thank you very much for your insights. all of you out there be sure to tune in to the 2010s. that airs tonight at 9 p.m. eastern and pacific, only on cnn. hello and happy mother s day to all of the moms out there. thank you so much for joining us today. i m alex marquardt in today for f frederica whitfield. the votes are now being counted by the millions in a pivotal race that could create global shock waves. the incumbent president is facing the greatest challenge yet to his 20-year rule. and at the moment, with 60 million plus votes being counted, analysts are saying the election is still too early to call. both erdogan and the main opposition candidate, they both claim to be leading. we go to istanbul. what s the latest this evening? reporter: alex, as you mentioned right now, it is too close to call. votes, ballots are still being counted and you ve got both sides giving their own set of data. you ve got the turkish state news agency that is putting president erdogan
good evening. for the first time since the october 7th attack on israel and the war in hamas that s followed, hundreds of foreign nationals were finally allowed to leave gaza today. many more still remain. two allowed to leave are u.s. citizens. both were aide workers. in a moment, we ll speak to the niece of one of those aide workers, a 71-year-old seattle resident, who s been helping to make prosthetics for children in gaza when she was there on october 7th. the state department estimates there are about 1,000 americans and 5,000 other foreign nationals in gaza who want to leave. president biden today said he expects more americans to depart, quote, over the coming days. in another first since the war began, palestinians were allowed to cross gaza s southern border into egypt. this is a hospital in north sinai where some were taken for treatment. signals shift in the conflict that for a second time in as many days saw israeli strike targets north of gaza, according to the u
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