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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? whats happening behind you? its 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 erdogans a.k. party here in istanbul. as you can see, hundreds and hundr...

Policy institute, a nonpartisan research organization. let me start off with these numbers. were you anticipating higher numbers than what were seeing right now? why are we seeing these lower than expected numbers we saw the president commenting on? >> i think we were expecting much higher numbers. i think the president was expecting higher numbers and i think the word got out is title 42 is probably less tough than made out to be and whats coming now, title 8, is a lot tougher. theres a huge ru...

Appreciate it. the best word to describe negotiations to avoid a debt disaster in washington, according to the white house, constructive. >> so the conversations are constructive between all of the parties. >> the staff is very engaged. i would characterize the engagement as serious, as constructive. >> should we feel optimistic for a deal heading into the week? what the president just told reporters a short time ago. well have that. plus, florida governor ron desantis gets good reviews for ...

So right now it is very unclear where this is all headed. if the numbers are going to change in the next few hours as the counting is continuing, or is this country headed towards a runoff in two weeks from now? but the supporters of president erdogan, jim, are out here. theyre out here in force. these are die hard erdogan supporters who believe that only he can lead them and lead this country. they just cant imagine a turkey without recep tayyip erdogan. they say even if this goes to a runoff -...

We understand from the countrys supreme election council that nearly 90% of the vote has been counted so far, but they havent given any indication of what these candidates have gotten so far. were getting different sets of data coming from the opposition, who believe that they are in the lead. they are also accusing president erdogans coalition, they say, of slowing down the system by making objections during the counting, that they are slowing down this process, telling them you cannot prevent ...

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? whats happening behind you? its 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 erdogans a.k. party here in istanbul. as you can see, hundreds and hundreds of peo...