HOWELL: Live images in Rome, Italy. Thousands of supporters of Italy's right-wing League Party are all together there. The man behind the podium, the deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini. His rhetoric has boosted the party's popularity and helped to push a more nationalist agenda. Salvini is the reason many people have come together. Let's bring in CNN's Atika Shubert, on the streets of Rome. Atika, what is the mood, the expectation, what do people want to hear from Salvini?</s>ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is a show of force for Salvini and his party, La League. He's going to be speaking at the stage behind me in less than half an hour. And you can see thousands already here; 250 buses were used to bring his supporters from across the country here. And this is really a way, he says, to thank his supporters. In his words, a thank you to those people who thank me, very Trumpian language. And in many ways this is a playbook -- play right out of Trump's playbook. The language we're hearing here appeals to national pride. Hearing the words "made in Italy," the slogan here, "Italians first." This is really about --</s>SHUBERT: -- Matteo Salvini. He's interior minister but the League Party actually won the election with about 17 percent of the vote but since then they're now polling at 34 percent. So this rally today is really about positioning the League and Matteo Salvini as the national leader, as the national power and so that's why you're seeing this show of force here today.</s>HOWELL: Atika Shubert, live for us. Atika, thank you. We now know what the surface of Mars looks like and we're getting sound from there, too. Stay with us.
Right Wing Supporters Gather in Rome.