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>> thanks for joining us. our top stories this hour, blurring party lines. emmanuel macron has appointed his cabinet with centrist, conservatives, and political newcomers in the mix. he's picked ministers from across the political spectrum but also get half of the jobs up grabbed two women. crucial parliamentary elections are just around the corner. we take a closer look at who is who in his cabinet. >> 22 ministers, 11 men, and 11 women. macron's first government s and politicaln
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outsiders. at 69, the new minister has been one of his closest advisers. the centrist leader becomes justice minister. he will be in charge of a new law to clean up french politics. a key condition for his political alliance with macron earlier this year. sending a strong signal to the business community, conservatives will be in charge of the economy. finance minister and the budget minister. a well-known environmental activist has been named ecology minister. he was in charge of defense under president francois hollande and becomes foreign minister. he will be placed by the second woman to ever hold the post. other appointees include an aympic fencing champion and former doctor is health minister, and veteran centrist
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as junior europe minister. survivingthe only minister from their previous deeply popular social these -- deeply unpopular socialist government is now the foreign minister. there is more on the new role for this french heavyweight politician. >> continuity and friendship were the two things that reappeared during these two speeches, handing the ministry both menn affairs, know each other well and have been working together for five years. he became minister of foreign affairs and was defense minister for five years, so they have numerous cabinet meetings together. ,his is a form of continuity defense and
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diplomacy are deeply intertwined so he feels he is moving on to a different field and which he will also be defending france's interests and values. his last speech as a minister, and is now going to retire from public office here in france. them well in this come as he called it. onot of civil servants were the verge of crying as they watch their minister leave. there are many challenges in front of the minister who will of europe.e he will have to tackle all the challenges across the world as well. also dealing with the trump administration, with russia and also fighting terrorism as well. richelle: no politician in
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history has been treated worse. those are the words from donald trump as the fights off the so-called trump leak scandal. he is under fire for giving highly classified information to russian officials. vladimir putin saying he would release a record of that meeting to congress if it was requested. it's the latest twist in reports of the trump administration slinks to russia and allegations that he tried to influence an fbi investigation into collusion with moscow. president trump: look at the way i've been treated lately. especially by the media. history, and in great.s with he, has been treated worse or more unfairly. you cannot let them get you down. i have accomplished a tremendous
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amount in a very short time as president. richelle: staying with the story, let's cross to our white house correspondent. philip, trump, as we know, is increasingly under pressure and it's increasingly difficult to keep up with all the twists and turns of the story. what has the reaction been both sides of the aisle? philip: democrats are enjoying this, i suppose, seeing donald trump under some serious pressure here, for some very good reasons. but they are looking at is congress more than anything. that is where possibly the next steps will be taken, both by democrats and republicans, as you say. one of the important steps comes from a republican, jason chases, he has already written to the fbi. he wants to get all those documents that james comey has or had in his possession,
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presumably they are still with the fbi, once he was actually sacked from the job. these are notes he might have taken, like the ones loaded by u.s. media here yesterday. the memos we have heard of that no one has seen yet, that have not been made public so far. that is one request from a republican. there's also a request from the senate intelligence committee, a bipartisan committee. they want james comey to testify both publicly and behind closed doors. james comey seems to want to do this. he seems to want to get his story out and tell exactly what happened during those meetings. there were several between him and donald trump. the white house has pretty much denied everything at this point and said that the portrayal of that meeting was simply wrong by u.s. media. that will make james comey want to come out and actually give his side of the story as well. that can happen in the next few days. richelle: we are increasingly
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hearing the word impeachment. is it too early to be saying the word out loud? just how serious is this? philip: that's how serious it is, that we are listening to people that might say this word out loud and how important they are. there are some democratic numbers of congress who are more than happy to use that word, possibly to keep the possibility in the news. there are midterm elections coming up in 2018 and a lot of members of congress are already looking toward those midterm elections. it's a little bit too early to talk about possible impeachment proceedings, simply because donald trump at this point has not done anything clearly wrong or clearly illegal. there is talk of possibly there having been obstruction of justice when he asked james comey when he was still director of the fbi to drop the investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn, but that is not yet proven because it would had
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had to be free much and outright threat and from what were reading so far, that is not the case. we are still a long way from any kind of potential impeachment proceedings, if at all this was to happen. but this is a president who says so many things that are highly controversial, and that is a term that will come up again and again. democrats want this to stay in the news for as long as possible. richelle: thank you so much for that update, philip. soldier andan whistleblower chelsea manning is no longer behind bars. the 29-year-old is celebrating freedom this wednesday after being released from a kansas military prison. she served seven years of a 35 year sentence for leaking --ssified government thierry government material to wikileaks. years ago inen may, 2010, a young american intelligence analyst named
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bradley manning was arrested in iraq. taken at fort leavenworth, he was sentenced to 35 years in jail. for having leaked more than 700,000 classified documents to wikileaks. since then, manning's time in prison has been widely documented. some see the soldier as i wrote whistleblower for exposing how the u.s. military in iraq and afghanistan treated civilians. while others see the now 29-year-old as a traitor. your own well-being is going to be on the line. that is whistleblowing. this was just a dumping of data. most of which was pretty sensitive stuff. reporter: the case made headlines because of the soldier's personal trials in prison. attempting suicide at least twice. while in jail, the army private also requested to undergo gender reassignment, becoming a woman, chelsea manning.
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the transgender community, her sentence was commuted by president obama in his final days in office. it was hailed as compassionate treatment of a whistleblower by some and an infuriating and dangerous precedent by others, among them, donald trump. he tweeted that manning was an ungrateful traitor. this is not the end of her legal battles. while she no longer has to server prison sentence, or conviction on 17 counts of espionage and theft remain intact, a ruling she is appealing in court. richelle: to afghanistan now where suicide bombers and gunmen from the islamic state group onrmed a television station monday. at least six people and four militants were killed in the explosion and the four-hour gunbattle that followed. dozens of others were wounded in the attack.. panic on the streets
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city.hanistan's suicide bombers stormed the building on wednesday. the attack began with an explosion followed by a gunbattle with security forces. >> firing started around 9:00. we were informed that suicide attackers had entered the radio station. of army was able to rest one the terrorist. >> journalist were trapped inside the building during the assault. security forces at the scene were told that the situation was in hand. >> the area has been surrounded completely. the location is under control. two suicide bombers have detonated themselves. reporter: jalalabad is the
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provincial capital of the province, close to the border with pakistan. and an islamicn affiliate are active in the region. they are fighting to oust the western backed government in kabul. there have been a series of high-profile attacks including a large military hospital and a military base in a northern city. thousands of people have been forced to flee the area due to the ongoing insurgent activity. wednesday's attack is a major security breach. the state media building lies less than 100 meters from the provincial governor's office. richelle: at least 23 bull including children have been killed -- at least 23 people including children have been killed in yemen. according to state media, it was the coalition is loyal
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to the exiled you many government and has come under fire for civilian casualties. the death toll from a cholera outbreak has skyrocketed. iran has to the polls to elect a new president this friday with candidates wrapping up their final days of campaigning. the moderate incumbent is hoping to clinch another term but he's facing stiff competition from his main conservative challenger. he is close to the country's supreme leader in what's been a fiercely fought campaign, the hard-line cleric bolstered by the endorsement of another leading candidate. that candidate dropped out of the race. iranians are gearing up to cast their ballots. we are here at the former u.s. embassy that was
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taken over by student activists in 1979. we want to bring you the top candidates. the incumbent is president rouhani, relative moderate, who faces a hard-line contender. they are both clerics, and both thel to the values of islamic republic. however they could lead the country in very different directions. even though they both pledged support to the historic nuclear deal, rouhani wants to continue relations with the international community. another difference is that rouhani six foreign investment and his upon has called for a resistance economy, one that will seek to protect domestic industries from foreign competition. another major contrast lies in their support base. have said the followers can be compared to the followers of donald trump and hillary clinton. diplomatsay the u.s.
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held secret meetings. the opponent seems to have tapped into populist rhetoric and rouhani has garnered the support of iran's use, the more liberal, intellectual sector of society. we will see which direction the country will take. hospitals and public transport in greece have come to a standstill as the general strike paralyzes the country. thousands of people have walked off the job over new austerity measures and this wednesday they took to the streets of central athens for an antigovernment demonstration. the greek parliament is set to vote on controversial reforms that will/pensions and scrap tax breaks. the country's left-wing government is under pressure to unlock ale out funds from international sources. now, let's head
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kristen stewart, dustin hoffman, nicole kidman, and the italian goddess, monica bellucci. i went to meet her. the italian bombshell has made her name and hollywood films. magdalene in mel gibson's "the passion of the christ." and in the brothers grimm. having appeared in six films here, she knows it well. ♪
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monica, hello. describe cannes in three words. , and unpredictable. >> what was the first thing that came into your head when you are asked to be mistress of ceremonies this year? at thes very happy, and same time i was a little bit scared. speaking in front of so many ,eople, but i love cannes because i think it's one of the most important festivals in the world. first of all, it gives the possibility to many films to exist. they have the possibility to become international through cannes. ♪
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>> there was a 10 minute rape scene that cause many critics to in 2006. cinema >> you are in one of the most buzzed about films ever at cannes. what comes into your head now when i say irreversible? , becausent of scandal ofeversible was in a way film that was well accepted, but it was a big polemic movie. it became a reference. the director, i have so much respect for him because he is so free in his way to represent
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cinema. >> give me one word to describe some of your leading man in cannes. gene hackman. i have to say that this was the first time i was in cannes in 2000, and i was in the middle of morgan freeman and gene hackman. might you motion so huge in front of all these people. huge.emotion was so >> kiana reeves. matrix, and one of the most incredible kisses in film. in cinema, it was a huge moment between me and he'll -- between me and him.
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not because of the kiss, but the way it was filmed. reporter: at 52, she makes a believe that when actresses reach a certain age, they can no longer be sexy. she was the oldest ever bond girl. >> bond, james bond. loverses is a film paradise, but it's also about glamour. what is your definition of beauty? >> for me, it goes with soul. about soul.l >> in one phrase, can you give me the secret to improving with age? .> happiness, love
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i think for each person it is different. , to become a mother was one of the most beautiful moments in my life. >> thank you, monica bellucci. richelle: this is where the fans and the photographers stand to try to get a glimpse of their favorite stars on the red carpet. there are dozens of films premiering here at the cannes film festival and a spanish director will be one of those on the jury will decide who the best are. spain's most acclaimed director. five of his films have entered the official competition at cannes. he was once a member of the jury and now pedro almagro bauer is
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the president. earlyaught, he funded his filmmaking by working at a flea market and a telephone company. since becoming a director, many of his films had a focus on women. it's true that he loves working with actresses, and you can see that in his films. the case, heren't would not be able to enter the female universe as he does in such a personal and relevant way. >> he knows how we are on the inside and our deepest feelings. first feature his in 1980. eight years later, he got his for womenr nomination on the verge of a nervous breakdown. he then went one better in 1999 and 2002, getting an oscar for all about my mother, and talk to her. he tried the psychological thriller john wright for the first time -- the psychological
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thriller genre for the first time. >> the skin i live in is a very important film in his career. because this film becomes something pure. his cinema distances itself from ordinary life, and he creates this world of plastic. literally, and in terms of the start of -- sort of plastic beauty. everything happens in his head, and i think he continues in this lieta -- in this vein. >> it competed but did not win in 2016. this year, he will help choose the winner. the announcement will, on may 28.
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05/17/17 05/17/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: f from sann diego this is , democracy now! >> in a week after revelation after revelation, on a dayay whn we thought thinings could not gt any worse, they have. amy: another day, another major white house scscandal. president trump is now facing accusations he tried to impede the fbi's investigation of michael flynn by telling fbi director james comey "i hope you can let this go."
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