that's the point pettini--platini would make. for the prince to stop a two thirds majority would be quite impressive. he just goes into a second round and you need an overall majority over 100 votes. for the prince to get over 100 votes is not unthinkable because people can vote the way they want to vote, but it's very very unlikely. what's the alternative? could for example the u.s. pull out of fifa? that's what a lot of football fans think why on earth do we have to be involved with fifa, why should my country be associated with fifa. the fact is if let's for example say one european country says i've had enough, i'm pulling out of fifa, it would mean none of their players could play in the european champions league, their countries couldn't pay in world cups age group world cups, the implication of the u.s.o. pulling out of this vote or out of fifa altogether are massive. at the moment, whatever they say, they're in charge of in a influential group of countries and leagues but they only stand for about a quarter of world footb

platini says he will support prince ali in the vote for the presidency on friday. this comes after seven people were arrested after being accused of taking bribes. >> that was affected by what i said. he was affected. because i speak like a friend with him, and we work together in '98, when he wanted me as president of fifa on himself [ inaudible ] and when i said i don't know nothing about fifa. i was okay with the president. i need your help. so that means there is a long story with that -- with that. and i said that you have to leave. it was -- it was very sensitive on that. i said we will -- we are friends. it is difficult sometimes to be friends, but we will be friends after. and it means that after what has happened it will be a good friendship. he said it's too late. he said it's too late. he understood but it's too late because congress will be in some -- summer hours. and i know what is his strategy. his strategy is to bring all of the congresses to have some speakers in the room to convince the people as usual to come vince them to vote for him and then h

platini has urged other organizations to follow his lead. he had a press conference in zurich a short time ago. >> sepp blatter was affected by what i said because i am a friend with him, and we worked together in '98 when he wanted me as president of fifa and when i said i don't know nothing about fifa. i was open with the president. i need your help so it means that there is a long story with that -- with that. and i said that you have to leave. he was very sensitive on that. i said we are friends, but we will be friends after, and we have to check on peace like he like. in that means after [ inaudible ] it will be -- it will be a good friendship. he said it's too late. he said it's too late he understanding but it's too late because [ inaudible ] would be in summer hours. and i know what is his strategy. his strategy is to bring all of the [ inaudible ] to have some speeches in the room to convince the people, you know as usual to convince him to work for him, and he will say look at the democracy, democracy of the most numbers, and if i

platini is still holding out the option potentially of a ava boycotting the world cup. now that would be absolutely the nuclear option. and really i don't suppose they want to do it. the trouble is for uefa now they have said so many things, and said so many derogatory things about blatter and the way that he's run fifa, that if they settle these things and then didn't actually follow through with it, if you like, it would make them look at if they were effectively prepared to go with it and so i think uefa might actually end upcoming out of all of this in a very difficult position. where they complained vigorously about all the corruption that led the fbi to conduct all the investigations. but in the end if they don't follow through on what they have suggested they might and stick by a new blatter presidency, it's going to make them look very weak. and i think the biggest problem they have is they haven't got a european here, prince ali may be popular with them, he might get a few votes out of asia they don't have a our peen that ca "considercansay to all the african c

michel platini have made it clear they support prince ali. south america is expected to support blatter, they just have ten votes. the united states and canada have pledged their support for prince ali, but it's unclear if any countries will be joining them. and new zealand say they will be switching camps. asia carries a very large 46 votes, and despite being the home federation of prince ali, they are major supporters of sepp blatter. africans have the most votes with 54. they support blatter. >> thanks robin. to discuss blatter's ground swell of support from africa we bring in david smith. why is he so popular in places like africa? >> yeah he spent years coming to africa and running programs that have really benefited african football in one way or the other. earlier this week for example, i visited zambia and there the football association of zambia has a shining new headquarters that was -- was built with money from fifa under sepp blatter. he attended the opening ceremony sometime ago now, and the people there said look before this we

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platini said it's time for change. >> enough is enough. >> fifa's presidential election is scheduled for later on friday. vietnam has reacted sharply to china's recently issued biennial white paper on national defense. the report rules out any compromises on territorial disputes in the south china sea. a forum on the security in the asia pacific region will open on friday. the tense situation in the region is expected to be high on the agenda. >> tra respect the sovereignty of all countries involved with this issue. >> this response came two days after the chinese government released its defense report. the document says china's armed forces will focus on preparations for maritime military struggles, which will firmly safeguard the country's sovereignty. nhk has obtained video taken by a reporter from vietnam's state-run newspaper. it shows china's maritime activities in the south china sea. the footage reveals rapidly expanding reclamation work on the spratly islands. tall buildings under construction and cranes can be seen on places believed to be the johnson and chigua reefs. chin

. >> reporter: michel platini said he would have a meeting with his fellow european countries next week in berlin and the topic of whether or not uefa would withdraw from the world cup, from fifa as it currently sits would be on the table. it would be a huge step to say they are not going to take -- >> andy sorry, i'll have to stop you there. thank you very much and we'll see you later on. and don't forget you can catch up with all of the latest on our website. the address for that, aljazeera.com. ♪ >>> economic freeze a new report shows the brutal winter caused americans to slow their spending and prompted companies to cut back. a major step forward in the u.s. relationship with communist cuba. the nation has officially been removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. >>> more rain has fallen ont dks and even the rescue workers now need some help. the forecast calls for more

el prÍncipe jordano cuenta con el sÓlido respaldo de la asociaciÓn de fÚtbol que preside platinÍ. >> expurgo anticipar que una gran mayorÍa de los votantes europeos van a apoyar al prÍncipe allÍ. >> precisamente, la uefa de vatios y deberÍan boicotear la presidencia de la fifa en la que blatter era el favorito antes de destaparse el escÁndalo de corrupciÓn. >> ya es suficiente. reportero: tambiÉn dijo que en un encuentro privado, le reitero abrazar su consejo de retirarse. en una imagen inusual manifestantes marcharon por las calles de esta ciudad, sede de la fifa, exigiendo la salida de blatter. a perdido muchos de sus patrocinadores principales precisamente por las sospechas de falta de transparencia. ahora, una reconocida firma de tarjetas de crÉdito, demandÓ cambios urgentes en la instituciÓn, porque no quiere ver su marca relacionada con este escÁndalo de corrupciÓn. >> hay enorme expectaciÓn por el resultado. para muchos expertos en la materia, se demostrarÁ si hay o no verdadera voluntad de cambio en la mÁxima instancia del fÚtbol mundial. >> las investigacione

platini, dijo estar disgustado, harto y asqueado de lo que sucede en la fifa. otro que repudia a la fifa es el astro del fÚtbol, diego armando maradona. >> una mafia disfrazada, llamada fifa. la transparencia no estÁ. reportera: pero no todos creen que la fifa y blatter estÁn fuera de lugar. el presidente ruso, putin elogiÓ a blatter, por llevarle el torneo de rusia en el 2018 y acusÓ a estados unidos de querer quitarle su mundial. segÚn putin el deporte y la polÍtica de venir por separado, lo que no se puede separar es el fÚtbol y los negocios. patrocinaores de la fifa entre ellos, visa, coca_cola, habidas y mcdonald sigue muy de cerca el escÁndalo. blatter de 79 aÑos aspira su quinto perÍodo presidencial al frente de la fifa, la elecciÓn serÁ maÑana en suiza. conductor: la situaciÓn de retroceso en los tribunales de migraciÓn empeora y california es uno de los estados mÁs afectados. conductora: organismos internacionales le piden explicaciones mÉxico ante la muerte de mÁs de 40 personas en un apartamento con la policÍa federal de michoacÁ

. >> michel platini, applauded prince ali's effort. i am proud that uefa has defended and support aid movement for change at fifa. change, which in my opinion is crucial if this organization is to regain its credibility. so, how now does it goes about that? let's turn to cnn world sport anchor alex thomas. he jones us from zurich with more on the developing story. bla blatter is black in the driving seat, alex. the question will be, what happens next? >> reporter: hello, natalie. welcome to zurich. picturesque part. in the hills above it where the multimillion dollar state of the art building phone as fifa house is, world headquarters, one built under sepp blatter's watch. now he will be in charge for another four years, from the age of 79, elected. re-elected for a fifth term in office. as i speak you might occasionally catch a glimpse of the black tinted windowed luxury cars taking the fifa executive committee members in for a meeting that starts in less than half an hour. that should be interesting. many of the people will have vote

its president, michelle platinier, thought of standing against blatter in the election, and thought against it. so hard to beat the guy. elsewhere in the world he is so hugely popular. we have seen time and again in the run-up selection. confederation after confederation come out in public, vocal support at the concacaf, the center of the u.s. investigation that we heard about. you have one delegate compare him to nenelson mandela, jesus christ. every popular figure throughout history. sepp blat is huge. and doesn't agree to the call to postpone the vote. the asian futbol confederation expresses its disapin thement and sadness at wednesday's events in zurich while supposing any delay in the fifa presidential elections to take place friday here in zurich. and the statement went on to say, rosemary they have already put in changes in fleiss s in reform fifa. and get to the bottom of the corruption. everyone else in the world is saying, hold on this ethics committee came in, three years ago, sepp blatter did start it. this is all happened under his watch. you know seems like the futbol officia

the delegates inside here on friday vote for the new president, it is going to take a lot more than platini and u uefa to get blatter and fifa to change course. >> we are yet to be convinced hundred percent that blatter himself is corrupt. if he is indicted, if he is convicted, then certainly we aren't going to -- africa, we we're not going to give him a vote. >> so you are still voting for sepp blatter. >> in nigeria, we vote for blatter. >> at the openinger er iing cer blatter not sounding like he is beaten yet. >> i cannot win everyone all of the time. if people want do wrong, they try to hide it. but it must fall to me to be responsibility for the reputation and well-being of our organization. and to find a way for to fix things. >> fifa congress now under way, you would never guess they are in crisis. meanwhile, while all this volatility is going on, outside here in the real world, fifa's woes are piling up. nic robertson, cnn, zurich, switzerland. >> for more now we turn to alex thomas, he is among our team there is zurich. it appears that sepp blatter fighting to keep his job may jus

quiÉn va a votar en contra, y no todos, porque allÁ tampoco son-- no hay dictadores, lo dijo michel platini, "no lo vamos a apoyar, pero no todos". la uefa no podÍa ir en bloque contra Él. entonces, me parece que Él tiende-- ve, nada mÁs, jorge, cuÁntos votos son los de las islas del caribe, y esos valen igual que el de espaÑa, holanda, italia, alemania, cada voto de esos. >> ¿cÓmo le explicamos esto a los norteamericanos, nando? >> [rÍen] >> es algo-- >> ¿no estÁ afectando la imagen del soccer, como se les dice aquÍ? >> bueno, pues sÍ, pero-- o sea, es algo que a los americanos les parece muy extraÑo todo esto, ¿no? o sea, aquÍ las ligas tienen sus problemas, pero no tienen el nivel de corrupciÓn que hay en fifa. ademÁs, la corrupciÓn tan abierta, o sea, y tan obvia, ¿no? o sea, es algo que ya casi no tienen ni cara. >> ¿cÓmo lo explicas tÚ? >> aunque hay un personaje de estados unidos, de nueva york, que es importantÍsimo en esta investigaciÓn, es el sapo. trabaja como agente encubierto. >> te refieres al sapo porque lo contÓ. ¿o asÍ le llaman? >> no, asÍ lo l

or my opinion then i think -- >> it's not just that you have the likes of david cameron and michelle platini calling for sepp blatter's resignation and he's managed to resist. >> right. and but you -- i mean, you know, again, if you think there are lots of crises where politicians call for the head of particular individuals and they don't go. the prime minister of great britain can't just suddenly decide who is going to run global football. it doesn't work like that. it has to be based on the structure of the organization. what really needed is the duh mock rah tie saying of fifa, but that's a reform that have to come from the inside unless governments just nationalize global football and i think that would be a problem in its own right. >> stefan, thanks very much. >>> still to come for you on the news hour, britain's prime minister embarks on a whistle-stop tour of our up to sell his items on changing the e.u. >>> also the kenyan government tries to secure its board with somalia. but winning the hearts and minds of the local people is proving a challenge. >>> find out if alberto continue a