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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? what s happening behind you? it s 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 erdogan s a.k. party here in istanbul. as you can see, hundreds and hundreds of people have been turning up here. you ve got families who are out here. you ve got people who are driving around on motorbikes and their cars waving the turkish flag and the flag of president erdogan s party. this looks like a celebration, but there is no celebration yet. as you mentioned, this is still too close to call. we understand from the country s supreme election council that nearly 90% of the vote has been counted so far, but they haven t given any indication of what thes ....
Already won the premier league and fa cup this season. the atmosphere is building as we head towards kick off here in istanbul tonight, 10pm local time. you can see already the atmosphere building. lots of fans, inter milan fans and manchester city fans gathering here in taksim square, one of the biggest squares in istanbul and it is from here they will begin to make their way over to the ataturk stadium, where the stadium will be staged tonight. 72,000 fans will be in there, 20,000 tickets given to both sets of fans. the bulk of them have gone to uefa, around 30,000. many more of those could find their way towards some of those fans who perhaps don t have tickets here and will be desperate to try to see their team lift this trophy. that wasjohn that was john watson that wasjohn watson in istanbul. and we can cross live to kyiv again, ....
The opposition on the other side continuing to hold on to the hope that they can do this, that they can bring the change that they have been promising people. they say to go back to a real democracy and reverse years and decades of recep tayyip erdogan s rule that they say has turned this into an authoritarian state, jim. jomana karadsheh in istanbul. a wild scene in istanbul tonight. thanks so much. we ll check back with you as things develop. appreciate it very much. now to the u.s./mexico border. it s now three days since the expiration of title 42, the pandemic-era policy that stymied the flow of migrants coming into the united states. million border communities were basing for a surge of migrants, but at least for now, they have not seen this. president biden commenting a short time ago after his bike ride in delaware. here s what he had to say. how do you think things are going at the border, sir? much better than you all ....
Precautions. but if this is supposed to be continuing until the syrians decide they re going to cry uncle and never use chemical weapons again, which obviously is what the u.s. mission is designed to do, then there is a major concern or risk of hitting the wrong target, of having people be in the wrong place at the wrong time, effectively. richard engle, nbc news chief foreign correspondent, joining us from istanbul tonight. richard, i know it s going to be a very long night and long morning for you. thanks for being here, my friend. thank you. on the left side of the screen there what you re seeing, and we ve got it labeled there, it says syrian state tv. this actually is our live feed of what you would be seeing in syria right now if you were on the ground. as i said, it is seven hours ahead of the american eastern time. so just coming up on 5:00 in the morning in syria right now. syrian state tv has broken into programming. you see they re showing the ....
Turkey releasing these new images of the suspected gunman as a massive search for the suspect continues. for more, let s turn to kelly cobiella, following the latest from istanbul tonight. what can you tell us at this hour about this manhunt? reporter: well, kate, the deputy prime minister at least is indicating that things are moving along rapidly now. he said to reporters just a couple of hours ago that they had fingerprints and a very good description of the man they believe carried out this attack on the nightclub on new year s eve. they also have these two pictures you mentioned. istanbul police have been releasing these two turkish media. we re showing them again to you. some very blurry pictures. pictures taken from security camera footage, screen grabs, essentially, of the man turkish police say is responsible for this. the deputy prime minister saying they re moving along very quickly and they re trying very hard to identify him now. ....