and brazilians are on the verge of electing a populist far right president. it's the country's most part arised election in decades. challenges same democracy is at stake. i'm christine one welcome to the program voters in the german state of has have to live in a blow today to chance and i'm going to machall in regional elections the vote is widely being seen as a test off the national popularity of the paci the conservative c.d.u. let's take a look at the latest projections chancellor merkel's c.d.u. on twenty seven point eight percent that's a fall of ten point five percent since the last his the election in twenty thirteen the social democrats or s.p.d. at nineteen point five percent a draw. eleven point two percent the greens nineteen point five percent that's