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Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. is the leading candidate for president of the Philippines, according to the latest polls. That’s despite his history as the son of the Philippine’s late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Ashley Westerman reports from Manila that the younger Marcos is reframing the past to become popular with a younger generation that never experienced the dictatorship.