Netanyahu in TIGHT RACE against opponent as Israelis head to polls

>> Todd: TODAY ISRAELIS HEAD TO. THE POLL IN HIGH-STAKES ELECTION. FOR THE COUNTRY'S NEXT. GOVERNMENT, FOCUSING ON ISRAEL'S. FUTURE. TREY YINGST IS LIVE IN TEL AVIV. WITH THE LATEST. TREY. >> Trey: GOOD MORNING, IT T IS. ELECTION DAY HERE IN ISRAEL. POLLS SHOW TIGHT RACE BETWEEN.

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU. AND FORMER IDF GENERAL ISEN KON. THE ONCE OFFICIAL RESULTS ARE IN. WITHIN A WEEK, PRESIDENT HERZOG. WILL RECOMMEND WHO SHOULDED LEAD. THE NEXT GOVERNMENT. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU RECEIVED AN.

ENDORSEMENT FROM PRESIDENT. TRUMP. VOTE BIBI NETANYAHU FOR PRIME. MINISTER, WE HAVE TO FINISH THE. JOB WE STARTED. >> TRUMP'S SUPPORT FOR BIBI, THERE IS NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT. WHEN IT COMES TO POWER AND ALL. THESE THINGS. OF COURSE ONE COMPLIMENT THE. OTHER, IT IS A CHECK, AS THEY.

SAY. IT IS NOT UP IN THE AIR. >> Trey: TWO KEY ISSUES, TENS OF. THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS HAVE FLOWN. IN TO PARTICIPATE AND ARE. EXPECTED TO VOTE LARGELY AGAINST. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. WHOEVER WINS WILL NEED SUPPORT. FROM THE ARAB PARTIES. STRONG TURNOUT EXPECTED AMONG. THE ARAB VOTE AND COULD BE. HIGHEST IN HISTORY. >> SINCE THIS EXISTING. GOVERNMENT WAS FORMED, WE DON'T.

FEEL WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR. RIGHTS. SINCE CURRENT GOVERNMENT WAS. FORMED UNTIL THIS MINUTE WE HAVE. BEEN WAITING FOR THE ELECTION TO. VOTE AND INFLUENCE. >> Trey: MORE THAN 12,000. POLLING STATION AND SEVEN. MILLION ELIGIBLE ISRAELI VOTERS. POLLS WILL BE RELEASED 10:00. P.M. EASTERN TIME, 4:00 P.M.

LOCAL TIME. >> Ashley: BRING IN SPOKES DLFT. PERSON TO THE UN JONATHAN. HEARNOFF. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT I IS SHAPI. UP TO LOOK LIKE IN FAVOR OF. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU POSSIBLYING. WINNING THIS ELECTION. >> GOOD MORNING, IT IS GOING TO. BE A HOTLY CONTESTED ELECTION. YOU HAVE SEENEN ITS OF THOUSANDS. OF PEOPLE FLYING, EVERYONE IS. TAKING THEIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT. OF VOTING SERIOUSLY. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SHOULD NEVER.

BE UNDER ESTIMATED. HE'S WON COUNTLESS ELECTION, HE. HAD FIERCE OPPOSITION. THE THING, THERE IS NOT MUCH. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF. THEM IS IN FOREIGN POLICY AND. WHOEVER TAKES HELM WILL NEVER. COMPROMISE ON THAT. WHERE THERE IS DIFFERENCE IN. TERMS OF INVESTIGATION INTO THE. OCTOBER 7 INQUIRY, SOMETHING THE.

GENERAL IS KEEN TO DO ESPECIALLY. GIVEN HIS SON WAS KILLED ON. OCTOBER 7 AND IN TERMS OF WHICH. SEGMENT OF ISRAELI SOCIETY SERVE. IN THE MILITARY. THIS AS TREY MENTIONED IS. SOMETHING THAT COULD TAKE A LONG. TIME BEFORE WE SEE WHO THE CLEAR. WINNER IS AND REAL ACTION TAKES. PLACE ONCE BOOTHS HAVE CLOSED. AND PEOPLE FORM COALITIONS AND. THAT MAKES ISRAEL'S ELECTORAL.

SYSTEM COMPLICATED. >> Todd: YES THE GENERAL'S TWO. NEPHEWS WERE ALSO KILLED, HE HAS. A LOT IN THIS. THERE ARE YOUNG ISRAELIS. ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THIS. ELECTION. HOW IS IT SHAPING UP TO LOOK FOR. YOUNGER VOTERS, ARE THEY. INTERESTED IN VOTING AND. POLITICS? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU EXPECT. THEM TO GO TO THE POLL AND VOTE. ON? >> WE ARE EXPECTING TURNOUT TO.

BE EXTREMELY HIGH AND YOUNGER. PEOPLE IN ISRAEL'S YOUNGER. POPULATION WILL GO TO THTHE POL. OUTCOME WILL HAVE A VERY CLEAR. IMPACT ON THEM. THERE IS NOT APATHY THAT YOU MAY. SEE ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. THEY MAY BE YOUNG NOW, THEY WILL. BE SHAPING TRAJECTORY OF THE. COUNTRY AND WANT TO HAVE A SAY. FOR SURE.

>> Ashley: DO YOU THINK. PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDORSING. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU MOVES THE. NEEDLE FOR HIM? >> I THINK IT HELPS BUT I DON'T. SAY IT IS THE SOLE DETERMINANT, IT WILL CERTAINLY HELP PRIME. MINISTER NETANYAHU AND HE'S USED. IT. >> Ashley: WHAT IS BENJAMIN. NETANYAHU'S BIGGEST CHALLENGE? >> HIS GREATEST CHALLENGE, EVEN. THOUGH HE'S ACHIEVED. EXTRAORDINARY MILITARY SUCCESS. AGAINST LEBANON AND ELSEWHERE,

YOU HAVE QUESTION MARKS AROUND. OCTOBER 7, BEHIND INTELLIGENCE. SECURITY FAILURE AND THAT IS. SOMETHING OPPONENTS HAVE BEEN. TRYING TO BRING OUT AND THAT IS. ONE OF HIS GREATEST ISSUES. >> Ashley: TREY SAID UPWARD OF A. WEEK BEFORE WE FIND OUT. NEW RETURN -- I WANT TO READ.

THIS, IRANIAN GOVERNMENT LAYING. OUT MESSAGE WRITING ON X. ISLAMIC NATION MUST UPHOLD. BROTHERHOOD AND ACT AGAINST. SHARED THREATS. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT? >> IT IS INTERESTING, THAT IS. REFERRING TO MECCA WITH TURKEY. IN TEHRAN URGING ISLAM REPUBLIC. TO REDUCE TENSION. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IS NOT PART,

THEY ARE KEY INSTIGATOR IN THE. REGION AND BEST WAY TO PREVENT. TENSION FROM HAPPENING IS FOR. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC TO FOCUS ON. IMPROVING LIVES OF ITS 93. MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN. SUFFERING FOR 47 YEARS. >> Ashley: HOW DO YOU THINK. NATIONS LIKE SAUDI ARABIA AND. TURKEY SHOULD RESPOND TO THIS? I KNOW THEY ARE MEETING WITH.

INTENTION OF HEARING THEM OUT, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY NEED TO. DO AND HOW TO RESPOND? >> SHOULD ALWAYS BE PLACE FOR. DIPLOMACY AND CONVERSATION, I. SEE VALUE IN NEGOTIATION. IT COMES TO A POINT WHERE YOU. HAVE TO REALIZE WHO YOU ARE. SPEAKING TO AND NEGOTIATE AND IF. THEY ARE NOT COMING TO THE TABLE. IN GOOD FAITH, YOU HAVE TO. EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS. WITH SAUDI ARABIA, THEY SAW A. MAIN AIRPORT GET STRUCK BY.

HOUTHIS BACKED BY ISLAMIC. REPUBLIC AND I THINK THE SAUDIS. ARE SMART AND WANT TO EXPLORE, I. DON'T THINK OTHER OPTIONS ARE. OFF THE TABLE. >> Ashley: THANK YOU FOR YOUR. TIME, WE APPRECIATE IT. PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADING TO. TEXAS, BATTLE FOR THE LONE STAR. STATE HEATS UP. COMING UP ERIC FLORES WILL JOIN. US, HE LOOKS TO FLIP.