they still remain significant amount of uncertainty because emanuel macron. as he seen as the best option is policy is unknown. lauren: that would if you look at the numbers to cac quarante get close to a two-year high. mrs. overdone. >> i think to a certain extent it is. what has happened here is re-denomination risk, the risk that madam le pen could become french president has been taken off the table. in a binary outcome always a bit cautious about putting all my money on one particular challenger. it would take a seismic shift in french politics for a frexit to happen. nicole: chief market analyst at cmc markets. thank you for joining us. lauren: now we are joined by andrew p. comment by seeking to trump presidential transition. good to see you, andrew. >> great to hear your peer lauren: last week we saw police in a series. >> she didn't actually. >> up until the election yesterday losing support over the year just let me to be high in macron to one. she came in about where she was supposed to which suggests to me that voters had already integrated concer

because emanuel macron at 39 is deemed by many inexperienced and too young for this kind of problem. >> that's interesting. because fillon suspended a campaign event. and macron said we should be doing the opposite. now we're expecting marine le pen to speak any moment now. what does it say about how the individual candidates are responding to this sort of terrorism threat? >> you have the three main candidates who decided to suspend their campaign. the two left-wing candidates, who quite rightly said we don't want this to change the way we consider campaigning and democracy. they had a point in that. they said we're continuing. no matter what, we won't be discouraged. the three other candidates said, well, it's a matter of decency. we are putting our campaign on hold. they will make declarations once again this morning to reassess their petal statresidential sta. >> when you talk about macron's response, we are waiting for his speech later today as well, you mentioned the experience question. that's something we hear from both business leaders, various guests and analysts. when you t

. >>> a series of polls sees french presidential front-runner emanuel macron lose ground to marine le pen after the television debate as his alleged lead in the first and second round narrows. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome. it's pretty red out there. >> it is pretty red. we saw that reversal in the u.s., based on what fed was saying about high valuations, also about reducing its balance sheet and then the comments from ryan about tax reform. >> seems we have more timing now, more timing with regards to the reduction of the balance sheet. when looking at european markets this morning, trading in negative territory across the board. every bourse out there is in the red. that's reflected on the main european equity markets. lower by a percentage point. a bit less with regard to the cac 40. with regard to the sectors, more red than green. one sector hanging on to slight gains. auto, banks, media leading the way lower. >>> unilever is selling its spreads business and merging its foods and beverage units, this after kraft heinz faeiled takeover bid in february. unilever said they wer

capitalism and anti-putin, emanuel macron, came out as front-runner.ne le pen in the runoff on may 7th. so putin, he poud in, even overtly, there was a loan of over $9 million to marine's national front and political party. we have no idea how much clandestine money went into the elections. putin waged a massive disinformation campaign, really was fake news. nonetheless, the one guy who stood up against putin is the guy who came out in front will be next president. by the way, david, putin after years of triumph is on a losing streak. he was shocked trump said in the cruise missiles. he couldn't do anything. we called his bluff. eu refused to lift sanctions. now you have this. could this be beginning of the end for putin? david: wouldn't be a bad thing. colonel ralph peters, thank you very much. melissa. melissa: better way to beat rush-hour traffic. how your very own flying car could be sooner than you think. ♪ bp developed new, industry-leading software to monitor drilling operations in real-time, so our engineers can solve problems with the most pre

independent emanuel macron finished first. he will face far right populist marine le pen. >>> a bizarre crime in the palisades neighborhood. yesterday afternoon a man stopped at a gas station on mcarthur boulevard. a suspect approached him and snatched something off of his shoulder. he hopped into the bmw and sped off. he didn't get farr. the car's owner ran to the crash site and started fighting with the suspect a the gas station attendant said it happened really fast. >> he had a lot of money when he came into the station and evidently that was put into the car and that was stolen with a suitcase. >> the police report was not kbleer what was taken. the 24-year-old suspect was charged with robbery. police were searching that area for a man who ran off with a bunch of cash after the crash. >>> right now police in the district are searching for this young woman. her name is tyonna jackson. she's 13 years old. she was last seen yesterday morning on savannah terrace in the southeast. we posted her picture in the nbc washington ap

but clearly, emanuel macron has more votes. and the big parties will have to think ahead in how they recompose and what's going to be next. because a lot of people will join either/or. and some people from the right saying, well, no, even marine le pen might be the new right, and emmanuel macron might be -- so we'll have to wait and see. hamon being sixth in the polls is very low. >> obviously, going to come out very quickly in the mainstream parties. angela, one thing we can say for once because we've been criticizing the polling institutes -- [laughter] they were right. finish they predicted macron versus le pen, and at least this is estimated from our partner, ipsos, but this is not an exit poll, this is taken from a sample of polling stations -- >> and in a very, very close election, they were very, very right. 19.5 for millechand was exactly predicted on friday, the two of them tied at that number. so that's extraordinary. they will be at least happy. the other thing i think that's very noticeable is this is a clear shift

>> well, actually, the polls taken after the terror attack suggest that emanuel macron, the centrist,nger than ever. but you really can't trust that. as you point out one in three voters claim to be undecided. i think in france you have to take that with a grain of salt. a lot of people say they're undecided when asked by pollsters but in fact they've made up their minds. and the truth is we just don't know how they've made up their minds. there are four candidates not just marine le pen and emanuel macron, but also a very far leftist and former prime minister all of whom could emergeomorrow ght as one of the two candidates or two of the two candidates who will go into the final presidential election on may 7th. so it's really up in the air. >> and hanging over all of this is of course this recent terrible terrorist attack. is terrorism now dominating the political conversation in this election? >> well, it isn't dominating the political conversation although marine le pen would like it to, and francois would like it to because they're both very hard line on muslims and immigration an

the national front‘s marine le pen and the centrist, emanuel macron, will go head to head in two weeks of a ex—royal navy officer killed trying to stop burglars steal his car in manchester. the police describe it as beyond criminal. this could have happened to absolutely anybody.

we'll. taking first, the centrist emanuel macron is through to the next round of voting, along with ther—right‘s marine le pen, who reaches out to voters. translation: wherever they come from, whatever their origin, whoever they voted for in the first round, i invite them all tojoin they voted for in the first round, i invite them all to join us. here, jeremy corbyn won't commit to renewing the trident weapons system, but labour says it will back the nuclear deterrent. a murder inquiry isrunderway. there's a royal send off for tens of thousands of runners in this year's london marathon. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with us are rosamund urwin, columnist at the london evening standard, and france 24's uk correspondent benedicte paviot. welcome to you both. the front pages, starting with the financial times: it leads with the french elections — and former banker, emmanuel macron going head—to—head against the far—right leader the guardian says macron is now favourite to win as they say the result redraws the french political divid

the centrist emanuel macron is through to the next round of voting, having promised a new kind of politics. he'll take on the far right‘s marine le pen, who says the survival of france itself it as stake, in the election. she made a direct plea to voters. ever they come from, whatever their origin, whoever they voted for in the first round, i invite them all tojoin us. jeremy corbyn won't commit to renewing the trident weapons system, but labour says it will back the nuclear deterrent. a murder enquiry is under way after a man was run over and killed by his own car after it was stolen in manchester. there's a royal send off for tens of thousands of runners, in this year's london marathon. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rosamund urwin, columnist at the london evening standard, and france 24's uk correspondent, benedicte paviot. she has had a very long day. she was on the andrew marr show this morning. we will prop up up. tomorrow's front pages starting with. .. the ft leads with the french elections. and former banker emmanue

emanuel macron is leading the french presidential race with 26% of the votes, while marine le pen is trailing with 25.5%, that's according to the latest poll, this coming ahead of the second presidential debate which will take place tonight. claire joins us from hayange, france what do we expect from tonight's debate? where on earth in france are you? >> first of all, let me tell you that the televised debate tonight is far from the preoccupations of people here. we're in the east of france. and as part of the decrepit rust belt, hayange is the sign of a declining enduindustrial area o france and part of the failing promise to keep jobs here. president hollande pledged to keep the factory open, but that's not what happened. in many ways it's a symbol of a france that feels abandoned by politicians. as we observed going around town. take a look. it all started here, at this steel plants that once represented the economic heart of hayange. that was until 2012 when the factory was closed down where 600 people befowere working. today the jobless rate is 17.5%, well above the national ave

this is pretty much represented by marine le pen but also emanuel macron, her major contender.ee what outcome is in two weeks. back to you. >> thank you very much. thank you for that. victor nusek is from wisdomtree and is with us. you painted out threeary arsce for what could happen in france. talk us through them. >> one is where the status quo prevails. macron will succeed going through the first round and essentially a risk-on trade. you want to be piling into the equity markets and potentially play the spread developing in -- the widening of spreads in bond markets. so go short, bonds go long, italian btps, spreads look overextended. the other scenario is a race which is more the contrast where you will really see le pen making it through the first round and becoming president. in which case it's really risk off very much. we think in the bond markets, the pressure points will be the largest. you would want to be considering the safe haven, which is the german bunds, and the pressure in france oets would build up, not only that but italian bonds. >> and the third scenario?

the policy of emanuel macron is in favor of enterprises, of private sector, and i think he believes torow a country, to fight against unemployment, you have to pusht priva the private. i'm sure with him the level of unemployment will go down in france. >>> joining me now is richard jeffrey, chief investment officer at casanov capital. we heard about the lvmh deal, and the political view the. does the french election change anything you do in europe? >> i don't think it does. there is still uncertainty around. one of the messages around from last year in the political events in the uk and in the united states, it's important to separate your political thinking and your political views from your strategic thinking about what will happen in financial markets or what will happen in underlying economies. that they are very different things. you can get easily distracted by political events. markets certainly have been distracted by political events. >> is there a trade? we still got the second round, the italian elections, nowhere near wrapping up brexit. >> always with the benefit of hinds

i don't think it will be -- emanuel macron.saw the photograph of the first lady, melania trump. we need her agent to do work on our photograph, what do you think? it is very 1930s clamorous, and with an awful lot of airbrushing. why don't we have this on our programme? we could have the programme entirely in soft focus. she also looks remarkably young. you said earlier when we were practising this that you can't believe... how many years younger than you is she? 0k, many years younger than you is she? ok, we are not talking about that. i told you earlier we are not talking about it! seriously, the first lady, here she is. absolutely gorgeous photo but the speculation is on, will she ever move into the white house? because she seems much more happy in new york city. she says at least not until the end of her child's school year. that's all from one hundred days, if you would like to get in touch you can do so using the hashtag. we will be back at the same time tomorrow. i'm going to go and get told off. see you tomorrow. this is

the headlines at 11pm: centrist emanuel macron and the far—right‘s marine le pen will contest the run—offsidency. here, jeremy corbyn won't commit to renewing the trident weapons system, but labour says it will back the nuclear deterrent. and a royal send off for tens of thousands of runners in this year's london marathon. the's mr cheek! —— he's missed his kick!

centrist candidate, emanuel macron cautioned against the rise of nationalism saying he aims to rebuildrope. claire is in paris. what is the mood given that we're just a few days away from the fist round? >> the mood is very much a mood of uncertainty. the whole country is holding its breath. to be impatience that the first round is over. you were talking about marine le pen, what she's doing is going back to the roots in her last rallies and meeting. she's appealing to the anti-immigration, anti europe cord when her electorate. a couple weeks ago a political scientist said even a goat would defeat marine le pen. he's still with us. would you say the same thing today? >> yes, i would. yes, even a goat would beat marine le pen in the second round of the presidential election. for your audience, you have to understand in france, we have a first round then the two best candidates at the end of the first round get to the -- become finalists for the second round. the second round there are so many voters who would vote for anything against far-right that, yes, indeed, even a goat or a duck,

error tightens, with just a couple of percentage points separating presidential front-runners emanuel macron and marine le pen from francois fillon and jean-luc melenchon. >>> president trump congratulates turkey's recep erdogan on his referendum win, but international monitors criticize the vote which awards him concentrated new powers. >>> good morning, everyone. yes, you're watching "street signs." glad you're with us today. it's tuesday, though it feels like a monday. we have had this long easter break. hope you all had a great one. the markets seem like they're off to a slow start. the ftse 100 is off by 1%. the dax lower to 45 points, the cac 40 down 0.90%. this despite a rally on wall street and a positive session in asia. seems the basic resources stocks are dragging us lower. that's in part because we are seeing iron ore prices at five-month lows. let's turn back to the settingers, you'll see the basic resources are underperforming. oil and gas is underperforming as well. oil prices a bit lower in what we're seeing as thin trade. once again, miners keeping a lid on some gains. oil a

she'll run against emanuel macron in the runoff. two won spots over the weekend, beating out all the traditional candidates. the centrist, macron, is expected be the easy winner. all the polls agree, but then again, we have said that before. >> when did we? >> we see the errors of following the polls. thank you, scott. he's going to be examining president trump tweets, executive orders, speeches. it's a two-way street. he would like to hear from you, too, and you can share your thoughts with scott on twitter. >> happening today, can you feel it? summer is in the air. not entirely on the weather front yet, but the summer music events are starting to crank up. today, south bay music lovers will learn the lineup for the summer concert series at the montalvo art center. they take the stage in the garden theater. >> all right. some green works to be done, and the whole nbc bay area team getting together for this over the weekend. nbc bay area employees rolling up our sleeves, our short sleeves. the real clean-up effort. check out the boa

polls show front-runners at emanuel macron and marine le pen. nbc's matt bradley joins us from paris where the city remains on alert after the attack on police officers. what can you tell us about voter turnout today and how the attack is playing out in the minds of the voters? >> reporter: good morning, thomas. the voter turnout so far today seems to be consistent with about the numbers they saw around this time in the last election, in 2012. it doesn't hurt that it's a very beautiful sunday morning here in paris, but remember that the millions of people going out to vote today, they are going to be accompanied by some 50,000 police officers and some 7,000 soldiers protecting this vote. today, a high stakes vote for a france on high alert. amid tight security, the closest presidential election in a generation. just three days after a terrorist shooting left a policeman dead on paris' iconic. voters hope the last-minute terror will swing votes to far right candidate marine le pen. >> i wouldn't mind giving up freedom to have more security. and i

after today's vote, up start centrist and pro eu candidate emanuel macron will now face off against far-rightanti-europe crusader march even le pen about. in a winner-takes-all election in two weeks. r france, no mainstream party will run in round two. it will be a high-stakes vote. the future of france and potentially europe in the balance. amid tight security, the closest presidential election in a generation. just three days after a terrorist shooting left a policeman dead on paris's iconic champs-Élysees. vote said he hoped the attack would serve as a wake-up call, pushing voters to far right candidate marine le pen, who promises a crack down on immigration and increased security. >> i wouldn't mind giving up 10% freedom to have 10% more security. >> reporter: the birth place in france's rust belt north of paris is a perfect portrait of francis' split personality. this whirl about pool factory the moving to poland where labor is cheap. workers here blame the e.u. once a communist party bastion, many have swung to the anti-e.u. workers feel they've been abandoned, whether it be by the left

there snubbed the country's establishment and dhuzing marine le pen a political outsider, and emanuel macron to face each other in a runoff. this is is watched by many as a race that is seen as a litmus test of the spread of populism, and also to help determine europe's future. this is the first round of poll s, and they have been surprising so far. they set up a duel with a young electoral candidate with no experience and a woman who remade the image of a party tainted by racism and anti-semitism. this is an election that is drawing sill lair tis to what happened here in the u.s. >> well, did you see what happened to the united states? the same could happen here. it is, you know, it is the political system. it is -- it needs to be addressed all of the time. don't let it sag. >> they say that the one issue driving the e llection is natiol security and terer errorism, and france has been riddled with terrorists attacks. just wednesday, three police f officers were shot and one killed after an attack that isis claimed. >>> the olympic committee is in l.a. evaluating the city's bid to hold the

today's election eliminated the two major candidates emanuel macron taking the lead. now with almost 100% of the votes counted. he got 29.3% of the vote. it's a historic election that could have a significant effect on france and the european union. >> mainstream party candidates in france far right french nationalist marine le pen and pro-union emmanuel macron have claimed victory in the first round presidential race. le pen is campaigned to lead the union clampdown on immigration and expel islamic extremist. meanwhile macron ran against such policies, lobbying to remain an active participant in the eu. his own marsh par city only one year old and never taken part in any parliamentary election. >> reporter: those who have been with me since april 2016 by creating ask and making it work, i want to say a few words. in one year we have changed the face of french politics. >> reporter: both candidates call for voters to support and unify behind them after today's election results. >> it is time to free the french people from arrogant relief who wants to dictate their beh

centrist candidate emanuel macron hits the campaign trail after some advice from former u.s. president obama. >> the main message i have is to wish you all the best in the coming as you said you work hard all the way through because you never know -- >> the former president's spokesman said his conversation was not an endorsement of macron. no candidate will get 50% of the vote which will set up a runoff in two weeks. >>> german police making an arrest in connection with an attack on a soccer team's bus. a player and a police officer were injured last week when three explosions damaged the bus which was on its way to an important match. the man in custody faces attempted murder and other charges. >>> president trump is expressing confidence that the latest gop effort to repeal and replace obamacare may be approved before his first 100 days in office. conservatives and moderates are considering a proposal aimed at giving states more flexibility to opt out of certain obamacare provisions and the president is hoping for passage before he hits the 100-dayar better and better and

voters sent a message to the france establishment electing marine le pen and outsider emanuel macron in a runoff. it sets up a dual between a young candidate and very little political experience. versus a woman who made the image of the party tainted by racism and anti-semitism. this election has worldwide ramifications, many political leaders are watching closely and it is seen as a litmus test for the spread of populism and could help determine the future. >> and the bay area french community closely watching the election overseas. tom jensen live in san francisco. and what is the reaction from the community. >> reporter: well we're in an our, terry, in the financial district that some people call the french quarter because of the french restaurants here and the folks here are talking about their concerns about the polarization in france, the deep division between the people here. especially one waiter who we talked to here who compared it to the united states in that manner. >> are they good? i don't know. >> this waiter and french national likens the french election to what happe

it looks like emanuel macron and marine le pen going through to the second round.t two weeks. we will leave you in paris. a beautiful evening. the eiffel tower behind us. the lights are on. we will see, over the course of the next two weeks, how the debate on the presidential round two develops. good evening. after a fine and reasonably warm day for many of us on sunday, the weather is about to turn much more wintry through the week ahead. we will start to see some wintry showers. sleet and snow particularly across scotland and the return to frosty nights. gardeners do take note. things will feel colder over the next three days. we have a couple of cold fronts in the north bringing cloud and rain to scotland. behind those france, much colder air that will bring sleet and snow showers to some areas. cold tonight across the sheltered glens of scotland. milder further south, about eight, nine, the overnight lows. on monday morning, about eight in the morning, a fairly bright and dry start to the day in southern parts of england. a bit of a cloudy picture in the midlan

marine le pen, who wants to withdraw from the european union, finished second to emanuel macron, a centrist. the two will meet in a run-off may 7th. today man who never lost a presidential election made his first major appearance since leaving office. dean reynolds is in chicago now with the reemergence of barack obama. [applause] >> reporter: mr. obama appeared cool and at ease to a degree only a former president can appreciate. >> what's been going on while i've been gone? [laughter] >> reporter: at the university of chicago where he once taught constitutional law, the 44th president chartered a postpresidential future. >> the single most important thing i can do is to help in any way i can prepare the next generation. leadership to take up the batons and to take their own crack at changing the world. >> reporter: there was no mention of donald trump, no response to the frantic attempts to erase the obama legacy or the evidence-free charges that he tapped mr. trump's phone. instead, after several months vacation and decompressing with friends, mr. obama chose a forum with budding politica

members for work they didn't do, and he denies the allegations. behind the centrist candidate emanuel macronont nationale. our europe editor, katya adler, has travelled to the town of bandol in the south of france, where she found voters, willing to bypass the established political parties. sun, song and provencal charm cascades through the streets of bandol market. like much of france, so appealing on the outside, but bubbling with resentment on the in. "we need a radical change," alain told me. "our politicians line their pockets while we struggle to make ends meet." while mimi said her country was beautiful, but governed by crooks. this strong antiestablishment feeling plays into the hands of far right presidential hopeful marine le pen, traditional outsider in french politics. le pen activists were campaigning hard in the market today. translation: ours is a patriotic programme, a complete change for france, and the people say they are with this. the le pen campaign casts a wide net. marine targets angry low—income workers in the north, prominent niece marion woos struggling businesses i

the headlines at 11pm: centrist emanuel macron and the far—right‘s marine le pen will contest the run—offhe french presidency. here, jeremy corbyn won't commit to renewing the trident weapons system, but labour says it will back the nuclear deterrent. and a royal send off for tens of thousands of runners in this year's london marathon. the's mr cheek! —— he's missed his kick! good evening and welcome to bbc news. voters in france have rejected the candidates from the two main political parties in the first round of the presidential election. partial results suggest the centrist emmanuel macron, who's never held elected office, and marine le pen, leader of the far—right front national, will contest the final round of voting next month. let's join christian fraser in paris. hello. a warm welcome from paris. it isa hello. a warm welcome from paris. it is a beautiful evening here. the cities is looking resplendent. there is the eiffel tower lit up. but the shining lights in the presidential election very much a emmanuel macron and marine le pen. both have gone through to the second round run—

the stocks are rallying on optimism that the centrist candidate in france, emanuel macron will be the next president of the france. he is headed for a runoff against marine le pen on 7th of may. investors love the idea how it is playing out. you wonder people getting out ahead of themselves, and maybe the outcome on the 7th of may is not the out come that happens. that said, we're up almost 1% today. we have gary kaltbaum for insight. good to see you, gary k. what do you think happens in france and what does it mean for us? >> i think the market was concerned about le pen having a good chance of winning. it doesn't look that way at this point in time. you have to realize she wants out of the eu if france goes out on top of uk, things could tumble down and all heck breaks loose. there is a 20-point lead. i know trump was supposeddedly down six still won. defend is a lot. i suspect she will lose and go to the guy they call a centrist. i'm not so sure he is a centrist. connell: center-left. he t wantso stay with the e.u. which is the bottom line. i will use your term all heck breaks loos

and also the centre—right —— i'm sorry, centre candidate emanuel macron.the turnout will be very important in a very tight race. in this first report from james reynolds. no—one wants to miss a single second of the big moment. these people are running, not for a vote, but for a football match. on the eve of the election, paris st—germain played a home game. it was a final test of the capital's security before the polls opened. these supporters, french voters, have made it through months of campaigning. translation: the campaign was very long, and it was contaminated by all that's happened. translation: for us, the people down there, we will never have anything. so, no matter who's the president, it doesn't matter, it will always be the same for us. translation: the campaign's been necessary. we listened to each party's programme. now it's time to choose. to the relief of everyone here, the speeches are over, the arguments have been made, and for this entire country, it is now decision time. for these protesters in paris, security comes before all else. the

look at emanuel macron, the true europhile.night's election were announced you could most here the champagne corks popping in brussels. he wants to lead an invigorated europe alongside germany. when it comes to brexit he is likely to be quite hard line. he wants european union about everything else. he met theresa may back in february and he said continued security and defence and economic cooperation after brexit was important. he is unlikely to say no to a favourable trade deal with the uk that one that favours actually both sides. marine le pen, actually both sides. marine le pen, a different story. she filled brussels with dread. she wants out of the euro currency and wants to hold a referendum on france's eu membership. politically and economically important to the eu, a could put an end to the whole project. she is in favour of brexit. at the very least will leave brexit talks and talks of a future trade deal hanging in the air. in the uk election, jeremy corbyn has taken the labour campaign to scotland. he has a fight on

market favorite emanuel mama -- macron will square off with marie le pen.want to get the latest on this election. nbc's matt bradley joins us from paris. matt, this is france's biggest political shakeup in decades. walk us through it. >> reporter: the french indeed woke up to an unusual site. the two main political parties within one that has been with the french people since world war ii were sidelined and two outsider wills be running in two week frs the runoff residency. but here in france, america and throughout europe, old political assumptions are being upended. as president donald trump approaches his 100th day, france is experiencing its own political upset. last night marine le pen and emanuel macron clinched their spots in the second round of france's election. she's a far right. >> translator: we are experiencing the end of one world and the bert of another. >> he's a pro-eu centrist. europe's lurch away from the mainstream didn't start here in france. last night's result was just the latest political tremor to shake the continent. the far right

the second round in french election is set, marine le pen goes head-to-head with emanuel macron riot e latest from france, also the market reaction. the french election sparking a global market rally yep that is right macron we like to see green -- >> -- no -- how you say it markets pricing in victory for macron centrist candidate what is in favor of rolling back regulations -- corporate tax cuts sound familiar futures 210 point gain near highs of the morning nasdaq set to open at a record high, as well. in europe strong begins a across the board, the cac quarante france up 4 1/2%, dax in germany gained 3% today. again, macron leads, he believes keeping france in the eurozone in the european union status quo, markets like that. change? maybe not. in asia overnight, markets were mixed shanghai composite the one market that was lower. and with the risk on trade this morning we are seeing a sell-off in gold gold down 1 1/2% pap hallibuon a wine on wall streeteporting fst year-over-year revenue increases 2014, results above analysts' expectations. a dairy dispute wisconsin farmers fightin

back, but only briefly, find out what put former >>> happening now a discuss in san francisco of emanuel macrond marine le pen will face-off in an election runoff on may 7. le pen has floated the idea of france leaving the european union. >>> barack obama held his first public event since leading office. he held a imagine discussion on civic engagement. >> people just aren't involved, they get cynical, and they give up. and as a consequence, we have some of the lowest voting rates in any advanced democracy and low participation rates then translate into a further gap between who's governing us and what we believe. >> he says it's up to the younger generations to help bridge that gap. >>> a family didn't get what they paid for until >>> five months after they bought a car from hurz rental car, the family was still waiting for a vehicle registration and a license plate. >> they were asked to be patient, okay? >> that's patient. >> that is patient. but that patience ran out when they could no longer get answers. julie rupert get into the car she feared could spell trouble for her son mike, the fam

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far right candidate marine le pen is advancing to the runoff contestant against emanuel macron to bepresident of france. >> and a new poll shows that 45% of americans believe that president trump is off to a rough start. his approval ratings are down four points from february. now, back to "lockup." ♪ >> just breathe, tabby. >> arriving at the airport was chaotic. lucio gives me the biggest fakest hug that you can possibly think of. my skin was crawling. i did not want him touching me. i was disgusted by it. and i was pushing him away and he kept holding me, and he is like -- we are watching you, tab by. we are watching you. >> at the check-in, i looked around me. i am thinking, i just need to get away and then i ran to the bathroom and i am going to take this thing off of me. i go through the door and i look for an empty stall. i immediately lifted up my shirt. and i am yanking, bit is not going anywhere. i can't get it off of me, and i am getting frustrated, because i don't have any scissors and i can't cut the tape. i take my credit card, because i have nothing else to cut the tap

emanuel macron who is seen softer than le pen on these issues immediately reacted saying we have to shownity against terrorism. and for francois fillon, he said we are facing a totalitarian islamism, israel ct's radical structured and expansionist ideology. we have not seen if it changed anything in the polls. one can only imagine that it would have been a game changer if the attack had succeeded. at any rate, the security, which has already been reinforced over the past few days, because marine le pen and macron's campaigns had received warnings about an imminent threat. even the photographs of the two men arrested yesterday. so all of the candidates congratulated the police force for their excellent job. but at any rate, it is too early to say if it would have changed anything. but there are a lot of risks surrounding this election. the risk of terrorist attack, the rise of the extreme, the risk of a frexit. i asked this morning my guest, christopher denbig from saxso bank if there was a risk of capital flight if marine le pen got to power. >> the risk is close to zero. that will be no

centrist emanuel macron and marine le pen have advanced to the presidential runoff. >> i can't imagineernment over the law that could end the lawlessness. >> north korea is now threatening to sink a u.s. aircraft carrier. >> they are not going to shoot at that aircraft carrier that would mean the destruction of the north korean regime. >> the instant they get a missile that can reach the united states, we are at grave risk. >> secretary of defense james mattis making a surprise vit

a far right candidate marine le pen and centrist emanuel macron claiming victory in the stunning firstat means le pen, who supports tighter border control and talked about leaving the eu and macron who supports staying in. the two go head to head in a presidential runoff on may 7th. also breaking right now, brand new video, take a look, at u.s. secretary of defense james mattis making a surprise visit to afghanistan overnight. the nation's top military commander meeting with government officials, including afghanistan's president ghani. working to come up with a strategy to take out the taliban. this of course comes just days after the terrorists killed more than 100 afghan soldiers. and new overnight the nation's first double execution in nearly two decades gets the green light. a federal judge is denying the appeals of inmates set to be executed today for sexual assault and murder charges. jack jones and marcel williams arguing, listen to this, that they are too unhealthy and overweight to die by lethal injection. the judge didn't buy that and killers were part of an effort in arkans

the national front‘s marine le pen and the centrist, emanuel macron, will go head to head in two weekstime. good morning. it's monday the 24th of april. also this morning: a man hunt is launched after the death of a ex—royal navy officer killed trying to stop burglars steal his car in manchester. the police describe it as beyond criminal. this could have happened to absolutely anybody. you hear a noise downstairs and go and see what it is. it is incredibly tragic. six months on from the closure of the calaisjungle refugee camp, we hear new evidence that migrants are returning to the town. today, i'm talking about the housing market, as new research says average asking prices are at a record high. but as sales fall, i'll be looking at what is going on. in sport, sanchez shines for arsenal. his winner in extra—time sees them book their place in the fa cup final after victory over manchester city. and this is st davids in south—west wales. we'll be live there later as the search for the next uk city of culture heats up. and carol has the weather. good morning. good morning. a taste of win

la pen, what does this mean for relationship with france if la pen wins presidency and what if emanuel macron what's going to be the impact on u.s.-foreign policy? >> that's a really good question. la pen by any standard will not win. she got about 22% of the votes. macron got perhaps 23 but almost all roughly 50% plus of people who voted for other candidates will vote for macron and send her home. la pen will not be the president. there's no problem with macron and presidentrump, people understand that tweets are the tweets but u.s.-foreign policy is very pronato and it's very prochallenging russia in places like ukraine and macron will work very well with president trump on this but again, terrorism is a huge problem in france as well as around the world and france is our number one ally but also much targeted by terrorists as well. arthel: we were looking at live shots there on the screen of macron making its way through the crowd and they are doing victory lap, already being endorsed by francois fillon, conservative who did not make it. emmanuel macron or marine la pen when you talk about

earlier this week, president obama spoke with emanuel macron. spokesperson for obama said there was not an official endorsement. they only talked about european issues. david: no matter what they say it will have some kind of reverberation inside of france. rich, thank you very much, good stuff. rich edson. lea: violence escalating in venezuela. protesters flooding the streets as political crisis worsens. the devastating details coming up. >>> plus the president is quickly approaching his 100 day mark in office. how does his progress stack up against his predecessors? ♪ finally. hey ron! they're finally taking down that schwab billboard. oh, not so fast, carl. ♪ oh no. schwab, again? index investing for that low? that's three times less than fidelity... ...and four times less than vanguard. what's next, no minimums? ...no minimums. schwab has lowered the cost of investing again. introducing the lowest cost index funds in the industry with no minimums. i bet they're calling about the schwab news. schwab. a modern approach to wealth management. >>

the other person is left of center candidate emanuel macron. he got 23.9% of the votes. marine le pen got 21.4% of the votes. whoever wins the runoff election could have a significant effect on france and the european union. >> voters have ejected mainstream party candidates in france, far right french nationalist. and pro-european centralist claiming victory to expel their extremist. meanwhile he ran against such policies, lobbying to remain an active participant in the eu. he is only just one year old, never taking part in any election. >> reporter: those who have been with me by creating and making work, i want to say a few words in one year we have changed the face of french politics. >> reporter: both call to unify behind them. >> reporter: it is time to reprieve them who want to dictate their behavior because yes i'm the candidate of the people. >> reporter: it is your duty to continue to pursue this vibrant community and never give up or forget those months, which you have changed the course of this country. >> and many analysts are suggesting that could mean the

jpmorgan strategists out with a new note saying they expect emanuel macron to win even after the raceas tightened after a surge for jean-luc melenchon. let's get an update from fournier on the ground in paris. >> we're five days before the election, and the whole country is holding its breath. never before have we had four candidates so close in the polls, which means we are in the margin of error, and it means any two contenders out of the four could make it possibly to the second round. and never before did we have two candidates from extreme parties, the extreme-right and extreme-left being able potentially to qualify for the second round. never before lastly did we have an abstention rate that is credited at 30%. that could help the extreme parties, because they will go to the polling station, where as another part of the population doesn't know who to vote for. all the candidates this week will campaign hard for the last final days. they'll do meetings all over the country to try and convince the last bits of voters. they are important numbers that still don't know who to choose.

she'll face off with emanuel macron. the election will happen in may and macron and le pen against it, the results should have real implications for the future of france. back to you. >> angie, thank you. >>> happening today, if you take i-395 in the district, things are going to look different. today will be the first morning rush with that newly opened ramp that allows drivers to merge directly on to massachusetts avenue to 395 south instead of having to use the third street tunnel ramp. this is dollar capital crossing project. you can plan ahead by opening the nbc washington app. we have all the details you need as well as the ongoing construction there. search i-395. zwr . >>> five minutes after the hour. the quest for the cup. fans are celebrating the big victory. >> the team is headed to round two of the playoffs. doesn't this sound so good? this was last night's overtime victory in toronto. news 4's carol maloney breaks down the amazing victory. >> the capitals players who only scored two goals in all of last year

emanuel macron may have lost two points in the latest french election poll, but the boss of one of europe's biggest asset managers says the chance of the central-left candidate not becoming president is very, very low. pellier says the markets are not pricing in the second round of the french presidential wrovote the 7th of may. french inflation data is weaker than expected with earlier the gdp estimate for the country also coming in lightme melight. german retail says light. the uk first quarter preliminary report, 0.3% quarter-on-quarter, expectations were for 0.4%. i have stellar guests this morning. your last chance to write in to me. jeffrey yu from ubs. welcome. we've got steven sayer. welcome to you as well. >> thank you. >> alex gunds, fund manager. and phillip shaw from investec. i share many, many years with all of you. steven -- or phillip, you were one of my first guests. >> indeed. a while ago now. >> yes. >> what do you think of the economic data at the moment? >> encouraging on the whole. particularly in the eurozone. the recovery is becoming more entrenched. as draghi said y