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Contender. he is expected to win. he has been in the position for four terms. he is going for a fifth term. he has been the president for 17 years. someone who has been at the helm of a different entity, russia, that would be president vladmir putin yesterday accused the united states among other things of orchestrating this whole indictment this whole drama, this week in order to keep seth blatter from being reelected but again he is expected to be reelected today. very shortly. 209 delegates a...

>> it is not on the agenda for congress today as far as im aware but remember there are two separate investigations that sparked all these headlines this week. the one here in switzerland looking at the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cups award, russia and qatar, most surprising. and from the u.s., we saw the conference from the department of justice, where all of the list is read like a script from a hollywood mafia movimovie, di it? they are looking at corruption from the past, ma...

Members of six confederations. together, there will be 209 votes. the winner needs two-thirds. thats 140 votes. you are looking at the different confederations. eufa is one of those federations. in there, they have three associations. thats 53 votes. the ahead of eufa speaking on thursday said they will back prince ali at least most of the members are expected to. so that could potentially be right there 53 votes for prince ali. zero at the moment for sepp blatter. now, the asian football confed...

And the soccer worlds governing body is holding elections. voting is underway and its expected to re-elect its long time leader. current fifa president was not indicted and he says hes not responsible. hes looking to win an unprecedented fifth term. im joined by grant wall. explain the politics of fifa. >> you have to consider who the voters are and the voters are the 209 national soccer federations from around the world. one country one vote no matter how small or large your country is. the wor...

"i kept the cash, thats what im doing." >> this indictment was shocking not only because who it involved denny hastert, but that the investigation had been a secret. >> reporter: theres been no response to the charges from the former speaker. a spokesman for the lobby firm where dennis hastert has been working says he has resigned. hell make his first court appearance next week in chicago, jose. >> a lot of questions still to be answered, pete thank you very much. well keep you updated on this s...

Columnist, bobby gauche. well get to geopolitics in a second. but i think, christine, we have to talk to you first. i think there are so many of us here in north america struggling to understand how on earth could a man at the head of an organization being indicted on bribery and corruption how, a, hes not being investigated and b, how he could possibly get re-elected. because its widely considered he will be re-elected as president. >> michaela, first of all we dont know hes not being investiga...

Jordan, hes 39 years old, sepp blatter 79 years old. 17-year career as the president of fifa. but this week has been probably his worst. he himself has not been charged and no one is suggesting at this point theyre going to even interrogate him, but a lot of people are pointing to him because so many of his top deputies were, in fact, arrested and considered to be part of this remarkable multimillion-dollar scandal. this vote started at about 9:40, about three hours ago. 9:40 eastern time this m...

The and be sympathetic to an american in trouble overseas. you look at something like pen kingsly character in rules of engagement engagement, ambassador of yemen hiding under a desk and turning on rescuers and testifying against them in court. >> its funny you say that weve had several diplomatics on the show, mark begins burg we dont think of him as a cookie pusher. >> no one has called my dad a cookie pusher but im going to ask him about that. >> lets call him a cookie pusher and see what he ...

Re-election? >> reporter: i give you quite a simple answer yes, the vote will happen. he remains the overwhelming favorite. there are six geographical divisions of fifa and europe was the only one that was pushing for a delay of this vote. i just come from their own press conference european organization and they confirm the vote is going ahead. there are 209 delegates in all that get a vote. europe commands 54 of the votes. its likely the vast majority of the 54 votes will go toward the challen...

Organization. what might come next. how big do you think this could get? >> this could be a watershed moment for futbol. which is the most popular sport on the planet. rosemary. you remember what happened with the salt lake city scandal, turn of the century which forced the olympic movement to complete the reform. all sorts of backhanders going on there as well. think of the armstrong doping scandal. in cycling which led to a change of leadership at the top. the question is, that without a chang...