♪ macron: thank you. [chanting macron, president] [applause] macron: there we go. there we go.

my fellow countrymen, today sunday, april 23, the french people have spoken. [applause] our country is going through unprecedented times in its history, marked by terrorism, economic crisis, social suffering, ecological urgency, and the answer is brilliant. the answer was to go and vote massively. [applause] the people decided to take me on to the second round of presidential elections. [applause] [chanting: macron, president]

i am humbled by this. this is a tremendous responsibility to trust upon me. i want to take advantage of this opportunity to present my greetings to all the other candidates. [applause] thank you all for having uploaded all of them now. -- thank you all for having

applauded all of them now. this is exactly what you should have done, what you are doing. it looks like what we should be doing. i know that those who supported those candidates are very disappointed, very disappointed themselves. some said they would vote for me on the second round, those candidates called upon the voters to do so as well. april 2016, many of you have been with me since then and has created with me, my movement. in march forward. let me tell you, in one year we have entirely changed the french political situation. [applause] the deep seated see league, age -- feeling, age old feeling that has pushed our people forward, a commitment to the country, the collective interest over division, this is what has one

-- won tonight. i shall never forget the tremendous energy and determination that thousands of you have shown in order for this to come true. everywhere in france, you took your national destiny into your hands. you showed that having hope for the country is not a dream, it is a true manifestation of a deep-seated will. you have devoted yourself to this day and night. [applause] so tonight, my dear friends, i/o

-- i owe that to you and i am all too aware of this. it is up to you now to carry on this determined struggle. never give up. never forget this month during which we changed the face of our country. remain what you have been so far, determined, demanding. the path ahead is your path, already beginning tonight. i must go beyond that and bring all of the french people together. i will never be far from you. i will always be in need of you. to the millions of french men and women who voted for me, i should like to say, thank you. [applause]

[chanting] i want to say, i know precisely what task lies ahead for me. i ponder the path ahead very seriously. this election has opened the door to optimism, to a new for help, for europe, for the world. [applause] to my own i say, thank you. to all those here and those no longer here. one never does anything well if one forgets who one is and where one comes from. to all my family.

[applause] [chanting] always present and even more so without her, i would not have gone far. [applause] henceforth my friends, it is up to me now to rally our people together even more so that -- starting tomorrow, already we do what we can in order to make sure that 15 days from now we will be in a position to run the country. [applause] [chanting]

over the past few months, i have heard -- even today -- i have heard people expressing doubt, anger, the fear of the people of france, the fact that they want change so badly. this is why tonight, the two major parties that had been governing france for over 30 years have been discarded. so tonight i wish to speak to all the citizens of france. in the european continent and overseas, i know what your expectations are. i wish, two weeks from now, to become your president.

[applause] the president of all the people of france, the president of the patriots. confronted with the threat of nationalism. a president who protects, who transforms, who builds, a president who makes it possible for those who wish to create, to reform, to start new things, to do so more easily and rapidly. a president who helps those who have less, who are more fragile, or who have -- been upset by life through work, education, health, solidarity. [applause] i have heard your expectations,

your expectations for change, democracy, for ecological and economic change. in order to build a future of a stronger france in a few that is protecting europe -- for this i need your vote and your trust. [applause] i shall endeavor my dear, fellow countrymen -- two weeks ahead to make sure that together we can bring as many people together running around my candidacy. the strings of that rally will be essential to preside and to govern. [applause] the challenge starting tonight is not to vote against somebody.

the challenge is going to be to break away to the very end away from a system that has been an -- incapable of actually answering the problems that have been in this country for more than 30 years already. [applause] the challenge is therefore to start writing a whole new page in the political history of our country, to make sure that everyone with justice and efficiency will be able to play a role that is theirs in france and europe. that is our challenge. [applause] that is why, my fellow countrymen, i want already to start building a majority for the government, and to undertake

a new transformation. it will be made up of new faces, new talents, and everyone will find a role to play in it. i will not be asking those who come and join me, where do you come from? or whether they agree with me. the only thing i want from them is that they go ahead with me to have a new schooling system, to make it possible for everybody to move forward in a society, whatever their background, and to relaunch european construction trades that is the only thing i will be asking from you. [applause] [chanting: macron, president]

take already starting tonight, all the risk that you must take to come with me and start joining me in the parliamentary majority that i shall start putting together already, starting tomorrow. my dear fellow french men and women, you have done it. you have done it! you have shown that in a country -- in our country, nothing was written. you are the face of new-ness, the new face of french hope. the new face that 15 days from now, i would want to see triumphant. [applause] [chanting]

my fellow citizens, there are not many france's there is only one, our france, the france of patriots. in a europe that protects her citizens, we are -- and that we are going to have to rebuild, it is a huge has -- task ahead but i'm ready for it. i am ready side-by-side with you. [applause] the struggle to be worthy, to lead our country, begins tonight, and we shall win it! long live the republic! long live in france! [applause]

>> for president barack obama is in chicago for his first public appearance since leaving office. he will talk about civic engagement and community organizing with young adults at the university of chicago's center for the arts. here on c-span we will take you there live around noon easter. -- eastern. jeff sessions talks about workplace standards at the next conference in washington. concludes the discussion with former department justice officials from the constant, george w. bush, and obama administrations. watch here on c-span. sunday, april 30. washington journal at 9:00 a.m. eastern for the annual cram for the exam. it helps students prepare for the advanced placement u.s. government and politics exam. high school government teachers

in lincolnshire, illinois will take your calls and review sample questions you might find on this year's exam. >> there is going to be questions in a multiple-choice you do not know. do not blame your teacher, do not withdraw your child. there are going to be questions you miss. we all do. do your best. if you don't know your answer make it a good guess. keep writing. think less, inc. more. if you blank on something go back to what you do know and use context clues. he studied hard, your teachers are really prepped you well. use context close, take a deep breath, problem solved. >> always fun and informative, join us several 30th at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span