molly: welcome to the "france 24 ," france 24 newsroom. the headlines. mn armed with a machete attacks the soldier at the entrance to the louvre museum. is in custody. romania's political crisis deepens. antigovernment protesters demand resignationnt's over a new corruption law.

molly: thanks for joining us in the newsroom. it is good to have you with us. straight to the top story -- a terror investigation underway in paris, a french soldier shot and seriously wounded a man at the entrance to the louvre museum. he was carrying two accpac's and wawas denied entry. he thehen tried d to attack the soldiers -- two backpacks and was denied entry. he then tried to attack the soldiers and was shot five times. he was found with two machetes. he is in the hospital with injuries. >> a member of the louvre security stuff -- security staff .as attacked i want to say that it is at this time, after this morning's evenents, that i feel a a great sense of gratitude to our

police, and our soldiers. facing a threat which remains extremely high in our country, they provide security for our nation and protection for the french people. cazeneuvet is bernard speaking a short while ago. by ajoined on the line geopolitics in strategic intelligence expert. we just heard from bernard cazeneuve, giving gratitude to the security forces that are currently on patrol here in rest of theound the country. they have been, for the past two years. how ineffective has the situation -- how effective has the situation been? >> i think this incident, this theck is just proving that this positive is very reliable

and useful. it is a problem saying our state of emergency is do not have to stay so long. i think as long as we have this kind of terrorist threat, we need to have this. they are more useful than ever. have rules ofrs engagement that allow them to retaliate. this man has just been shot, i think. indeed, we are waiting more on the suspect's condition and exactly what took place. i want to go back to what you

mentioned in terms of the sentinel operation and its effectiveness. you mentioned that perhaps it was a media problem, saying that it was not an effective force. fatigue?ere patrol how long can this go on? on -- toco it will go my caroline: it will go on as long as the threat remains high. , the general big problem in france, and we have a level,military is a high very professional, very dedicated, and of course we should just give them the means and of course the resources, the financial resources to sustain

this high level of reliability. this will remain anyway. molly: thank you very much for joining us, caroline galactose -- carolinine galaxy arrows caroline galacteros. we proceeded. claire, i understand that things on the outside of the museum seem to be returning back to normal. claire: things are beginning to return, the louvre open again. most of the evacuees who came out in our and our and a half ago have now left. out an hour and a half ago have no less. they had to wait inside for two hours before they were evacuated. they were pretty upset because they were desperate to get to disneyland, and they were getting a bit bored waiting around the galley -- waiting

around the gallery. one woman said to me that the flights to paris were cheap, so we booked them. but she said paris is becoming place where there could be more attacks in the future. told do not be paranoid, things will be fine. well, actually, this has confirmed their fears. we will have to consider that paris relies heavily on its tourist industry, and these kinds of incidents are bad for the image of paris and bad for tourism. molly: claire, i want to ask you about the ongoing investigation. what do we know about the suspect? claire: for the moment, unfortunately very little. bernard cazeneuve has said he

believes this incident was of a anothert nature, and man has been arrested. but police are not sure that they can confirm a second man who was arrested is linked to the attacker. they arrested him by precaution. they do not think -- what we do know is that the one who attacked this morning, he managed to get a machete into his bag and inside the louvre quiteng center, which is a feat because it is protected. you cannot get in without having a bag inspected by a security guard. all the time, the last two years, this antiterrorism operation since the attack two years ago.

it has been a heavily guarded area. managed thats someone managed -- someone managed to get a machete. molly: i do apologize for the poor quality of the phone line. we will be bringing you all the latest on this story as it develops. next, european union leaders are gathering in malta today, for key talks aimed at revising the beleaguered e.u. block. the first part of the meeting will focus on the migration the newwith warnings of surge of people making the dangerous sea crossing from libya. >> rescue missions like this one happen alarmingly often. on thursday, 450 people were pulled off a ship. the day before, 1300. last year alone, according to the u.n., 181,000 migrants

arrived from italy. 4500 others drowned. crisis,ch a migratory european leaders hope to find a solution before's ring. with warmer weather -- to find a solution before spring. goal is to stem the flow of regular migration from libya to europe. this is the only way to stop peoplele dying in the deserts ad at sea. this is the only way to gain control over migration in europe. >> a variety of proposals are on the table. to provide training to libyan coast guards, support forces on the ground, as well as help the u.n. and international organizations, and to establish africa, where officials will try to just a wish between economic migrants

and asylum-seekers. they know that a migrant deal like the one they struck with turkey will not be possible because of political instability in libya. but they say they must try to deathhe smuggling and among the main route. molly: eve, they will be talking about migration. >> that was the focus of the mmon summit, to find a condo focus. 90% of arrivals come from there. 181,000 people last year, and figures released from the international organization migration this morning so that so far this year almost 6000 9032. have arrived out of

the e.u. points out that a lot of people coming from libya, they have traveled from across the african continent before making the treacherous journey across. a lot of them are not refugees fleeing. more of them are economic migrants. much less likely to get that asylum granted to them, so the e.u. solution is to keep them out more than anything else. and, there isng, coming,also with spring there is the fear that the numbers will increase. they have to look at the political situation in libya. -- iteporter alluded to has been challenged by other factions. the e.u. is very much rececognid -- recognizing that. maybe focusing their support on training and supporting the libyan coast guard, saying most

of the dead today are happening in e.u. waters. we might see if we see e.u. may be moving into those waters a little bit more, but really keeping people in libya. a lot of humanitarian that this is note a worrisome solution because in both camps, with thousands and thousands of people, there is a lot of abuse going on. they say the humanitarian commissions -- the humanitarian conditions are absolutely unacceptable. they say people will be waiting a longer time in libya. the e.u. pledged money to set up investment across african countrieies to try to boost employment and to turkey from wanting to leave their countries. as a lot of german politicians are pointing out, promises that did not turn into actions. molly: the united states is not a part of the e.u., but donald trump has a major presence. >> where told that over dinner

people will be discussing international conditions and worries. one of the main things expected to come up is u.s. president donald trump. we have been hearing from a lot of e.u. leaders and the president, including donald tusk, saying that this is one of the main threats to the e.u. theresa may was hoping to present herself as somewhat of a bridge between the u.s. and the you however cut -- and e.u. lithuanians are say we do not need a bridge, we just need to send tweets to the u.s. president. so they are dismissing that idea. theresa may was hoping for thee message of reassurance, that the u.s. was on board with nato, maybe pushing other e.u. countries to up their spending. much track this message will get remains to be seen.

francois fillon is saying who really knows what -- francois hollande is saying who really knows what president trump will do? their messages very much what the e.u. needs now, to take this as an opportunity to become more independent in terms of security and trade, and indeed when it comes to the environment. fory: thank you very much that. next we crossesed, where for a third straight night, thousands of people rallied in the capital and other cities across the country. they want the government to resign after it weakened a key corruption law. the move is part of strong criticism both home and abroad. the prime minister said the government will not backtrack on the bill. our correspondent has the details. dark show state -- ofstanding firm in the face nationwide protests, a rate -- romania prime minister says he will push ahead with a decree.

>> we took a decision two days ago. >> we withdraw the decree? >> no. >> protests continue around romania after a quarter of a million people took to the streets wednesday. the demonstrations have been largely peaceful, but the leader of the ruling party has accused the opposition of wreaking havoc and spreading lies. >> we consider that any attempt to undermine the government is an attempt to destabilize romania. >> dragnea himself is accused of benefiting from the decree, and is currently standing trial on defrauding the state of 24,000 euros. he is serving a two-year suspended sentence for voter

fraud that barreded him from office. >> i have decided to file a challenge with the constitutional court. it is in my and the presidency's anal advisors that there is illegal constitutional conflict between the government and the do just all system -- and the judicial system in parliament. >> rumania's government is facing growing pressure both domestically and internationally. the european commissione warned against a step back in fighting corruption. molly: we are joined by delano d'souza. we are startrting off with uberp 'so criticizing donald trump --

uber'ss staff, he said that joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the president or his policies. customers in the united stateses -- the move is coming after the company drivers continued with trips to jfk airport in new york city last weekend when regular taxis had called for a strike opposing the u.s. president's travel ban. there seems to be growiwing discontent betetween tech h gias and donaldld trump's administration. google, apple, and facebook were just some of the countries to speak out on the president's u.s. travel ban. some customers in the united states are canceling tesla orders, but elon musk has taken to twitter to defend his decision to attend this friday's meeting. musk will be raising objections to donald trump's executive order on immmmigrations and will

offer changes to the policy. shoppers looking for ivanka trump landed -- for even i got -- shoppers looking for ivanka trump branded clothing -- the byision to stop selling -- strom - --rab your wallet campaign the grab your wallet campaign declared it is too soon to declare a victory. samsung may build a plant for its home appliance division. the south korean company would consider a move to the country after donald trump took office. happy trump was clearly reporting samson was considering the move for the president thanked the company, sayingng we would loveve to have youou. expectedon people are

toto tune into thehe super bowl sunday night. cost anond ad spot will estimated $5 million. this year they will get a little political budweiser chose to tell the story of its german immigrant founder, but they have chosen a different tack. guacamole have long been the snack compliments of viewers of the super bowl. 100,000 ofstimated the fruits consumed in the u.s., 80% will come from mexico. the majority of them head for the u.s. every year. avocados and other mexican produce can cross the border thanks to the 1994 north american free trade agreement, nafta, which president trump is now threatening to tear up. trump's administration is threatening a 20% trade tariff

on mexican exports if f the country refuses toto pay for a borderer wall. mexican officials say these trends do not worry them. >> the volume will not diminish significantltly, precisesely bee theree is no other s source of supply to the u.s. even if tariffs were put in place, mexico's fruit will continue to be sent there. >> further north from the avocado fields, mexico industrial powerhouse. workers and business owners are more concerned about trump's threats. free trade agreeeement is a positive v vehicle for the country. -- it hasmeans the created the possibibility of having unstable currency. we have to borrow or go into debt. since the opening up of trade, the debt crisis has disappeared. >> nafta was not always popular in mexico.

when it was signed in 1992, critics clala small comompanies would not be able to compete with powerful u.s. corporations. look at theke a markets on the last trading day of the week. in europe, this is all firmly in 0.8 percent. mollie, back to you. molly: thank you for that update. it is time now for our press review. i am joined here in the studio by dheepthika laurent. we are going to start off with the story we are covering yesterday, but it continues to get reaction. this is the phone call the between the prime minister of australia and the u.s. president. dheepthika: this affair keeps escalating. sean spicer said late on thursday that trump would indeed honor the refugee deal with australia.

this after trump called it a done deal on twitter -- a dumb deal on twitter before hanging up on prime minister turnbull. miss -- chris spicer mispronounced turnbull's name. says allies in a , and the paper's columnist, troy branston, said survivedalliance has many presidents and many prime ministers, but we are in uncharted territory now. never before has a most early been disrespected in this way. turnbull's not

fault, it is certainly his problem now. molly: donald trump also managed to anger arnold schwarzenegger. arnoldika: schwarzenegger has bitten back, after trump mocked him at the national prayer breakfast on thursday. he mocked him over his performance as trump's replacement on the show "the apprentice." at the breakfast, he said it has been a total disaster and he is praying for arnold. arnoldests it -- suggested that they would switch jobs because if he were president, people would be sleeping more comfortable at night. the whole situation has been fodder for the cartoonists. are saying trump should stop tweeting. molly: you found an interesting counterpoint, from the washington post, about the way

trumump is covered in the media. dheepthika: it is well worth the read. this article attempts to determine to his first weeks in office. his first weeks in office. that henot everything said we need to stop taking everything the administration says as a declaration of war, and using alarming objectives like "unprecedented," which only intensifies the climate of fear and mistrust and feeds into the frenzy that already exists. launched itsench international bid for the 2024 only picks. dheepthika: a rare headline in english from the french version of the street baker -- from the street paper. it is part of what they call

their legacy dossier, which is where the three top finalists -- will hand angeles -- in their bid to make it environmentally friendly. they realized that being english friendly is really key in the bid, especially against rivals, noticeably the more english-speaking budapest and los angeles. molly: stay with us. we have more fallout over the scandal with francois fillon and his wife. dheepthika: the guardian reporter who interviewed him in december, that has been the focus on the new fall out from the scandal. she has written a piece explaining how it all came about. that interview has really become the smoking gun in the alleged

fake jobs scandal because it was dug up in the wake of the scandal. in which penelope fillon says she never worked as her husband's assistant, this despite him saying that she was euros toly a million be his assistant. a seeminglywas induced -- a seemingly innocent interview back then, obviously one that has taken a life of its own on now. molly: super bowl sunday in the united states will be coming up. a lot of focus will be on the halftime show. dheepthika: the halftime show will be watched by over 100 million people, so it is no doubt one of the big highlights of the super bowl -- this year, lady gaga is highlighting the 15 minute show. she is tightlipped about what she has planned. many wonder if she will use the show as her own pulpit. lgbtq andy vocal on

women's rights. she once turned up to a ceremony in a meat dress. vxñolfqaooo/