there are several candidates hoping to replace the current leader, hardliner rodrigo duterte, but just two clear frontrunners. leading in the polls is ferdinand "bongbong" marcosjunior. the main challenger to him is leni robredo. polls in the philippines arejust opening, and karishma vaswani is at a polling station in manila. karishma, over to you. big day for the philippines. and i'm cominu big day for the philippines. and i'm comin: to big day for the philippines. and i'm coming to you _ big day for the philippines. and i'm coming to you from _ big day for the philippines. and i'm coming to you from the _ big day for the philippines. and i'm coming to you from the elementary school in manila on a typical day. today it's been transformed into one of the biggest polling stations in the city. some of the boulders have just streamed in behind me. —— the voters. it's an enormous selection. more than 18 thousand votes are what people are going to have to choose for today. people are going to have to choose fortoday. because people are going to have to choose for today. because of the n

his vice presidential running mate is sara duterte, the daughter of the current president rodrigo duterte. e0tmonday's election was plagued with violent attacks at polling sites and delays triggered by glitches in vote-counting machines. for more, we go to manila to speak with maria ressa, the founder, ceo, and executive editor of rappler, the acclaimed filipino news website. she won the nobel peace prize in 2021 for her work defending free expression in the philippines and her reporting on the authoritarian rule of president rodrigo duterte. her forthcoming book "how to , stand up to a dictator: the fight for our future." welcome back to democracy now! our first chance to talk directly to you after you won the nobel prize, now you're covering the return of another dictator's family. this is ferdinand marcos junior. can you tell us about him and about the elections and your response? >> first of a, thank you for having me. good to talk to you. look, this is something we saw coming in the nobel lecture last december. i actually warned about the impact of social media and how it is literall

joseph is one of millions who voted for rodrigo duterte a, hoping for a better future. rodrigo duterte a, hoping for a betterfuture. a horse carriage driver for tourists, betterfuture. a horse carriage driverfortourists, he betterfuture. a horse carriage driver for tourists, he used to have customers from all over the world. but then borders shot, the country locked down and he could barely feed his family, little and look after his horse. —— borders shut. now tourists are coming back but nowhere near biggest debate. he does not think it is all president duterte's fault. translation: we president duterte's fault. translation:— president duterte's fault. translation: we got some government— translation: we got some government support - translation: we got some government support but - translation: we got some government support but it i translation: we got some | government support but it was not enough. we were content with your trotto before the pandemic. it was a tough situation for any president. plan was targeted at helping the poor by infrastructure, perfor

there are several candidates hoping to replace the current leader — hardliner rodrigo duterte — but just two clear frontrunners. leading in the polls is ferdinand �*bongbong' marcos, jr. he's the son of the former president, ferdinand marcos. critics say he's used his wealth to whitewash the history of his father's brutal dictatorship. bongbong marcos was also convicted in 1995 for tax evasion while serving as a public official. his running mate is sara duterte — the daughter of the current president. the main challenger to them is leni robredo. she is the current vice—president of the philippines. mrs robredo is a former lawyer and human rights advocate. her supporters include many celebrities and leading figures in philippines life. she's a member of the liberal party, which is traditionally connected with the richest families in the country. polls in the philippines are open and karishma vaswani is at a polling station in manila. karishma, over to you. absolutely, it is a really exciting day, polls opened a couple of hours ago, we've seen thousands of people streamed through her

duterte. and i'm karishma vaswani, live in manila, where more than 18,000 posts, from president to town councillor, are up for grabs in the elections. we'll be hearing from a political analyst about what's at stake in the philippines shortly. our other main headlines. more than 60 people are thought to have been killed after a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine. john lee, the man who oversaw the crackdown on protesters in hong kong, becomes the territory's new leader. he replaces carrie lam. actor shooti gatwa has been announced as the new

duterte. >> at the very least, 50% of how he has gotten this far is that the dutere machinery is strong. he is a well loved president. the people are happy with the guy. >> amazingly, even here in addition health, manella where several local men were shot dead during dutere's violent drug war. elizabeth's son michael was one of them but she says she does not blame the president. something else has swung this and other poor neighborhoods firmly into the marcos camp. fantastic tales of his father's era rculating on social media of living in crime free bliss and of the vast wealth, not stolen, but kept hidden to be returned to the people. >> we know that marcos deposited the philippines'money in an offshore account that was not under his name. he was just at the signatory. if bongbong wins he can get theunds back for us. >> she has been studying the pro-marcos social media campaign fr its starts several years ago. she has washed it swell into a torrent of craftily edited videos recasting the marcos era as a golden age of prosperity. >> i think it was a perfect storm for the marcoses, not j

he is expected to provide continuity from the hard-line approach of his predecessor, rodrigo duterte. our correspondent says a new era is beginning in the philippines. >> it looks le we see history in the makinhere in southeast asia, with a marcos dentistry coming back to the seat of power 40 years after his father was ousted by a people's revolution. looks like his son, ferdinand marcos jr., will make it in this race. quite an historic moment for the philippines. he has teamed up with duterte's daughter and the concern by many particularly in the south of philippines, is that the authoritarian style of room that dute has used in the past six years, will worsen now under a marcos-duterte team approach, with the daughter of duterte being the vice president. when you talk to people, the concern is that whoever wins this race -- it has been such a divisive campaign that healing those wounds, bringing the people back together will be essential. that is one of marcos' key promises. many of his supporters hope that he makes true on those promises. reporter: our correspondent reporting under

incumbent president rodrigo duterte had little tolerance for dissent or criticism. ferdinand marcos jr., whose late father ruled the country for two decades, and was often described as a dictator, is on course to win a landslide victory. and with his daughter sara, set to become the vice president, many are concerned that their civil liberties may shrink further. analysts say that the return to part of the marcos family is the result of decades of rebranding, boosted in recent years through social media campaigns, often with misleading information. >> studies have shown that the marcos campaign and the marcos family has usually invested in this machinery, and i think if they are going to be the next administration, that this is going to be a lean and mean propaganda beating machine. reporter: he says the strategy may not only help them with power, but keep it. for marcus' supporters gathered outside his campaign headquarters of day after the polls, those concerns were far from their minds as their candidate heads for victory with an unassailable margin. laura: the l

the outgoing vice president, leni robredo, a vocal critic of retiring president rodrigo duterte, is mr marcos' only serious rival among eight other candidates. earlier, i asked journalist ashley westerman in manila what was voter turnout looking like. so from what i'm seeing online and on twitter, you know, turnout is crazy, the lines are super long, the schools were open early. the commission on elections expects voter turnout to be 80%, which is very high. it was 80% in the last election in 2016. and another sort of really interesting thing about this election, rich, is that there are more eligible voters than ever — 67.5 million filipinos are eligible to vote this year, and more than 50% of them are young people. so, election officials are definitely expecting a huge, huge turnout today. bongbong marcos has been leading in the polls. has his campaign been helped or hindered by his father's legacy? so, that is the question, right? and we will see what happens tonight. there has been a very widespread disinformation campaign launched by the marcos family. now, to be clear, this is a

there are several candidates hoping to replace the current leader — the hardliner rodrigo duterte — butjust two clear frontrunners. leading in the polls is ferdinand �*bongbong' marcos, jr. he's the son of the former president, ferdinand marcos. critics say he's used his wealth to whitewash the history of his father's brutal dictatorship. bongbong marcos was also convicted in 1995 for tax evasion while serving as a public official. his running mate is sara duterte — the daughter of the current president. the main challenger to them is leni robredo. she is the current vice—president of the philippines. mrs robredo is a former lawyer and human rights advocate. her supporters include many celebrities and leading figures in philippines life. she's a member of the liberal party, which is traditionally connected with the richest families in the country. we're joined now by ashley westerman, a journalist in the philippines. good morning to you there. the polls have been open for a few hours, good morning to you there. the polls have been open for a few hours, what good morning to you there.

the outgoing vice president, leni robredo — a vocal critic of retiring president rodrigo duterte's — is mr marcos�* only serious rival among eight other candidates. my colleague karishma vaswani in manila. she is following all of the developments there. tell us more about the leading contender and his family history and how much the people they care about it.— they care about it. yes, samantha, _ they care about it. yes, samantha, it _ they care about it. yes, samantha, it is - they care about it. yes, - samantha, it is remarkable. i'm sure you can hear the announcements taking place behind me at this polling station. it sort of symbolises the kind of energy we've seen throughout this election and suddenly, in the case of bongbong marcosjunior, as he is known here in the philippines, he has managed to really transform the image that his family, his father perform a strongman ferdinand marcos, you will remember was overthrown in massive street protests back in 1986. in fact, protests back in 1986. in fact, protests that set a precedent for other sorts of revolutions across the reg

, the daughter of the current president, rodrigo duterte there, she is also racing ahead in these results by a margin of some 20 million votes against her main rival, so it does look like the president and the vice president, who ran together as a team, are indeed... they are emerging at least in these unofficial results as the victors of these polls. now, the main rivalfor bongbong marcos, leni robredo, we have heard from her in the last couple of hours. she indicated it was important for filipinos to accept the voice of democracy here. this is what she said. translation: we love our country, but we cannot make this an issue that would divide our love for the country. even if a lot of votes have not been accounted, even if there are still questions in the selection that need to be answered, it is clear that the thoughts of the people are becoming known. in the name of the philippines that you all love, we need to listen, because in at the end, there is only one country that we serve. leni robredo there speaking in that statement, not quite a concession speech, but certainly how she wants

his running mate, the daughter of outgoing president rodrigo duterte j. u.s. retail gasoline and detail prices have set a record average, according to aaa. average gasoline prices have hit $4.33 a gallon. americans are expected to drive more this summer than in 2021, despite those pricier gas prices. it is the most expensive american artwork ever to sell at auction. a silkscreen of marilyn monroe by andy warhol sold for $195 million. the winning bidder was a dealer who buys on behalf of clients who would like to remain anonymous. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> over the last 20 years you notice already pretty aggressive moves. i don't think we need to be moving even more aggressively. i think we can stay at this pace and this cadence and see how the markets evolve. jonathan: going to see mark mckee catch up with raphael bostic. futures bouncing back a little bit, up .8% on the s&p. on the nasdaq we advance by .

he is running together with the daughter of the populist incumbent rodrigo duterte. we went to his stronghold to speak to his supporters. correspondent: the specter of ferdinand marcos senior still looms large over philippine politics. visitors are flocking to this museum. inside, it chronicles the time of the marcos family and power. nothing on the documented human rights abuses and wholesale plunder in between. located in their home province, it is named after the presidential palace in manila 480 km away from here. >> it is a symbol of the path he has taken from here, the highest office in the land, and it will become in a matter of days whether his son will achieve the same. >> here, he is guaranteed as an easy ride, not as klepto's remembered, but patrons. >> did marcos deal? look at our -- steal? look at our roads. lookout nice they are. >> even if i was bribed, i would not change my vote. they are good people. correspondent: those who study the region say support for the marcos family is driven by a sense of gratitude among the electorate. >> they will value t

his running mate is the daughter of outgoing president rodrigo duterte. china is tightening pandemic restrictions and shanghai and expanding a mass testing sweep in beijing. as people are being shipped off to government run isolation centers under a new definition of what it means to be a close contact. the country reported a little more than 3400 infections monday, the lowest daily total since march 16. shares of peloton plunging. the fitness company cut its revenue guidance and signed a deal with jp morgan chase to borrow five year term debt. the results suggest peloton's comeback effort is still a long way from taking hold. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we don't want the inflation to become spiraling out of control and for households to become underwater, so what we need, the federal reserve mandate is price stability and full employment. meanwhile, the president is also focused on doing what he can

duterte. but if you think duterte's brutal six-year regime with its attacks on the press and its deadly war on drugs have tipped the scales in favor of democracy, you may be wrong. as the journalist sheila cronio writes for eft, the current front-runner is the only son of the notorious former dictator ferdinand marcos, who along side his wife imelda, became international symbols of brutality, excess and corruption during his decades-long reign. over his silent office, he accumulated $10 billion by some estimates, as the guardian writes invoked a period of martial law that lasted for nearly a decade in which tens of thousands of political adversaries, students and writers tortured and more than 3,000 killed. it all came to an end in 1986 when hundreds of thousands took to the streets to protest marcos' rule and in support of democracy. but the philippines, like many other countries, has fallen victim to a dangerous back sliding. ferdinand marcos jr., often known as bongbong, has refused to apol

under the philippines constitution, president rodrigo duterte could not seek a second term. ferdinand marcos, jr. has spent decades defending his father's brutal rule, which saw 34,000 people tortured and over 3200 murdered between 1965 and 1986. tomorrow on democracy now!, we will speak with the nobel prize-winning journalist maria ressa. in afghanistan, the taliban has issued a new dress code for women, ordering them to cover their faces in public. repeated violations of the new decree could result in a woman's father or closest male relative being jailed for three days. the united nations' mission to afghanistan criticized the decree, saying -- "this decision contradicts numerous assurances regarding respect for and protection of all afghans' human rights." hong kong's former security chief john lee has been formally picked to head the city after chf executive carrie lam's termnds next month. lee's election is expected to further solidify china's control over hong kong. on sunday, he received 99% of the vote from hong kong's election committee. he was the only candidate i

his running mate is sara duterte, the daughter of current president rodrigo duterte. the election was plagued with violent attacks at polling sites and delays triggered by glitches in vote-counting machines. marcos' chief rival was leni robredo, the country's current vice president. she spoke as election results were announced monday. >> even in a lot of those have not been read, even at there are still questions and if the selection that need to be answered, it is clear the thoughts of the people are becoming known. for the sake of the philippines, which i know you really love, we need to listen to this voice becae in the e, we share one country. amy: the marcos dynasty returns to power some 36 years after the family fled a mass uprising in 1986 that ended marcos' brutal, two-decade dictatorship. marcos' government committed serious human rights violations , including forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings. he was also accused of corruption of looting the philipnes treasury. marcos died in 1989 while in exile in hawaii. we will speak to the nobel peace priz

we are also worried about impunity associated with rodrigo duterte himself because of his murderous war on drugs. the international criminal court already said there is reasonable basis to think there are crimes against humanity committed in relation to the drug war. but to what extent will the domain cooperate? that is up in the air. they might not cooperate because it involves the father of the potential vice president. haslinda: thank you very much for that reality check. we have a nation of 109 million people. 65 registered voters. one of the biggest democracies in asia after india. it has wide-ranging implications, what happens here. haidi: huge political, economic, and social ramifications. we have plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ bloomberg. ♪ haidi: a check on the latest headlines. rogers communications says canada's antitrust agency is opposing it $16 billion takeover arrival, raising doubts that when the nation's biggest ever deals will close. sources say rogers wants to settle the issue out-of-court and is willing to sell assets to resolve the concerns. the compan