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>> reporter: nafta, the controversial free trade agreement which is a point of contention. as the mexican business leaders are urging amlo to support it, he is pledging like trump, it is a good deal for his country, and protecting mexico's interests always. and so, fredricka, we are about four hours away from the polls here closing. we expect a few hours after that, and maybe around midnight local we will get the first indication, the first numbers, official numbers that will indicate who has the majority, and who could become mexico's next president. >> all right. laila santiago, thank you, a...

500,000 border apprehensions. does this speak to trump's ability as a messenger to create this narrative that this country has a major immigration crisis? >> no -- well, i don't -- look, i think part of the problem is we're not talking about why we have this migrant flow. el salvador, guatemala, and honduras are in crises, these three countries. these people are not coming from mexico. in fact, illegal immigration from mexico has dropped way down. it was high in the '90s because mexico went through an economic crisis. there's a crisis in three central american countries. there's a way to manag...

Polls close within the next few hours and leading the pack for president, an anti-global nationalist who has tapped into trump-like populism. andres manuel lopez obrador likes nafta. he dollars likes nafta, i should say, claims mexico got a bad deal. he vows to stand up to president trump and insists mexico will not pay for a border wall. lopez obrador also wrote a book. it's titled "listen trump." cnn's layla santiago is in mexico city where voting is under way. layla, how important has this anti-trump message been in turning out the vote? >> reporter: well, listen, there is a huge trouurnout...

Mexico who talked about why lopez overdor is going to likely win the election. >> i think that this time, this is the third try at the presidency, and this time, the voters are pretty fed up with the traditional parties. they have tried two parties. they were not happy with either of them, and they are fed up with corruption. with the security situation, and you mentioned the violence, and this year is on track to have 30,000 people killed. >> cnn's laila santiago is in mexico city where the voting is under way. laila? >> well, fredricka, it is certainly a long lines at the polls, ands have sa...

First. >> he is one more example of a populist wave that by the way, trump was part of as well you. will have trumps making america great again versus amlo's make mexico great again. >> at a rally earlier in the month, he carefully chose the words, and he called president trump passionate and he claimed that he is the man to stand up to trump. and he has written a book called "listen, trump" which he is pushing back on the wall. nothing can be resolved by building walls he says. that is not the only issue he will have to take on should he become mexico's head of state. >> if we don't negotiate...