not getting in today. not on my watch. pests never stop trying to get in. we never stop working to keep them out. terminix. defenders of home. emmanuel macron wins the french election in a historic landslide. that's the news at the top of

the hour, out of headquarters in new york city. we go straight to france where the centrist candidate defeats marine le pen. matt bradley and msnbc contributor chris dickey are live for us. start of the top of the hour for us, matt. where we are right now, we understand that the president-elect is on his way to that big celebration down by the louvre. >> that's right. emmanuel macron has already addressed the public, but he seemed to do it in a closed setting in his office and in fact as you mentioned, richard, before we got a sneak peek with some of the cameras. that allowed us to see the makeup being applied so it was clear he wasn't addressing the massive crowds that have gathered under very, very tight security in that iconic louvre in front of the pyramid there. with djs and the rap acts playing, it seems now that macron is going to address the nation once again.

this time in front of adoring flag waving crowds. some waving the french flag. and macron has ridden to power, championing the european union against his anti-eu opponent le pen. as you mentioned, macron this sort of radical centrist, self-stylized unity government, big tent centrist, he won by about 65% to marine le pen's about 35%. where some of the votes are still being counted. we believe those are more or less the final numbers going forward. and emmanuel macron will be the youngest president in french history go into the palace here in france. >> you're watching the live pictures on the left-hand side, of president-elect macron going to the celebration. they have been on the road for a little bit. we shall see when they do arrive.

we'll be watching with them. chris dickey, those numbers -- the results here, that 30 percentage point gap notwithstanding, what surprised you in the outcome of this election? >> i was actually surprised that the abstention level was not higher. i thought from many people i talked to that people who had voted for the former prime minister, the right wing conservative francois hollande they would not vote. melenchon who had done surprisingly well in the first round, he never told his people to vote for macron. he told them don't vote for le pen, but he left open, wide open the possibility they should abstain completely. i think there was a lot of reason to think that the turnout would be much lower than in fact it was. i think felipe who was on earlier was saying the abstention was very high. i'm not sure that the numbers actually bear that out.

i think it's very surprising given the kind of discontent about this vote that existed among a lot of people that they really did go out and vote in the end. >> and matt, do we know when we'll have a better sense of that number, those who abstained but still did go to the polls? we have 70, 78% of those who did participate, but we didn't have the abstention numbers at that moment. >> no. we also don't have the blank ballot numbers as far as i know. a lot of people were planning to put blank pieces of paper in the urns in the ballot boxes or empty envelopes. i'm sure we'll have numbers for those pretty shortly if they don't already exist some place. but i think those will be interesting numbers to look at. because some people thought they could be decisive. basically, because people thought that le pen's voters were enthusiastic about her. her core voters.

but macron's were not all that enthusiastic about him. so there was some expectation that blank ballots would work in her favor. >> i want to bring in matt and chris, matt dean in paris for bloomberg. mark, what will the new president-elect say when he hits that stage next to as matt was telling us djs and rap artists? what do you think his tone will be? he was fairly straightforward in his victory speech that was broadcast earlier. >> well, i think -- you saw the victory speech earlier was very serious and grave. in stark contrast to the first words out of the box in the first round. so i think they'll be a bit more of acknowledgment of joy -- the joy of victory when he gets to the louvre and really thanking his supporters.

>> i'm sorry? >> he'll be thanking -- you know, what he will do in his second speech now is probably thank his supporters and indulge their happiness tonight more than anything else. >> i'm sorry, because we do have some communicative challenges along the way sometimes on these breaking news days, so mark, i appreciate you working with me on this. what do you think will be the next key steps? we were talking about this in the last hour, that he is going to -- having run under this big tent, big umbrella platform, where does he start? >> well, the start is forming his government. naming a prime minister, naming ministers. that will be a key part. not only of building on his momentum of tonight, but uniting the country and essentially preparing for the legislative elections in june. and taking -- to the republicans and socialists who intend to run

again and try to block his way. >> i want to go back to chris dickey and matt bradley who are still with us here. sharing some of the responses here, matt, and nigel farrage said this. as many know, he led the effort to take britain out of the european union, brexit is what we're talking about. he tweeted this saying that macron offers five more years of failure, power to the eu and open borders. there remains the critics of within the eu what this new presidency might mean not only for france, but clearly looking at the eu more broadly. >> well, thanks for bringing that up, richard. i mean, a lot of the characters who have come before the predecessors and the colleagues of people like marine le pen, they were expecting trump's victory and the brexit before that would signal a massive wave of populist sentiment that would wash all across europe.

it seems that tonight at least that that wave has crashed on to french shores and we're not sure how much further it's going to go. now le pen has said that she's going to be in the head of the opposition, which is as my colleague christopher dickey just said, she's probably more comfortable being in the on sings than in power. but, you know, her predecessors and her colleagues, they fate doesn't bode well for her. nigel farrage went from championing brexit to now he quit his position with the european parliament. he quit the head position of his party. now he has the distinguished position as a paid commentator for fox news. you know, one tried to make her afd party more welcoming, and she was pushed out or resigned from the head of that party. you know, a lot of these people -- these anti-globalists, anti-immigrant crusaders once they either succeed or fail, they actually fall into obscurity and the causes that

they led follow them. so it's not clear if ms. le pen is going to have that same outcome. >> and the narrative there, nigel farrage, which you encapsulated so well, interesting within itself. but it's that impetus he had had and where it will go going forward. chris, if you just look at the gdp figures of the eu without britain and britain itself, 0.3% in the last quarter. 0.5% for i believe 1920 eu countries at 0.5, they're outperforming britain right now an an argument might be for those who sit in the nigel farrage camp, what did you just find with brexit? >> i'm sorry, was that question for me? >> that was for you, chris. >> the -- well, i think actually, you know, britain is going to be in a very vulnerable

position now. its economy is doing okay, but it's not as strong as all that. remember, it is still part of europe, probably for the next two years. the question is how is it going to function once it pulls completely out of that? it's going to be facing a united europe that's not going to be very forgiving about the whole brex it exercise, especially now that you have macron as president in france. it will be facing a united states which is much more protectionist than obama's united states was. so i'm not sure how far that special relationship is going to go. i think people who look at theresa may's position right now see it as one that's very weak, although see's strong against the -- she's strong against the fractured parties in britain and will probably win in the upcoming elections there. but i think she's going to have a real, real tough road to hoe trying to cut any kind of strong bargain with the european union at this point. >> i'm going to bring in peter baker to our conversation here. "new york times" white house reporter. as we look at the response

coming out of the administration right now, we also have the statement, official statement from the white house. we -- it says here that we congratulate president-elect macron and the people of france on the successful election. we look forward to working with the new president and continuing our close cooperation with the french government. that comes from the white house. then there's also the tweet that came from president trump earlier as well. in that tweet he also is consistent with the white house official statement saying congratulations to emmanuel macron on his big win today as the next president of france. i look very much forward to working with him. peter, is president trump very excited to work with him? >> that's a great question. what's striking about this press release and this tweet is how normal they are. >> yeah. right. >> this is what any president would normally say no matter who won in an election of an allied country. and we're surprised because that's not the way that president trump has rolled

basically since he became president. he's tended to be more blunt, more candid and provocative and this time he's diplomatic and respectful. look, he knew coming into this that macron was almost going to win. he knew that he had to work with him. so he chose not to be, you know, a bomb thrower on this day of an election and see whether that holds. but this is certainly not the result he would have preferred. he made it very clear that le pen was closer to his view on the issues like boarders and international terrorism. so this is seen as a setback for president trump and the sort of the nationalist, populist way that people had seen rolling across the international borders. >> that's a head nod to the political platforms that president trump has and it's theoretical sinking with marine le pen on several levels here. and then there's the practicality of this administration, and the white

house. peter, your thought on this. what does it mean for this white house and what's happening in france? how much does he need emmanuel macron? >> well, look, you know he doesn't have a lot of close allies at this point in europe. i mean, he's trying to build relationships with theresa may, angela merkel and he'll try with macron. but they're not fiphilosophical in tune. you have a president who is on the outs with some off leading allies. he's very made clear in his 100 some days in office he make diplomatic allies about personalities. he switches on a dime if he makes a connection with somebody. look at what happened with xi jinping. he has been a big china basher for years and as soon as they spent some time together in mar-a-lago, suddenly the tone is very different. we'll see how the personal free

works between emmanuel macron and donald trump when they get together. they'll see each other together at the nato together or the g-7 summit later this month when president trump will make his first trip to europe as president. >> and the t-tip deal is gone at this moment, but we export some $30 billion annually to france. and actually it's a deficit -- in deficit to the amount we import but an important economic relationship here and as question look forward to multiple bilaterals, this will be an important relationship to have. >> it's an important trading partner and an important security partner in the world as well. no question that france is top on the radar screen when it comes to any administration in washington. what happens on trade is a good question because the eu has traditionally negotiated trade deals in collective. they don't do it individually. we haven't had individual bilateral trade agreements with some of the countries so that's

something that president trump didn't seem to understand at first when he came into office. he -- >> what he wants to do. >> he wants to do it. indon't think that's something -- i don't think it's something that they can, but he has to figure out whether he still wants to do something on trade with europe in a broader sense or whether, you know, because i don't think he can blow up the eu at this point since obviously the voters of france have chosen not to do. >> what is steve bannon is thinking and saying right now? >> well, a good question. you know, he obviously is the president's chief strategist and has been a believer in blowing up the existing system both here in the united states and in europe. there had been some interest on the part of breitbart his former news agency to set up european outfits to try to like stir up some of this nationalist and populist sentiment. but that obviously didn't succeed today. having said that, you know, 35% vote if that's where le pen ends up is a pretty significant share of the vote. and still an important sign that there are a lot of discontent in europe that may match some of

the discontent that's here in the united states and that president trump seems to represent. >> peter baker, "new york times," white house reporter, thank you so much my friend for giving your perspective on the breaking news we are following today coming out of france. matt bradley and chris dickey still with us, following these developments out of france at the moment. we're still waiting for the president-elect to reach that location on the left-hand side of your screen. and that's the louvre. he's going to be addressing all of his supporters. the warm-up bands have been numerous and quite energetic on this very evening. it's hitting on 10:15, 10:16. live pictures coming and going for us there. matt bradley, what's the lens on the united states right now as they have been going through this election and now if you will post election. the way they're viewing the united states, viewing donald trump, the idea of steve bannon

which both of you have brought up in our conversation so far. and whether donald trump and his administration is really even registering to a great, great degree at this moment. >> well, if you're asking what the view from france is of the united states, i think it's the same as it's always been which is just, you know, totally schizophrenic. the french love america and hate america so strongly, so much at the same time. and that probably won't change. you know, when i was in france several years ago, george bush was president and a lot of people here were asking me, you know, how is it that americans can elect george bush, how could you go into the iraq war? well, now when i'm here, people aren't saying that about donald trump anymore because it's a little bit of that, you know, but for the grace of god go we. that whole -- that whole populist wave is creeping up not just in france, but it's the same attitude in britain. there isn't this same feeling f of, you know, how could you have

elected that kind of leader. i think when it comes to the french perspective on the united states, that's going to be evolving very, very quickly as, you know, macron obviously he curried favor from obama. that obama endorsement. there wasn't just one, you know, endorsement. there were really two. the macron campaign asked president obama to create a staged phone call where president obama called in and had a little videotaped phone call and macron looked like he was just in the middle of something, took a phone call from president obama who wished him well. that was only a couple of weeks ago. all of this goes to show that the macron campaign wouldn't have done that if they didn't think that was going to sell, so incredibly well here and then prevailed on obama once more to endorse him again. i mean, there a's lot of love here and really a lot of hate for the americans and we're going to see that continue. especially with the spurned population who voted for le pen.

don't forget that these -- this hack that came out a couple of days ago, that actually came out -- that was popularized by alt-right elements and twitter people in america. a lot of the same people who are boosting for trump are spreading around that hacked material and so people here aren't going to forgot that. kind that kind of intervention won't go lightly in terms of public opinion. >> chris, i want to get your thoughts on the very same topic. that is again how do you think -- because you have spoken with so many french citizens that voted. what do you think their perspective going forward will be now on this trump nationalist thematic? >> well, i think matt and i agree on almost everything, but i think actually that the french look at donald trump and they think he's a complete flake. i think they have no confidence in him. but i'm sure that the wiser french hope as macron said that he will be able to work.

that the two presidents will be able to work together. and, you know, maybe trump will get religion. he decided that nato was obsolete one day, and not obsolete the next. maybe he'll embrace the european union as something he can't break apart. >> all right, stand by. we'll take a short break here at msnbc following the breaking news this hour that the new president has been elected in france. 30 percentage point victory margin there. we'll have more going straight to the louvre. live pictures there as we do expect to see the new president-elect speaking very shortly ahead of a lot of great performances from both musicians and rap artists. i no longer live with

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president-elect. 65-35%. marine le pen, the far right candidate in this runoff, not able to even meet what was the consensus polling which is about 25, 26%. in terms of a gap. she instead losing by some 30 percentage points. now the question is what will happen next and how will emmanuel macron be able to govern and the parliamentary elections an upcoming part of that duality that is needed to govern in there, the french republic. joining us right now, shelby holliday and gabe did ben adebty. thank you for both being here. shelby, you're on set with us here. the thought about where he will go with the economy, the numbers look good. at least when you lumped all of 19 i should say minus britain european countries they're

looking good. 0.9% compared to britain itself, 0.3%. what this might mean going forward for economic indicators. i was looking at how the markets might open not only in asia, but europe in the upcoming hours. we are just about to hit midnight there in paris. it is looking good. the market is liking the outcome of what happened in france. >> absolutely. the market had major jitters about the french election even a week ago people were worried if le pen won, she'd withdraw from the european union. that would signal the end of the european union as we know it because france is a pinnacle of the eu. so the market was really worried that europe would be a mess. europe being a mess means tough times here in the u.s. our economies are tied together so much. and, you know, macron wins gives a lot of people confidence not just because he will stay in the eu. he's pro european but he's also an investment banker and america

can achieve its economic goals just purely because of the stability and because people know now that we can count on the eu being intact. >> and gabe, if it matters that you're part of the billionaire boys club then this president trump and this president-elect macron should get along well together. at least based only those that president trump seems to have good bedside manner with so far. not only in his own cabinet but those he's dealt with internationally. >> you know, purely in terms of economic conversations there's reason to believe they'll be able to at least begin to speak the same language so there's that hope among a lot of people at least when it comes to the business side of things they will be -- you know, at least able to see eye to eye. that may not necessarily be the case in terms of their conceptions of international relations but the markets are seeming to like the way that this is going. mostly because it is an indicator that, you know,

there's not going to be a lot of global instability moving forward. or is at least not in the eurozone. and that's something that a lot of folks here back in the states but especially in europe have been nervous about recently as it looked like le pen was going to overperform and that did not happen today. >> with u.s. president trump not a fan of multicultural agreements, t-tip i mentioned, as he attempts to put togethbils together around the world, because of the way that structures do work with the european union he won't be able to necessarily deliver on what he'd like to do when its comes to bilateral trade agreements. france a part of this conversation as i mentioned

earlier with some $30 billion of trade from export to the u.s. >> that's right. there's no reason to believe that france is moving -- leaving the european union so that's going to make that conversation a little bit more difficult for the president. and for president trump. but of course he's going to make his nationalist argument in a number of different ways and focussing of on the -- focusing on the different countries but the reality is he won't be able to sit down with macron to say we'll have bilateral trade conversations that's not the expectation according to people that i have talked to. obviously what president trump has been doing is running a rather unorthodox trade, but also international way of doing things. so perhaps that could change, but what we have seen today in europe at least is an indication that the folks in france are not willing to look for a new kind of trade regime. at least not in the short term. >> shelby, angela merkel, the chancellor of germany, has called emmanuel macron to

congratulate him. to reaffirm the ideals that they both share in the eu, in the currency. that they will work together for this open market that they -- that angela merkel no -- now appears to be one of the major voices of. now the question is can he work well with his other fellow lead european leaders? >> can macron work well -- yes. that's a big question. but these two countries are so large their economies are so big that they're seen as the glue holding the european union together. so investors at least will find it very encouraging that merkel and macron have spoken. that they seem to be off on good terms. the rest of the eu is -- there's more uncertainty, but voters have rejected far right candidates over the last few weeks in austria, here in the netherlands and in the france. donald trump -- i was speaking to a market trstrategist leadin up to trump's first 100 days and however, on the other hand, this

market strategist was surprised that trump had commented on europe and had seemed to encourage these nationalist movements where it's brexit or he didn't outright endorse le pen but liked the idea that the countries were becoming french first or british first. just as he's tried to take america as america first. breaking off from the eu though would have negative consequences for their economies and for our economy. and i would also add one more thing -- >> as we watch emmanuel macron approach the stage. but keep on going for a second. >> donald trump has given the europeans something to push back on once again. and it makes them want to be more european. he said he predicted that he would see macron win the french election because of that. >> shelby thank you so much, as well as gabe. stay with me if you can. along with matt bradley and chris dickey. a long and ceremonial well filmed, well watched, some with

lights, some without. but the new president-elect there in france. emmanuel macron, walking towards the microphones in front of what appears to be hundreds, if not thousands of supporters of his campaign. and what a night it is. sunday, 10:30 in the evening. with many performers. the warm-up acts if you will to the celebration as emmanuel macron now takes to the microphone. he did have a victory speech earlier where he was commenting on his opponent, marine le pen, and that he addresses and he sees and he appreciates their anger is the word he used with the system. he also appreciated why the voters supported le pen and also said, i will address your needs. but overall being if you will, when you look at the translation, his message was of uniting. of being that individual that

will now get to work and has been noted the next major issue, major benchmark to watch for this president when he starts in the coming weeks will be how will the parliamentary elections fare out? just like it is in the united states, if he is to govern successfully he will need parliament to be behind his major legislative moves and his platform going forward. so we'll be watching that closely when it does happen on the lead-up coming to june. but a long walk here for emmanuel macron and where that microphone is, we don't know. no, we do know actually. it's right in front of what you see as the tip to the entranceway to the louvre. that magnificent entryway. that is where the stage is. and where the performers have been throughout the evening. immediately and before the

announcement was made in the 2:00 p.m. eastern hour where the french interior ministry if you will, the equivalent thereof, did release the results, very quickly after the polls closed and we got that reporting from our matt bradley and chris dickey. msnbc contributor, world editor for the daily beast on what was happening. then began the concession speech about 15 minutes after the polls closed. then within the hour. emmanuel macron coming out with what he hoped to be a uniting speech and then he took a long drive to this location where the party was already started and now all of these onlookers as they quieted for at least the last ten minutes, waiting for their candidate to talk to them and the question might be is what will be the thematics that he will now lay out as he begins

that long journey of being the new president of france at 39 years old. the youngest in the history of the french republic and no better a place, no better a background to now address and begin what is his young presidency for this young president. let's just stop and listen. ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

>> thank you, my friends. thank you. thank you for being here tonight. you're tens of thousands and i only see some faces. thank you. thank you for being here. thank you for having fought with courage and benevolence for so many months because, yes, this evening you have won. france has won. what we have managed since so many months does not have a

precedent or an equivalent. everybody was telling us that it would be impossible. but they didn't know france. thank you. thank you for your trust. thank you for the time you have given. thank you for your engagement to all of it. thank you to all of you. thank you for the risks you took for some of you. i know it. this trust obliged me. and i am from now on the -- i cannot deceive you. i need to be at the height of your trust. and bring for the five coming years the impulse which is yours, what you represent.

i also wish tonight to have a word for the french who voted for me. without having our ideas, without sharing our ideas. you engaged yourselves. and i know that it was not easy. i wish to have a word for the rich who voted, simply to defend the republic. in the face of pessimism i know our disagreements and i will respect them, but i will be loyal. to the engagement i have taken. i will protect the republic. i also wish to have a word for those who voted today for ms. le

pen. don't boo them. they expressed -- they expressed today an anger, a disappointment. sometimes convictions. i respect them. but i will do everything during the coming five years so that they do not have a reason to vote for extremists. tonight there are only the french citizens, the people of france together and when you represent here tonight at the louvre is an optimism and enthusiasm. it's the energy for the people of france.

and this place in which we are now says that. it is part of our history, from the former regime to the liberation of paris, from the french revolution, to the audacity of this pyramid. this is the place of all the french. of all the french. this place is the place of france that the world looks at. the world and europe are looking at us. europe and the world expect that we defend everywhere the spirit of enlightenment, which is threatened in so many places. they expect that everywhere we defend freedom, but we protect

the oppressed. they expect that it would bring new hope and new humanism for a safer world, for a wld with freedom of a world of growth, of more justice, of more ecology. they expect that we are finally ourselves. the task in front of us, my dear fellow citizens, is enormous. and it will start from tomorrow. it will impose the moralization of public life. the defense of our -- the

advancement of our economy, the few protections in this world around us. and to give everyone a place through education, work, culture. to refound europe and to ensure security of -- the security of all the french. this task in front of us is enormous. and it will impose the continuity and audacity. yes, tonight, we have the right, a right that obliges. you have chosen our city and that audacity we will go forward with it and every day we will carry it, because that's what the french expect from us because that's what europe and the world expect from us. they expect that again -- again,

france surprises and that france becomes itself again and that's what we'll do. our task is enormous, my friends. and it will require everybody's engagement. the engagement of our armies, of our police, of all of our public services. your engagement, the engagement of everyone, elected, organizations, civil society. unions. workers. civil workers. traders. farmers. students. retired people. our task is enormous. and it will impose truths, the courage of truth.

the one that during this campaign we carried and that i will continue to carry on your behalf. our task is enormous. it will impose the construction from tomorrow, a real majority. a strong majority. the majority for change. that is what the country expects and that is what it deserves. that majority for change. that is what i expect from you in the following weeks because i will need you. my dear fellow citizens, you all

who are here beside me since so many days and evening or nights, people of france, here together in the louvre. we have the strengthen, we have the energy. we have the will. the one that has brought us here that makes us what we are. that is what will lead our future. we will not give into fear. we will not give in to division. we will not give in to lies. we will not give in to irony. decline or defeat. i know this enthusiasm you carry. i know what i owe you and i know tonight what i need, what i owe my friends, my supporters.

to my family and my loved ones. it will not -- it will not be easy every day i know that. the task will be tough. i will tell you every time the truth. but your enthusiasm, your energy, your courage will hold me all the time. i will protect you. from the threats. i will fight for you. against lies.

in order to better everybody's lives. i will respect every one of you. your thoughts and what you defend.you. your thoughts i will defend. i will gather together and i will reconcile because i want unity for our people and our country. and finally, my friends, i will serve you. i will serve you. with modesty, with strength, i will serve you on behalf of our devised freedom, equality and fraternity. i will serve you. and the loyalty and the trust you have put on me, i will serve

you with love. long live the republic! long live france! macron, not spending more than ten minutes on his victory speech there in front of his supporters at the louvre and with a very different tone than he had had in his televised victory remarks now in front of an adoring crowd as they get ready to finish out the evening on a sunday there, may 7th, 2017. historic for so many different reasons. an individual who is now the youngest president ever elected in that country's history. a individual that went ton create his own party and then went on to win with a 30 gap

and margin of victory as his family joins him on stage there in the knight goes on. as they will no doubt be celebrating in france for not only the macron family but supporters of emanuel macron. it seems like he hit the right tone. it seemed to sifrpg well with the crowd. what is in front of him and you've been telling us is the parliamentary elections in june. what is the vision on that, matt bradley? >> richard, his tone was as expansive as his campaign. it seems like he really wants to include everyone and he made very, very strong mention early on that he wants to include his detractors and opponents, the people who supported marine le pen. and he said very clearly that he

understands them. he respects them. that they're people with grievance ands complaining and he needs to reach out to them and he will do that. that is what he brought into this campaign. that was the signature message that he was building this massive coalition, something that was an expansive vision that would include both of the right and left. now again, richard this is something i mentioned earlier this say fault of the predecessors. he tried to create too big of a tenlt and became unpopular, very unpopular on the left and right. so we'll see. that could be very much a part of this challenge, how to build that tent but not make it too big. >> senior former adviser to hillary clinton's 2016 campaign, joel, you have met macron several times.

>> he's a young man with a vision. i think he set out on a path that not a typical path. i think when i first learned of it i wondered if it would prevail. he has a clarity of vision and he executes well. i think if the business background helps, i think the will be. that i don't think he'll try to upset the apple cart when it comes to economic reforms. i think there is a lot of controversy about getting rid of the 35 hour work week in france, businesses not being open on sunday. i think he'll move slowly, carefully. i think he'll forge a consensus and try to govern the way he spoke tonight and always put the future of france front and center. >> we saw a gcouple of the gear he has in terms of personal style. let's bring in a presidential historian. joel and i were talking as listening to macron and his victory speech here, allen, we're sayingho in history in france of their presidents does

he remind one of? >> french presidents? >> yes. french presidents f you have one in terms of u.s. presidents, throw it in, allen. >> i think in terms of american presidents, i'm not all up on french presidents, the one he reminds me of is dwight eisenhower. very much of a centrist kind of president. a president. he was not young, he was old. but he struck manufacture the same themes of bringing the nation together, uniting it, governing from the center. and he also recognized that he needed to deal with his opponents. but i do think macron represents some very significant new and interesting challenges for the united states which i'd like to talk about. i think there are important things here. first of all, we're going to be dealing with a much more united

europe. secondly, this wave of right-wing nationalism that trump seems to represent in favor is not the wave of the future. in europe, we see that in france. we saw that in austria. we saw that in the netherlands. trump has to dweel a very different europe. and macron represents a different vision, a vision of supporting democracy around the world which is opposite of trump's turning inward to america first. and finally, macron has got to come to grips with that russian intervention that tried to defeat him which is going to reverberate right back here in the united states. >> which we'll be watching. how will he be seen in europe in that club of many world leaders? >> i think he's going to be seen as a very key player. you now have some stability.

i think he's going to be looked at as the galvanizing force. he is young. he is dynamic. he is calling people to action. i think he will become a very key player very quickly. >> all right. joel, allen, thank you so much. the point is next. we stay on top of this breaking

storey. it's 11:00 p.m. in paris. the paritying well into the night after the victory of ma kron. the stakes for europe and the rest of the world very high. a good evening you to. welcome to "the point." we're following tonight's breaking story out of france and many other stories. the point on the front electio to night, not just wayne for macron, a big loss for the far right and those hackers who tried to effect this election at the last minute. meanwhile, on health care in the united states, nobody dies from a lack of health insurance. a shocking quote and new this weekend as the