let me ask you first of all where do you think marie le pen is going to come out this weekend? i think she's almost certainly going to come out as one of the top two candidates. my guess is she will be in the runoff against macron, the center left candidate and ultimately the center left will win. enough people are worried about marie le pen and policies that more people will rally to macron than to her. trish: are they trying to paint him as globalist? elitist? this is what they're setting up with him in the center but the former investment banker, et cetera? >> exactly. very much part of what is criticized as the elite, certainly the establishment, and a common thread between what's happening in france, what we saw in britain last june in the brexit vote and again here in the united states. the appeal of le pen is that she seems to -- she's winning support because she is speaking for a lot of people getting moving ingly angry the way the and feel their voice is not heard. they feel a globalist elite is moving their country in a direction they don't like and turning the countr

marine le pen was, and jean marie le pen before, was for this cooperation with russia. sia wanted to use marine le pen to legitimise their annexation of crimea. we know this because hackers published a text exchange apparently from the phone of a kremlin official to russian mp. i have the text messages here. we can see on the 17th of march they say, marine le pen has officially recognise the results of the crimea referendum. that comes the answer, she hasn't disappointed us with a smiley face. and then, we need to find some way of demonstrating our respect to the french. that's important. what did they mean by that? i contacted the russian mp in the text exchange. at first he agreed to speak to me. but then, he stopped answering his phone. there were two loans totalling 11 million euros. one from that bank with links to the kremlin, the other through an oligarch accused of helping to finance russia's war in eastern ukraine. for me there is no doubt that was authorised by kremlin. a special operation and special recommendation and request of those businesspeople to help m

jean marie le pen was really expel from the european parliament. he was also expelled from his own party, from the party that he founded. he was forced out of the national front by marine le pen, by daughter, after he took it over from him. then today after she made the runoff for the presidential election, marine le pen also dropped out of the party. she runs the national front, she dropped her own affiliation with the party her father founded and she has held ever since. she's trying to get elected president of france, so she's dropped her political party entirely because it's bad baggage. but her making it to the runoff and potentially being the next president of france, this isn't totally untrod ground. her father made it this far in national politics in that country once before. in 2002, in france's first leaks after 9/11 in 2002, france scare itself to death because jean marie le pen defeated one of the candidates from the mainstream political parties and made it into the presidential runoff himself. and that was seen as the equivalent of like

marie le pen and donald trump are populist, claim to reject the establishment. both take a hard line on immigration and islamic terrorism. is it fair to draw parallels between the two? and where is the distinction? >> there is a certain parallel, a certain distinction. globalization is a key element to the whole thing as jim suggested before me. her acceptance speech, if you will, she did talk about global saix a ization and i think the next round will be a referendum on frexit, taking france out of the european union, which is what she wants and many of the french people seem to be leaning more in that direction. in terms of donald trump, you know, le pen was a strong supporter of trump all along and he of her. in fact, macron has lined up on the side of obama. obama has lined up on his side. but it's interesting about le pen. she actually showed up in trump tower seven days before he was inaugurated as president. so they seem to have a real affinity of interests and so on. but after the attack on syria, after the 59 tomahawk cruise missiles were launched by tr

. >> tucker: do you think there's a connection between marie le pen's position and the polls and thathe islamic terrorist attacks. >> the polls are all all over the place right now, i do think a security and terrorism is a ky topic and not just last attack which has made the last 25 hours, what they've been talking about on the campaign trail but all of the attacks we've seen in france over the last months and years, security is a big issue there. this last attack has made this the focus at the end of the campaign. >> tucker: security is a pretty broad term, you have the truck attack, this thursday, yesterday, the one thread that connects them all is not just terrorism but islamic terrorism and a lot of cases homegrown. don't you think that ordinary french people might say well, that's a problem. >> yes, i do. i think they are having a conversation on how to confront that. it's interesting this attacker was born in france, was not an immigrant, not a refugee because so much of what she is focused on is in immigration, the crisis. the french have a lot of thinking and talking to do abo

he was trying to buy weapons from jihadi, that's got to be helpful from marie le pen who is running both as an outsider and taking a tough line on jihadism. at the same time, trump has did not embrace le pen so much, because -- they say that trump is in collusion with russia. we know that is not the case. in fact, he's taking a tough line with russia as president. she took $12 million from a russian bank, and she did it right after endorsing the russian annexation of crimea. she's actually in collusion with let me if you wouldn't wear double trouble is not she needs a separate herself from him. >> martha: mark alderman, what do you think? >> a patriot knows no boundaries, martha. the le pen campaign features a lot of the same ugliness the trump campaign did come of the scapegoating of muslims, the embrace of speed seven, the holocaust denial, and le pen should not be underestimated because the bigotry there is as powerful as it proved to be here. at the same time, all politics is local. i don't think we can read too much what happens in france. the french revolution was supposed to heral

the far right's marie le pen, and the centrist. beneath that 20% mark, two candidates are in the running and could provide an upset in this. they are the embattled republican candidate who believes that he benefits from more support than the opinion polls are able to hear, and another candidate, the independent far left candidate who's been rising through the polls the last few days. these are the four candidates that could go to the second round. then the cards are reshuffled and the french will reconsider their votes in the two-week period leading up to the 7th of may in light who the candidates are, to decide who they would like to see head into the palace. >> melissa, with setting the terrorism aside, what's the atmosphere like as far as typical voters? are they excited? are they wary? are they ready to get this over? where are they at? >> reporter: i think there's a mixture really of wariness and excitement. on one hand, people are worried, many about the fact that these fairly extreme candidates, both on the far right candida

others want and to exit the european union faster than the far right marie le pen's is proposing. some of them are going after the mainstream candidates. the ravens major candidates tend not to do. it was refreshing, however obviously 11 is a lot. it's a whole football team on a debate set. at times it was a bit awkward. >> did last night's debate shake things up? >> i really don't think so. first, the format that we discussed. we had to be careful to show that they were respecting the other candidates. that they were not looking down at them. they traded barbs with the far right, with the leftists. distanced to keep a from the everyone, a newcomer, but he was not as much a target as his main opponent would have liked him to be terms of dynamics. it's reallyk changed much. the main issue is the record number of undecided voters. never in history have we seen so many undecided voters with less than three weeks to go. whether they will have time to make up their mind before the first round is a big question. maybe they will stay home, but this is why it is still pretty much a wide-o

is a psychological weapon. john marino ——jean—marie le pen said the holocaust was a detail of thethink it was a detail of the second world war? he didn't say anything about it. a detail doesn't mean that it is significant, it was part of world war ii. jean—marie le pen has been a member of parliament for nearly 60 yea rs member of parliament for nearly 60 years and his positions, speeches, programmes, proposals over several tens of thousands of pages, so it is really... you cannot summarise his life to this sentence. people try to find things from marine le pen that they can use but it is the usual game. you have two weeks to convince people, what will be the strategy? will you try to paint emmanuel macron as the establishment, continuity candidate? on one side we will because he is not that much a newcomer. he was the economic adviser for francois hollande, newcomer. he was the economic adviserfor francois hollande, the minister for economic, adviserfor francois hollande, the ministerfor economic, sophie bears some responsibility for the eater mick situation now. —— so he wears s

so let's now talk about marie le pen, my colleague touched on this.idn't do as well as many thought, this was the best showing that, as she has had, regardless of what happens next month, what does this say? dominic, about the strength of that party and the populace movement in france? >> reporter: right. what it does say, it's interesting because we saw both elections, it's not going to be involved in government. le pen, here, in 2002, i believe the only time in this republic sort of nonmain stream party made it through. just over 4 million or so votes. she's now over 7 million. so, yes, it's only to something% of the vote, but she continues to grow. and i think that this is a reflection of some of the main issues that these candidates are going to have to address that she represents a significant portion of society who feels left behind. that feels left behind like globalization. feels left behind by the economic liberalism of the union. there are winners or losers in this particular society and she has been very adept at exploiting the folk lines t

marie le pen, francois fillon and others are elite.e is a candidate, he is to be honest, a market theme candidate because he's able to gather around him people coming from the center, from the right and from the left, which is quite unique. liz: two of the people on the screen, jean-luc melenchon and francois fillon would like france to exit the european union. >> we want to make france great again, but in a total different way. two of them, le pen and melenchon want to make friends by exiting from the european union, isolating france, and two others francois fillon and emmanuel macron wants to give the voice to france, they should play not only in foreign policy and globalization. you know what we should not forget, especially here in america, france is a huge reservoir of fantastic talents, not just a country of wine or fashion industry, you know france very well. it is very creativity. a lot of innovators in france, and we hope that the next president will give the new face, a new brand and will have to reinforce the brand of france

others give a slight edge to far right candidate marie le pen.he election begins on sunday with two rounds of voting. president trump giving his support to le pen, tweeting after thursday's terror attack, the people of paris will not take more of the spirit and will have a big affect. they say the suspect in that attack had a long criminal record, the note praising the islamic state found a note after he was shot and killed by police. they are trying to figure out if he was a lone wolf or had help. on monday, former president obama officially returns to the public eye. headlining an event at the university of chicago meant to inspire the next generation of leaders. the president has been on a series of vacations. now to "the factor" ." >> greg: in the personal story segments and, bruce springsteen who is friends called him the boss, never heard that, has a new song about donald trump or the american people call "mr. president." ♪ ♪ let's turn this thing around around ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greg: c, he rhymes "hate" with "date." you broke your brain on that one

that was jean marie le pen. marine le pen's father.off against jacques chirac. 82%, and le pen, 18%. that's why the market is confident something similar will happen this time. but in the first round, turnout was low, 71%. and this time, 82%. and jean marie le pen got 16%. marine le pen's chances are better than her father's in 2002. and there are important runoff differences. most notably, le pen is far right. macron is center left. and a big party with a big base, lots of support. buckling together various coalitions. and macron is an independent. he has his 23% so far. but can he grab other coalitions? clearly, the market is taking confidence from that, expecting various other parties to vote for macron. but jean-luc melenchon has not endorsed macron. mr. fillon has. last night, i was at his campaign headquarters. and i asked some voters who they would now vote for, given that their candidate, mr. fillon is not there? >> well, tonight, i will probably not vote at all. in two weeks. >> i am going to vote for macron in two weeks becau

the choice is two opposites, far right candidate marie le pen and centrist emmanuel macron. le pen wants to leave the european union like the british did. a frexit, if you will, while her opponent has commitments to the eu, it is the country's first election during a state of emergency because of a series of deadly terror attacks including one a few days ago which you know from our reporting. the trump administration reportedly is keeping a close eye on this,s, as the president gears up for a busy week of his own. next saturday will mark 100 days of presidency. take note, that's the date the government could shut down unless a budget deal is reached. >>> we have fox team coverage on this sunday "fox report". kristin fisher live with the news in washington. let's begin with greg palkot in paris. greg, two outsiders going head-to-head. >> reporter: amazing, harris. french voters made up their choice for a stark choice who will be the next president. they were deciding between 11 different candidates in this first round of the presidential elections and they turned their backs

people like marie le pen, we are not hearing that. >> ambassador nick burns. thank you for being apart of our coverage. >> jeremy bash remains with us. he's been listening and watching all this with us. jeremy, knowing what we know about paris, witnessing what we just witnessed. your thought s? >> the president is quick to declare it is a terrorist attack. if it turns out that it is not terrorism, the white house will have some explaining to do. lets wait for the facts to determine whether or not the president's assessment is correct. two other things strucking me, seems like regards to korea, he was looking for a way out. he wanted to let a lot of air out of it saying it is taken care of and going well. don't you worry, china got it under control and doing a great job and we are rebuilding our military. bracket that. i am not sure what it means. look elsewhere at iran though, instead of looking for a way out, it seems like he was looking for a way in, a place where he was saying deliberately. they think they practice it saying they were violating o f the spir

on the other side, marie le pen, the french version of drain the swamp.and the rest of the world. france has a huge economy, the sixth biggest on earth. what happens there affects markets everywhere. france is a permanent member of the u.n. security council making decisions that change the shape of the world. france is also america's oldest ally. the partnership is strong and washington has an interest in keeping it that way. with me now, cnn global affairs correspondent's lease lab bot, also cnn international anchor and career diplomat and former u.s. ambassador to iraq as well as ambassador to poland, christopher hill. elise, the white house is paying close attention to what's happening in france, president trump tweeting this -- very interesting election currently taking place

on the other side, marie le pen, the french version of drain the swamp. here's why this matters to the united states and the rest of the world. france has a huge economy, the sixth biggest on earth. what happens there affects markets everywhere. france is a permanent member of the u.n. security council making decisions that change the shape of the world. france is also america's oldest ally. the partnership is strong and washington has an interest in keeping it that way. with me now, cnn global affairs correspondent's lease lab bot, also cnn international anchor and career diplomat and former u.s. ambassador to iraq as well as ambassador to poland, christopher hill. elise, the white house is paying close attention to what's happening in france, president trump tweeting this -- very interesting election currently taking place in france. what makes this final round such a political earthquake? >> well, i think it is for the reasons that you said in your introduction, ana. look, this is very much a french-first kind of foreign policy. france has been such a

. >> in france, politician marie le pen has given up one presidency in hopes of winning another. le pen advanced to run-off on may 7th. in france's presidential race against macron. yesterday she announced she is temporarily stepping down as leader of the right-wing national front. le pen wants to run as candidate for "all the french." >> as for emmanuel, first place showing in the first round of voting, had this supporter. dancing. the solo performer celebrated while waving a macron poster at party headquarters. he is loving it. keep on dancing, tiny dancer. ♪ hold me closer tiny dancer >> those are the words. >> yeah. good try. >> moving to sports. golden state warriors made a trade of sorts. leading up to game four of their playoff series with portland. head coach steve kerr is out of indefinitely with back problem. >> superstar kevin durant returned after missing two games with a bad calf. during, durant hit his first shot. very first shot attempt of the game. it was part of a 45-point first quarter explosion for the warriors. >> good, right? >> beat the trail blazers by 25.

——jean marie le pen. it is a bit different, now. treme difficult her to gather and to rally voters around her. because the reality of french politics is such that the voters usually unite and try to block a far—right vote in the run—off. try to block a far—right vote in the run-off. ok, thomas. we will have two watch and wait. thomas fessy there in paris. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore in london. still to come on the programme: forget about faster, higher, stronger. what about older, tougher? stay with us to see these asian performers. —— aged. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought they would actually go through with it. some places have already had nearly as much rain as they would normally expect in an entire year. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon —— for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next we

jean marie le pen. the two no longer speak. she's more aligned with her niece, the also highly polarizing politician, marion marchel le pen, who we interviewed last year in paris. marion marchel le pen: i would remind you that france is europe's leading exporter of isis soldiers, which underlines a malaise. don't bury your head in the sand. the areas with the higher immigration rates are the areas with the strongest insecurities. this immigration policy has failed. scott: the recent spate of terror attacks in paris and across europe, and the sometimes chaotic environment brought by an influx of refugees, has created a perfect storm from which le pen so eloquently strikes a chord with the fed up french voters. marine le pen: the democratic uprising of people is happening, in the u.s. and great britain and italy, in india, and eventually, everywhere in the world. patriots are speaking the same language. scott: she promotes the idea of closed borders. you think that's a good idea? >> many problems with borders because many immigran

jean—marie le pen, made it to the run—off againstjacques chirac.t, against the front national, remains to be seen. marine le pen is a lot stronger than her father was 15 years ago. and a lot of people are saying that he is all talk but no policies that is the main challenge —— and that is in charge of his campaign before the run—off. charge of his campaign before the run-off. there is a lot of talk tomorrow about this being a new kind of politics from both politicians, both outsiders, that kind of thing. yet both of them, because they do not have a huge parliamentary backing in the parliament, i'm going to have a which will have to rely on some of the established parties to get anything done. —— are going to have a coalition. it is an exceptional situation we're in. on one hand, we have traditional parties in the presidential election, a first time in decades year that the main parties have been governing france since the 1950s and are out of the race. another hand, whether it is emmanuel macron marine le pen, they will have to fetch voters whether

chris moore have been following the far left candidate jean-marie le pen. with the terror attack. he have say? >> he is not somebody that puts security at the center of his cane but at the same time, he's ot scared to talk tough on terrorism. we were watching his meeting and speaking live. and offering what he describes is solidarity for those who may or may not have been threaten birthday by that alleged planned attack and saying in the wake is yes, he does believe security forces need to be given rain showers but also the way to deal with this is to carry on with their normal lives. as far as we know, he's one of the few candidates to have kept up the events that he was planning for this evening. -- there is a re-dinner with the leader here in paris. as far as we know, that's not been canceled yet. >> now he's certainly had some bouts in the course of the last few weeks, hasn't he, in terms of the polls. how do you explain that? >> things are always going to be tight on the left. you've got emmanuel macron who has put himself on the center left and right

trump today weighed in on france's presidential paris attack will help the far-right candidate, marie le pen, in sunday's vote. he told the associated press, "she's the strongest on borders and on what's been going on in france. whoever is the toughest at the borders will do well in the election." elizabeth palmer has the latest on the attack in which one officer was killed and two others wounded. >> reporter: what made karim cheurfi decide to open fire on police yesterday and die in the act remains a mystery. french born and 39 years old, he had a criminal history of attacking the police. as officers secured the area around last night's shooting, they found a note by cheurfi's body defending isis. but in his last brush with the law just two months another police said they found no evidence of radicalization. john finley and his family from kentucky were strolling down the busy when he ort running, my wife starts running. i get behind them. he's still shooting. >> reporter: he was aiming for those police. >> he had to be. he had a full magazine, was shooting off rounds and only one perso

people generally expecting marie le pen to do much better but still not triumphed over emmanuel macronn the 305. she will get some 5upporter5 she will get somewhere in the 305. she will get some supporters and she would at some of these border5 she will get some supporters and she would at some of these borders of fillon. people who drifted away from le pen over the past few weeks will probably go back to le pen. she will do better than her father in the 5econd do better than her father in the second round, no doubt about that. it will depend on ten out what happen5 over the next few weeks. it will depend on ten out what happen5 over the next few weeksm looks like a stark choice, almost a eu referendum at the moment, looking at these two candidates. it is a choice between a pro—globali5ation and anti—globali5ation, a choice between pro—europe and not, the arrogance , a between pro—europe and not, the arrogance, a high level of incontinent in the party of the national front. france is a very divided society but it is not unique in that respect as we've seen in the uk in recent weeks. th

analysts say putin is likely maneuvering against macron to tilt election toward the far right marie le pen. >> le pen has been very open about her desire to have better relations with russia. she is an outspoken opponent of sanctions. very interested in taking france outside of nato. she has a very populist right wing message that plays to putin's narrative. >> putin denies trying to tilt french elections but has been very aggressive with his military in recent weeks. recently buzzing an american ship in the black sea. spotted over the connecticut coast. and four times four days last week russian military flying off the coast of alaska and intercepted by american and canadian fighter jets. >> proeb probing, see areas of vulnerabilities, test our defenses and keep united states and nato partners off balance. even if unintended we could get ourselves in a shooting war with the russians. >> russian officials deny their aircraft made any unsafe moves and a russian official told me today that while many are talking about the russian aerial maneuvers off alaska he says nato planes always fly

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marie le pen touts a french first platform and wants to close borders and bow out of the european unionp vote is scheduled may 7. a new organization fighting back against the growing number of hate crimes the area. they held the first chase high school. 50 organizations are joining forces. this was exactly the right response to the hatred that has been's huge. -- need to to spit stand up and say is not acceptable and find ways to combat it in this is a good one. the group will push for public policies and programs that tackle hate and discrimination. the hotline is available where people can get help. of patriotism at one logan county high school. right now loudoun county in leesburg, students will be holding america monday, a day to celebrate the united states. a group of seniors that call themselves young conservatives organized the event. administrators were hesitant over concerns that things might get to political, but administrators say they never rejected the plan because the students never brought it to them. >> it's good to be great. we will be happy wearing red, white, and blue

the fact that manuel and marie le pen are outside the establishment gives them a better chance to make it through to the run-off. a similarity to the u.s. presidential election. anti-establishment candidates look like they might make it through to the run-off. it could be the far left leader who you saw as a hologram just a few minutes ago. he could also make it through to that run-off. no one really knows exactly what will happen. so there will be a lot of speculation and that distinct possibility that france might elect a far right leader as its next president. >> yeah. in which case france pulling out of the eu would be the first things we would start talking about. it certainly would be the start of a very radical conversation. phillip crowder, thank you for being with us tonight. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> all right. that does it for us tonight in terms of watching the french elections on sunday. there's the science martha will be happening in washington and around the country here in the united states. the french election will be happening on sunday. and the continu

mark: marie le pen is distancing herself from the national front party while emmanuel macron works hardintaining his lead. ♪ vonnie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york and in london, i am vonnie quinn. mark: and i am mark barton. this is bloomberg markets. let's check in on first word news. emma chandra has more. trump is setting up a potential battle over texas with house speaker paul ryan. the president will call for cutting taxes on individuals and slashing the corporate rate to 15%. ryan has warned that cutting corporate taxes at less than 20% would add to the deficit and he is opposed to that. president trump has stepped up a trade fight with canada. he has proposed tariffs on lumber. the commerce department says the canadians unfairly subsidized their lumber industry and canada says it is necessary. in turkey the prime minister warns that the country is tired of the way is being treated by the european union. they spoke to you -- to bloomberg in an exclusive interview. >> we see finger-pointing in turkey. we have instructions to do this and not to do that, as if th

the national front, created byjean—marie le pen, its history is well known. be the european chaos with abandoning the euro. so extremism, do trust me, can only produce misfortune and division for france. so there is no other choice but to fight and vote against the extreme right, and therefore i will vote for emmanuel macron. i feel that it vote for emmanuel macron. i feel thatitis vote for emmanuel macron. i feel that it is my duty to tell you that very honestly, and it's for your conscience now to think about what is the best for your country, but also for your children. my dream for our children, that they should be able to live in a country where they are proud of themselves, where they are proud of themselves, where they are not faced with decline, where the promises of our motto is something that becomes the truth. that was my ambition, that was my project, that was my dream. and that dream is something that should be within you. it is for you to find and unite to make it a reality. the future of france, first and foremost, is in your hands. i trust you

he told the associated press today that the attack would probably help marie le pen. he said he's not endorsing her but she is the strongest on border security and that may help her win. shock a courtroom out book -- outbreak from a rampage in fresno. >> we are in session, people versus mohammed. >> that was a suspect saying that natural disasters striking america will increase. he spoke out at least one other time during the short hearing. cameras were allowed in the courtroom but they were not allowed to videotape him. comment is charged with killing four people and police say he set out to kill as many white people as possible before he was caught. a dr. has been assigned to examine will him and and bail is set at $2.5 million. >>> a man shot may now be paralyzed. the bullet damage his spine. henry lee spoke to a relative of the victim and joins us with more on what happened. henry?>> reporter: the 30-year- old jeremy white is in the icu and family members are hoping for the best possible outcome. >> we are angry. we are rageful. we are upset. we are extremely over

the choice is two opposites, far right candidate marie le pen and centrist emmanuel macron.n wants to leave the european union like the british did. a frexit, if you will, while

if you look at who supports marie le pen in france among she may not be a perfect person, shn gay supportance. she is opposed to making france more islamic and gay people in france see that as a threat to them. why would they? >> there was an lgbt event for trump. he spoke eloquently about the needs to protect gay people from radical islam. donald trump did it during the campaign. donald trump went out and said i will protect gay people from the spread of radical islam. meanwhile, hillary clinton and the clinton foundation were shoveling tens of millions of dollars from repressive regimes like saudi arabia. >> tucker: i never understood that. how do you get a pass from the human rights campaign if you are taking money from the saudis? i don't understand how the orlando nightclub shooting, which killed a ton of gay peopl people, i don't understand why. >> they put politics over polic policy. the human rights campaign is a de facto lgbt wing of the democratic party. that's fine. if that's what they want to do, that's fine. they are interested in topics, not actually protecting the lives of

the fact that manuel and marie le pen are outside the establishment gives them a better chance to maket through to that runoff. there is a similarity to the u.s. presidential election. anti-establishment candidates look like they might make it through to the runoff. it could be the far left leader who you saw as a hologram just a few minutes ago. he could also make it through to that runoff. no one really knows exactly what will happen. so there will be a lot of speculation and that distinct possibility that france might elect a far right leader as its next president. >> yeah. in which case france pulling out of the eu would be the first things we would start talking about. but it certainly would be the start of a very radical conversation. phillip crowder, white house corresponde correspondent, thank you very much for being with us tonight. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> all right. that does it for us tonight in terms of watching the french elections on sunday. there's the science march that will be happening in washington and around the country here in the united states. th

marie le pen calling on the french government to immediately reinstate border checks.right to do so and how do we stop terrorist rate here at home? >> meghan: plus president trump fundraising for a candidate. how much a when matters for both parties. >> sandra: we will ask newt gingrich about it here at the top of the hour. we're so happy to have them on this friday. >> jon: i think i might know who your man in the middle might be. >> jenna: big story. chaos in venezuela as thousands of protesters flood the streets opposing the government. they're met with tear gas and bullets and other things as well. nine people have actually been killed this month including a young man who has been killed last night. it's a story to watch and one we will continue to do so. >> jon: a manhunt for a 15-year-old girl and her former teacher comes to an end in northern california. police have been searching for elizabeth thomas and 50-year-old tad cummins for more than a month. cummins is behind bars. jonathan is live from atlanta with more. >> investigators say that they feel 1500 tips i

. >> also firebrand populist right-wing candidate marie le pen. the nationalist would like to ditch the euro currency and renegotiate france's membership in the new. >> translator: mr. macron doesn't offend trace of patriotism. he is hysterical and radical. >> le pen wants to tighten borders, kick out terror suspects, and control immigration. macron acknowledges that france has been hit by terror but sounds more inclusive. the french electorate has two choices for change. >> you are happy for macron? >> translator: we know nothing about him. >> it is trump versus hillary clinton? you escaped the worst. >> and an interview, marine le pen said she was stepping down temporarily as the head of her party. they senior -- it's mostly apolitical gesture. in a tv address, francois hollande backed rival candidate emmanuel macron. >> bret: greg palkot in paris. thank you. it's your money. obamacare, the border wall. it's all in the table as we count toward what could be another government shutdown at the end of the week. we will talk about the negotiations a

. >> tucker: immigration plays a huge role in this, if you look atol who supports marie le pen,n anti-immigrationerson here, she might not be a perfect person, she has a lot of support in france for the obvious reaso reason. she is opposed to making france more islamic and people see that as a threat to them and why wouldn't they? >> absolutely dylan lgbt for trump event in cleveland, and while there spoke eloquently about the need to expect people for medical islam, marine le pen is on the exact same thing. donald trump did it during the campaign, he went out and said i will protect people from the spread of radical islam. meanwhile the clinton foundation was shoveling tens of millions of dollars m from repressive regimes like saudi arabia. >> i never understood that, how do you get a pass from human rights campaigns if you're taking money from the saudi's. i never really understood why the nightclub shooting which killed a ton of people, and extremist dead, i never heard anything from that angle, from the organized groups i don't understand why. >>ic because they put politics over policy. the h

independent candidate emmanuel macron and far right atlanta marie le pen are headed to the second round election, essentially shutting the mainstream parties out of the vote. cnn's jim bittermann is at le pen's headquarters in northern france and cnn white house voter jim collins is joining us. jim, what's expected to happen next with their campaigning for the next two weeks? >> well, i think there will be a bit more dancing here

marie le pen is considered this law and order candidate and she's talked about it, especially in thes, as france's donald trump. she's already been making more populist law and order noises just in the past couple of hours, demanding the government close the borders to france. this comes to a head on france in a vote that's very close and will determine not just the future of france but of the european union. >> matt, thanks as always, sir. >>> all eyes on north korea now, as they threaten a preemptive strike on the united states. the u.s. military has spy planes keeping tabs on their moves. how we could respond to the latest north korean threat. i'll ask a former u.s. ambassador and former cia operative. they'll join me after the break. i am totally blind. and for years i've struggled with non-24, a circadian rhythm disorder that can turn my sleep cycles upside down. it kept me from doing the things i truly love to do. sometimes i'd show up early; sometimes i was too late. and sometimes, even though i was there... i didn't really feel..."there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234