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Who have come back to vote -- >> i just want to interrupt for a moment. next to you we have erdogan walking into a polli ining prec to vote. that's significant there, isn't it? >> reporter: absolutely. i mean, this is a very important test, as you mentioned, for turkey's democracy. when it comes to president erdogan and his ruling party. there's a long list of reasons why istanbul is important. that march 31st vote was a big blow for erdogan and his party. they lost the three major cities. the capital, istanbul, that is the financial and economic hub of this country, its financial capital and ...

Time, natalie. >> absolutely. the people just want a fair election as we see mr. erdogan go into a voting booth to cast his ballot. thank you for explaining it to us. we appreciate your reporting. thousands of families fearing deportation from the united states get a reprove? a short one, perhaps. we'll tell you why officials say the u.s. president had to postpone the massive immigration raids set to take place across the country. and we speak with a lawyer who went to the southern u.s. border to find out about conditions there and what she found and what she shares is shocking. that's comin...

31st, that is when those local elections took place. and the candidate for the opposition, the main opposition secular party, the chp won. it was a very narrow victory, natalie. he won by 13,000 votes with around 10 million votes cast here in istanbul. and president erdogan's party objected to those results and then you have the supreme electoral boards that ruled to anull those votes. very controversial decision, saying there were voter i guess regularities. no matter what happened on that day, there is the feeling of moving on. both sides have accepted the reality this vote is happening all ...

Engaged in the syria issue, to the ouster of assad and prime minister left basically empty handed on the prime issue on their agenda. >> i think it was worse than that. obama and erdogan starred out close. he p-- this doesn't help. when erdogan was here, the obama team actually chided them for their support of the extreme elements in syria, and there's a growing rift between the u.s. and the turks and countries like qatar, who are seeking a somewhat more extremist outcome or at least supporting more extremist forces in syria. obama looks at the relationship,

Earlier. he's been in power for a while and it's likely to continue to fragment as time goes by. if these do shake people's confidence in the economy, that's likely to drive more protests. in libya and tunisia, the arab spring had its birth in job and economic crises. in sosh turkey the spillover from the syria conflict is pushi pushing refugees into the region and right now you look at syria and say this crisis could go on for years and years. if it goes on for years and confidence in the south grows lower, if erdogan continues to get pressured for his support of the rebels in syria, you coul...