CHURCH: Benjamin Netanyahu is headed for an unprecedented fifth term to become Israel's longest serving prime minister. After a hard-fought campaign and close election, his main rival former military chief Benny Gantz conceded defeat. As of now the prime minister's Likud Party and Gantz's Blue and White Party are both on track to gain 35 seats in parliament. Mr. Netanyahu has the advantage when it comes to building a majority coalition, pulling in ultra-orthodox and smaller right bring groups. Michael Holmes is standing by for us in Jerusalem who joins us now with more on all of this. So, Michael, Benjamin Netanyahu, the declared winner. But of course, it's worth noting votes are still being counted at this hour. For soldiers and diplomats, what impact will those votes likely have?</s>MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, that's right, Rosemary. Those last votes being counted, soldiers, as you say, overseas diplomats, prisoners, people in the hospital, and so on. That's nearly done now. We're talking about 250,000 of those votes. And they could in fact have an impact. They could lift one right wing party that is currently under the threshold for seats above the threshold. What that would so was add another partner, if you like, to the Netanyahu bloc, his coalition hive him a couple more seats. Now what happens next is the president is going to start calling in delegations from each party with seats in the Knesset and ask them who they think should be given the chance to form a coalition. That likely, of course, at the moment to be Benjamin Netanyahu. That could take about a week or so. Then Netanyahu would have 28 days to get it done. If it all goes smoothly and there are no hiccups a new government probably likely to be sworn in perhaps next month. Rosemary?</s>CHURCH: Wow. Michael Holmes, reporting there from Jerusalem. Many thanks. We'll take another short break here. Still to come, U.S. lawmakers set a deadline. But the treasury secretary says he won't meet it. The battle over President's tax returns.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Won Fifth Term in Office