>> welcome to france 24, time for 60 minutes live around the world. syria,lashes out at blaming the regime for a .hemical attack on civilians the foreign minister says france is ready to provide proof the syrian president launched a strike that left 90 dead. her criticismups of challenger emmanuel macron, calling him weak on terrorism.

polls are predicting a comfortable win for macron although he is facing heat for what has been called his lax attitude for the final stretch of the campaign. details just ahead. the nuclear crisis with north korea deepens as donald trump calls the company it -- country a grave threat to the world. key parts of a missile defense system have been installed in south korea one day after the rival north showed off its military might. also coming up, trudeau versus trump. the united states and canada be heading for a trade war? details in our business update. la landt official la day in los angeles, re-creating the choreography from the sky. paris.our top story from

france is blaming the syrian regime for a capital -- chemical attack that left close to 90 old dead earlier this month. only bashar al-assad and the closest members of his entourage can order chemical strikes, and there is no doubt sarin gas was used. france says it will produce proof in days the syrian president was behind the attack. here is more from the french foreign minister. >> there is no doubt that sarin was used and no doubt the syrian regime is possible. 2013l remind you that in syrian committed to stop using

chemical weapons against its and ratified the international convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons. today, syria is clearly violating this convention states, meaning almost every state in the world. today ourlier international affairs editor douglas herbert was on the set and gave more details. douglas: the prohibition of chemical weapons, they already concluded that sarin gas or a cynical -- similar chemical agent had been used in this attack. everyone agreed that a chemical agent of some sort was used. even the syrian government has acknowledged there was a chemical agent involved. with the french foreign minister has confirmed is that it was sarin gas and came from the same

stocks that were supposed to be destroyed under an agreement in october 2013 between washington and moscow that was supposed to see all of bush are all asides chemical stops -- bashar al-assad's chemical stocks abolished. there is all of the hallmarks, the fabrication bares all of the hallmarks of the way it is made in the syrian laboratories. it was a jet as had been reported by a number of observers that had delivered the chemical agent, dropped this chemical agent resulting in more than 80 people killed, hundreds more injured in one of the worst chemical attacks we have seen in the six years syrian civil war. genie: the regime has denied the use of chemical weapons and has committed to not using them. what happens now? douglas: in mid april we had saying, we have

destroyed all our chemical weapons and have no more stocks, also saying the west basically fabricated this entire story in blame on thethe regime for strategic purposes. corroborated by previous intelligence assessments and other countries as well, shows the outright lie to those assertions. what happens next? unfortunately nothing happens next is we are trapped in the same dialectic. on the un security council, we saw a russia vetoed a resolution last month that condemned bashar al-assad and would have demanded measures to be taken to investigate the causes. one of the reasons they vetoed it, they were demanding that bush are all assad provide logs

-- bashar al-assad provide logs of his flights. there is no sign russia will do an about-face and allow for that investigation to go place -- to go in place. genie: that is doug herbert. in france, 10 people have been arrested linked to the paris attacks of january 2015 as part of an investigation into suspected sliders -- suppliers of one of the three gunmen. they are targeting people involved in supplying weapons to the man who killed for hostages at a market in eastern paris, as well as a policewoman before dying in a shootout with police. theas an accomplice of brothers who shot and killed 12 at the paris offices of charlie

hebdo. they were killed in a shootout. that comes as the presidential campaign in france is headining into its final two weeks. emmanuel macron may be the front rurunner that he is facicing het over what has been called his lax attitude to the second round. polls say he should easily defeat marine le pen in the vote may 7, but critics accuse him of acting like the race is already one. >> after leading the pack during the first round in the french presidential election, centrist emmanuel macron is facing criticism. critics and allies are worried he might be getting too comfortable. he has been criticized for a slow start to the second leg of his campaign and for celebrating late into the night for his first win. he is actingesting

like he has already won the election. the president, who has endorsed macron, warned candidate he still needs to earn the win. >> we need to mobilize and make sure it is a done deal. >> macacron hit back. futurecannot build the of this country by analyzing t e last 24 hours. i have always been this way so i'm not going to jump in front of the cameras just because marine le pen is there. >> in stark contrast, le pen has hit the ground running. she is making it clear she will not go down without a fight. has know that the oligarchy a ready installed macron in the presidential chair but the people have not so we should wait for them to expreress themselves. i am telling you, the people will probably provide a surprise

to the oligarchs. >> macron heads to le pen territory on friday. in the latest news -- news, in the latest nicolas sarkozy has said he will vote for emmanuel macron. donald trump is bringing all 100 senators to the white house for a special briefing on north korea. that comes as the north holds a series of live firire military drills as a guided missile ship moves to the south. more on a missile system being installed in the south. >> as tensions mount in the korean peninsula, the u.s. and korea show off their hardware. this comes as the u.s. is setting up a an antimisissile defense systetem in south korea.

the thaad missile is the latest response to missile tests from pyongyang. it can intercept and destroy short and long-range missiles. it consists of a system of launchers that shoot missiles projectiles-- enemy detected by ground-based radar, which judge if a response is necessary and instruct the launch. have a range of 200 kilometers and can reach 150 kilometers in altitude. the decision was met in outrage, locals protested. they say they were never consulted and that their safety is at risk being near the system. the system has also angered china which it says will throw off the regional security balance and will do nothing to deter north korea from future missile test.

washington, the clock is ticking down to a potential government shutdown on friday at night. -- midnight. idea through government is trickier than expected. >> backing down on the wall for now, president donald agreed to ditch a request for over $1 billion from congress to build a wall across the mexico border. the campaign promised the wall and funding for it but a stumbling block was the government spending bill. a compromises is needed by friday to keep the government in business. after it was taken out, republican leaders said they were hopeful the spending bill would go through, and democrats touted it as a victory. towe have been opposed

including the wall since the beginning of the negotiations. there is no plan to make mexico pay for it as the president promised. no plan to resolve the eminent domain issues. >> even if trump gave his go-ahead to postpone funding the border wall, he is adamant it will get built. >> the wall gets built, 100%. we are doing plans, doing specifications, doing a lot of work on the wall. >> many see the wall project is an expensive, ineffective idea although wildly popular on the trans-just campaign trail. -- campaign trail. mexico has repeatedly said it will not foot the bill, which has led trump to threaten tariffs to fund the wall.

they will try again as early as september to get the money they need. willostponed mall -- wall remain until then an unfamiliar -- unfulfilled promise. genie: a judge has blocked an executive order by trump to withhold billions of dollars to so-called sanctuary cities. 300 cities across the country are known for helping illegal immigrants from being deported. the judge said federal funding that there's no meaningful relationship to immigration be -- aent cannot lighter note, and if you are a film b buff you probablyly remer laww loveland. -- la la land. the film was a huge success around the world and paparticularly in the city where it takes place, los angeles.

the city declared tuesday the land day,al la la including an aerial span on some of the best dancing. that troop is flying in front of los angeles city hall. >> the film held a mirror up to showing our passion, creativity, optimism, and the desireuest deep-seated -- deep-seated desire to jump out of their car and start dancing. genie: stephen carroll is with us. stephen: i have not seen it. genie: let's start with something completely different. you are going to talk about what could be a brewing trade or between canada and the u.s.. stephen: donald trump and justin trudeau appeared to be

rekindling a decades-old trade dispute. they had a conversation that was described as amicable after trump said he would slap tariffs of up to 24% on canadian level -- lumber and has threatened to expand it to dairy products. trududeau says that claims are baseless. timber, asriffs on president trump met farmers he signed an executive order that he said was aimed at helping their communities, saying he is not worried about sparking a trade war with canada as he rekindles this old trade conflict. realize, canada has been really rough on the united states. i love canada but they have outsmarted our politicians for many years. >> washington announced up to 24% tariffs on canadian lumber

with some 5.6 billion dollars of wood in the firing line. justin trudeau found to be firm. >> standing up for canada's interests is what my job is. >> canadian lumber exports mostly go into u.s. homebuilding. they have accused canadian -- accusations canada desescribes as baseless. >> without the support of the canadian lumber industry u.s. consumers will be hurt. applying punitive duties creates praise volatility in the market and we are already seeing that reflected in higher lumber prices that are driving up the cost for american consumers. >> the rally is spilling into milk straight. trump says he will not put up with canada's decision for dairy

products which is hurting american exports. stephen: european shares trading just below the flatline. shares plunge over 10% after a drop in turnover in the first quarter. up luxury group caring are over 8% in paris as well. looking to wall street, they have published the results on twitter, shares up around 12% in the pre-open on wall street. meanwhile in switzerland, credit one .5%hares are over after announcing plans to raise 3.7 billion euros in new capital to pay for costs of restructuring and strengthening its reserves. it is in the middle of cutting 5500 jobs.

they reported better-than-expected profits in the first quarter. revenues to the french carmaker psa rose by 5% but shares are down over 1% in paris after the company says it is unlikely to revive its car sales anytime soon in china. the chief financial officer says more training of local staff is needed to improve sales and marketing. iab has been fined more than 2 billion euros for failing to report since this is transitions. their policies failed to meet necessary anti-money-laundering and anti-terror standards. iab is 90% owned by the irish state. of yahoo! is to be paid more than $180 million when the company is sold to verizon, including stock options, a

golden parachute, and medical benefits. she will leave on the $4.5 billion sale goes through. we will soonntly be able to order the future on uber. stephen: they have plans to start testing flying cars in the dallas and dubai areas by 2020. they would carry passengers at a speed of 240 kilometers per hour. they are working with property countries -- companies to make sure there are landing pads. there have been discussions with nasa and the national air control association. uber says a flight on one of these cars will have the same per kilometer rate as currently. genie: that is phenomenal. stephen: it is going to become a bit like a bus stop. genie: interesting to see how it

pans out. it is time for the campaign beat. ♪ two weeks ago and the french presidential election. taking a closer look at that. emmanuel macron seems solidly ahead of marine le pen but is drawing criticism for his attitude. >> people say he is acting too confident and has been accused of spending too much time celebrating his win in round two. critics say he is acting as if he already won the second round at a different story for marine le pen, she has wasted no time getting on the campaign trail and it seems to be paying off. 61% of people believe marine le pen has successfully kicked off her campaign for around two.

a difference -- for round two. a different story for american say he has failed to successfully kick off his campaign. macron and le pen think about all of this? look at this report. >> after leading the pack during the first round of voting, centrist emmanuel macron is facing criticism. buts predict an easy win critics and allies are worried he might be getting too comfortable. he has been criticized for a slow start the second leg of his campaign and celebrating late into the night his first round win. some accuse him of acting like he has already won the race. president france law holland who has indoor stamp, warned the candidate -- endorsed him, warned the candidate to be serious. >> a vote is earned, it is

fought for. >> macron hit back. the futureot build of this country by analyzing the last 24 hours. i will remain the master of my schedule and i have always been like that. i will not jump in front of the cameras just because le pen is there. >> le pen has hit the ground running with a full campaign schedule sending her around the country. it is clear she will not go down without a fight. >> i know the oligarchy has already instilled mr. macron but the people have not so we should wait for people to express themselves. i am telling you, they will probably prepare a very big surprise to the oligarchs. >> macron heads to le pen territory wednesday, campaigning in the north of france. genie: emmanuel macron seems to

be making up for last -- lost time. claire williams as following team macron. --le is in this spot line spotlight as it is the home of emmanuel macron and the home of whirlpool. they announce they will be closing that factory and moving to poland, and today marine le pen showed up by surprise. why is it such an important stop? claire: there is some rival campaigning going on in the same town today. emmanuel macron behind me at the chamber of congress and at the same time down the road, marine le pen is that the whirlpool factory. we know the pair have radically different economic programs. marine le pen has always championed protectionism, france first, whereas emmanuel macron

wants france to engage with the global economy. a spokesperson earlier said emmanuel macron's line is that you cannot save a factory from can throw money at it, tax breaks and subsidies at it but at the end of the day the factory will take that money and relocate. his plan, he wants to win over workers by knowing that he would guarantee and unemployment benefit while they were looking for work. that is what he will be telling whirlpool workers today. a very important part of his campaign is about training. he wants to put 15 billion euros into training programs so the workers get skills and capacity and training they need to find jobs in a globalized economy. macronr today, emmanuel

will be going to this city where he won the majority of votes in round one. it is located very much in le pen territory, and the north. can you tell us a little bit more about this region and why it is strategic? region, therategic north, northeast of france. this used to be a left-wing homeground and this is an area that is synonymous with factories closing down. area,a post industrial unemployment has gone up, and people are disenchanted with the left. it has been fertile ground for marine le pen and her national front party. andnuel macron is desperate needs to win over the workers' vote. he will stumble because he is still seen by many as a candidate of the left.

an ultra liberal candidate is what marine le pen calls him. he wants for us to engage in the global economy but still wants to protect the lives of workers. marine le pen is strong here. people say they are tired and fed up of voting for the left and not getting anything out of it so they switched to the national front. macron is trying to counter that and we have le pen down the road. >> thank you so much. news coming in that emmanuel macron will be heading to the whirlpool factory, perhaps on wednesday, so we will be giving you the updates. genie: thanks again. let's wrap up on a lighter note. journalists have tracked down a young man who is the spitting image of emmanuel macron. florence: he is 24 years old,

rides a moped, and his mother thinks he looks like emmanuel macron. a funny report about this young who apparently is being stopped in the

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