00:00Brazil is heading into a crucial presidential runoff that could determine the country's future and development.
00:06To discover more about new information happening in the South American nation and the country is living this decisive moment,
00:14we join our correspondent in Sao Paulo, Brian Meir. Hello, Brian. Pleasure to meet you.
00:21Good morning. Thanks for having me on.
00:24Well, the elections are only three days off now. They're going to take place this Sunday.
00:28Okay. Both candidates, Luis Ignacio Lugo da Silva, the incumbent president, and Flavio Bolsonaro, are engaged in a furious campaign
00:39schedule.
00:40And they're both using different styles in the way that they run their campaigns, their rallies, right?
00:47Flavio Bolsonaro leads motorcades through towns and people line up on the sides of the street.
00:54His supporters cheering him, some people booing him, whatever.
00:58And with this technique, he can do several small towns in one day because they'll just start this motorcade and
01:06then they'll drive through different towns, mid-sized cities, smaller cities.
01:11And the Lula rallies are happening with or without the presence of the candidate.
01:18You know, I was in one on Sunday where half the town of Paudalio came out to the streets just
01:24to march and show their support for Lula without any politicians present.
01:28But last night, he held a rally in Brazil's third-largest city, Belo Horizonte.
01:35Reports say there's the largest public act in the history of the city.
01:40The crowds are getting larger and larger.
01:44Meanwhile, the polls are showing that the candidates are in a statistical dead heat.
01:51In the early days after the first round, Flavio Bolsonaro was leading by around six points.
01:57That lead has evaporated.
02:00And so they're statistically tied within the margin of error, according to a new poll that came out this morning
02:06by the Quest polling agency,
02:08which has Flavio one point in the lead, but once again within a two-point margin of error.
02:14That means it's a tie.
02:16Tomorrow night, they're going to have their final debate.
02:20Lula has been demanding all week that Flavio release his financial records and telephone records to the public.
02:28He says if he does that, Lula will release his records, not just his own, but his wife, First Lady
02:35Janja, his children.
02:37And Flavio has said he'll only release his records if Lula releases the records of one of his advisors, a
02:44man named Marcola, today.
02:45Lula said he would do that, too.
02:47And Flavio came up with other demands.
02:49So it's hard to say if these records will come out by the debates tomorrow.
02:55But it's do or die for incumbent President Luis Inlazio Nulo da Silva because he has to make up the
03:04small lead that Flavio Bolsonaro has been holding in the last few falls if he's going to win the election.
03:12Brian, I wanted to ask you what issues are shaping voters' priorities there in Sao Paulo ahead of the run
03:19of election?
03:22Well, a lot of it has to do with cost of living.
03:29Flavio Bolsonaro's campaign team has convinced a lot of people that inflation is higher now than it was under his
03:38father's presidency, which is untrue.
03:40But it's a common thought among a lot of people that things are too expensive now.
03:45Now, wages, crime, and issues such as employment have been disfigured by the Bolsonaro campaign and weaponized against Lula.
03:59For example, Brazil's currently experiencing its lowest rate of unemployment in decades.
04:05But the Flavio Bolsonaro campaign has convinced many of his followers that there's an employment crisis going on in Brazil
04:13right now.
04:14So, basically, both candidates are hurling insults at each other.
04:20In the last debate, Flavio didn't answer one of Lula's 14 questions and just uses debate time to insult Lula.
04:31Thank you. Thank you, Ryan, very much for your information at this hour.
04:35We are going to keep in contact with you these few days ahead of the run of election to get
04:40to know more about what is happening there in Sao Paulo.
04:43So, thank you.
