is joining us now. what would this runoff look like? what s happening behind you? it s still a pretty boisterous scene even at 2:00 in the morning in istanbul. reporter: it is, jim. we are right outside the headquarters of president erdogan s a.k. party here in istanbul. as you can see, hundreds and hundreds of people have been turning up here. you ve got families who are out here. you ve got people who are driving around on motorbikes and their cars waving the turkish flag and the flag of president erdogan s party. this looks like a celebration, but there is no celebration yet. as you mentioned, this is still too close to call.