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Let the past be past in his words. alex? >> bill thank you so much. appreciate the live report. in the meantime, israeli voters head to the polls this week in national parliamently elections. the issue whether the party of prime minister benjamin netanyahu can get enough seats to remain the prime minister. his party may come in second in tuesday's election. let's bring in itn corent vincent. if the prime minister's party does not win a clear majority how likely is that netanyahu will gain support he needs to form another coalition government and remain the prime minister? >> reporter: well, ...

It's high noon in the east. 9:00 a.m. out in the west. today in iraq a standoff in tikrit. for the moment, the iraqi army and militias are trading shots with isis in saddam hussein's hometown in erbil, iraq. what is the actual status of the offensive for the iraqis? >> reporter: yes good afternoon, alex. we heard a lot of those big claims. remember, the prime minister said a few days ago tikrit would fall in two days. it still hasn't fallen. then they said isis has lot tikrit. that is well and good. the problem is the iraqis haven't yet retaken it. so for the moment, the offensive has stalled....