hollande said he regretted that.he field to the day, they could not have the politeness to accompany the upcoming president to the car. how will it be seen? i think inevitably as a failure. that is justified because i remember over and again towards the beginning of this hollande presidency, francois hollande going on television and saying with a solemn eye, staying at the pose —— staring at the people of france, i will bring down unemployment, i will bejudged on my ability to bring down unemployment. unemployment has gone up. it is the biggest curse on this country's social and political life. it has not been addressed. i think that must therefore go down as the big black mark on his presidency. there are people like macron calling the new ways of tackling unemployment, there are other countries in europe that have done it by freeing up the labour market. there are people on the left, the far left who are saying there are other ways to do it as well. he said he had the solution, he said he would bejudged on whether

and the car that i will take away the outgoing president hollande.houghts on this day? a very political significant day for france. well, on a more trivial meteorological question, everyone remembers this day five years ago when hollande had just been inaugurated and made his way up champs—elysee and it started bucketing with rain and he was sodden and his suits started taking on this airof sodden and his suits started taking on this air of sheen on it. well, the weather is certainly looking better today. there is finally the moment we have been waiting for. the new president and the old president side—by—side, after that meeting that we have just been talking about, where they work, amongst other things, discussing the nuclear codes. and emmanuel macron, as hugh schofield wishes telling us, being given the code that identified him as the man who can trigger a nuclear response from france. and applause as the two men walk along the red carpet that leads francois hollande to the car that will take him away from the elysee palace for the last time. and

here is more from president hollande and what he had to say. crime canis terrible we make a population and a new simulation -- a new civilization emerged. it gave rise to new forms of art and culture that are rich and diverse. abject racism, a form of universalism was born, a phenomenon a poet once called the -- genie: james andre is at the luxembourg tartans in paris or talk us through the importance of the ceremony marking the end of slavery. s: it is an important ceremony, created in 2006, and it was after a vote was held for a law in parliament making france a country that recognizes the crimes it had committed. it is important because symbolically it marks france as an important country as far as human rights are concerned. it was the first country to wr abolition ofthe slavery -- it was the third country to write into law the abolition of slavery. this is why it is important. it is also important, why france while hollande -- why francois manynde -- he also had words for emmanuel macron during the speech. genie: james, i imagine for many

you don't want to be at —— francois hollande.d that is not good. so he is not being welcomed by everyone. the fact that he wants to change labour laws, and we know that french people are very attached to their social protection, very strong social protection. the fa ct very strong social protection. the fact that he wants to change it in order to make france more open to the world and over the companies who would like to settle in france, and all because it is so, take —— complicated to fire someone. he wa nts to complicated to fire someone. he wants to change that. although some people might see the positive angle, the difficulty they have to go through doesn't seem worth it. because there is a prominent anti—globalisation movement during this election. the far right and the far left were basically talking —— treading the same path in terms of anti—globalisation. macron wants to open france to the world, have many companies leaving london because of brexit, moving to paris instead. he wa nts to brexit, moving to paris instead. h

charles de gaulle, francois hollande... he charles de gaulle, francois hollande. ..arles de gaulle, francois hollande... he knows the challenges that he now faces because he wants to modernise france, as he said, for decades now, france has doubted itself. he said hisjob decades now, france has doubted itself. he said his job was to give the french people confidence in themselves. he said the power of france is not declining. we are on the edge of a great renaissance, he said. a lot of fine words, of course. as you tend to get at inauguration speeches but there is a lot of hard work to do and he knows starting off with the national assembly parliamentary elections, he needs to get a majority there. to help him effectively rule france. a tall order with his new movement, en marche, he only created a year or so ago, scrambling to get candidates for the national assembly elections. that is one of his jobs, he needs to form a government. we are hearing that he will appoint a prime minister probably tomorrow, and a new government on tuesday. he is off to see chancellor te

he was seen as betraying hollande. this is one man that betrayed another now making his way up the carpet to take over the presidency from him. these are extraordinary images but this time all the more important with the fate of france hanging in the balance. since macron vowed to shake things up. not only to reform france but profoundly to change the way that it is governed. >> extraordinary pictures. all the ceremony from outside the palace. we have seen the president elect being greeted by the current president and entering into the palace behind. you talked about his rise to asend to the presidency. he has to hit the ground running though doesn't he? up until now he hasn't even had a party and he has legislative elections taking place next month. >> you're absolutely right. he will have no time. alabama the more so because the expectations of the french people are so great. there's been a huge frustration in france for many years. not only the five years that hollande spent there and he leaves today as the most unp

francois hollande unveils plans for a slavery museum in paris. and infant mortality in venezuela source among chronic shortages of food and medicine. protests continue across the country. first, the president of the united states has been explaining why he fired the head of the fbi. will simply not do any good job, according to donald trump, but democrats are questioning his motives. he was in charge of an investigation into russia's alleged meddling into the u.s. election in a few days ago, co mey asked for additional resources to assist in the investigation. >> he simply was not doing a good job. insists he fired james comey for badly managing the investigation into hillary clinton's private email server. the democrats say it was for his successful handling of another investigation, the fbi probe into russian meddling in the 2016 election. just days before his dismissal, come had asked for more fundingy in the inquiry. >> the dismissal of director establishes aey very troubling pattern. >> james comey is the third high-profile official to be fi

nicolas sarkozy and francois hollande did it 5 years ago, that was the occasion when francois hollandeyes, all the great and the good come togetherand i think, is yes, all the great and the good come together and i think, is that nicolas sarkozy? yes, i think! can see him, in the monitor we have feared and admits the brightening paris light. because it tends to fall, obviously the election run slightly differently every 5 years but it's around this time. and so the ceremony tends to falljust at a time when we can see the symbolic handing over of power and the 2 men, the last time, it was much more tense, francois hollande and nicolas sarkozy did not enjoy each other's company and on the handover of power is, officially, at the elysee palace, francois hollande was almost rude to his face by not accompanying him down the is to say goodbye, but was a delicate moment. this is not, two people who broadly feel very close together under the same side of french politics who have a warm relationship. there won't be any of that tension. we talk about emmanuel macron as the newcomer, never held e

only formed his own political movement a year ago, takes over from the outgoing president francois hollande. hugh schofield reports from paris it is going to be at day of ceremony and tradition. we cannot get any closer because of security. we know that at ten o'clock in the morning, the motorcade of emmanuel macron will drive up and are greeted by the current president francois hollande and then they will have a chat for half an hour. security matters, handing over the nuclear codes will happen. and then emmanuel macron is

he was still in francois hollande's government and we didn't know francois hollande .imself wasn't goingn you can see those presidential elections were inside. and then or pulled out of the race in november. and there he was. has to be clear to say that to an extent he may have benefited a little bit >> he would have been a real rival for emmanuel macron. alain juppe beaten picard was another who decided not to run and put his support behind emmanuel macron. in a years time, he has done something that no one has done before in french politics. he benefited too from the circumstances. >> just as soon as he starts speaking, we will be crossing back to the louvre. again, whathis week do we expect him to get done? the priorities he needs to address are these groups of frontist people. there are the national front supporters who believe that the media and the controlling elite gained up against them. there have been the far left in france. they have said the next round will be in the reef. streets.the that is another group of people who are extremely angry. and there are the social conservati

he joined francois hollande to mark the end of world war ii.eporter: president and president-elect, side by side. this marks emmanuel macron's first public appearance with president francois hollande since macron stepped down from his post as economy minister in august. they greeted warmly as the two men attended ceremonies commemorating the end of world war ii. had theollande who former investment banker joined his administration, setting the path that would lead to sunday's victory over far right leader marine le pen. hollande only had kind words for his successor. >> i wish him all the best. he knows that if he needs any information or advice, he can always come to me. he will always be welcome in i will always be there for him. walked together to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier below the arc de triomphe. they, the inauguration will be held. that's when macron will officially succeed francois hollande as the president of france. over: the election may be but the battle to leave the country is just beginning. to will find hims

hollande did not announce that. he said he could pushit not announce that.ble giving he doesn't have a party or a movement, he doesn't have mp polmont? the majority of the people in france once reforms. even if he does not either party, if he does not have a majority in this election, he can have people from the republicans on the right side, and on the left side. people like the former minister of france, ten vote for reforms. even if he does not have the majority, i believe there will be some kind of coalition. this is my hope and my bet. it should work. as producers are tiny wee uptight full—time and you and i talk —— our producers tell me we are uptight full—time. can he reformed the french economy? what do you think? there was a prime minister years ago thatis there was a prime minister years ago that is that we have a fertile country in france, we want a bureaucrat and regrow taxes. that is the problem for years. which president will get the guts of france spending and reform the french economy so they can grow jobs? all armed and sarkozy both bailed,

kevin tibbles take us to holland, holland, michigan, that is, for the story. >> reporter: like a breath of fresh air for the senses, the colors have returned to holland, michigan. >> spring has sprung! >> reporter: and just like every year for the last 37, jan karstin wants everyone to know. what attributes do you need to be the town crier? >> the first one, obviously, you got to have a big mouth. >> reporter: for 88 years they have planted the bulbs and waited patiently to celebrate their dutch heritage during tulip time. more than 4.5 million tulips and 100 different varieties offered up to those who migrate here every may. >> city itself has a population of 33,000. so adding 500,000 of your closest friends and family to the community makes it a little busy. >> reporter: and hollanders like festival director gwen spend months preparing their awe they wantic ko costumes. my feet are killing me. >> because you don't have eight pairs of socks on like i did. >> reporter: you would never guess we're here smack dab in the middle of michigan but this is the only working dutch wind mill in th

lou: looking at hollande. 70% taxes, is now most least popular president in french history.ohn browne, we're watching something happen here. i think there is a clarification for many americans, that populism that exists in the united states, is not quite the same as that which exists but close to that which exists in the uk, but has nothing to do with marine la pen and her policies. it looks like there they are on solid footing in the eu for now? >> yes, i think that is right. populism in the united states and great britain is different from populism in continental europe. i think that la pen's one big mistake was to be ain'to anti-nato. it carved into her vote, it was a negative campaign, anti-eu, and immigration, and nato the and system, and macron's thing was very positive. i think that the nato thing is a crucial thing, overlooked by almost all ca commentators at the moment, the people are worried about russia. lou: john? >> la pen of never even close to being another donald trump. she did not offer that positive message of any sort. shblew it was a nearly focus campaign

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francois hollande waving good-bye on the red carpet. me he is leaving his presidency with some of the lowest approval ratings in history. trying to rebuild some favor with the french public, the french electorate as well. they're entering a very understated car, really. apparently it's the same type of hybrid vehicle he arrived in, to play down any kind of presidential favors. so leaving there and leaving behind him the new president, not yet officially the president of france, but certainly the president-elect of france, em -- emmanuel macron. melissa bell is monitoring all these events. talk us through what happens next, now that out with the old, in with the new. >> out with the old, hannah, not just francois hollande, but in a sense the socialist party itself. since it's very difficult to see how given the disarray it finds itself. and emmanuel macron has no small part to play in that. that is a real question today here in france, whether these main political parties will manage to reform, regroup, and dust themselves down in time f

hollande was a bit like a father saying, yes, well done.rench commentators, francois hollande wants to show he has credit for this because he trusted him in the first place, and also the problem now with macron as he must keep his distance from francois hollande too because he wants to do something different. of course that was his platform, that he was a new thing in french politics. thank you for joining thing in french politics. thank you forjoining us. watching what mr macron does will also be many in the uk. what will the election of emmanuel macron mean for brexit negotiations? france is one of the pivotal players in the european union and mr macron will play a key role in upcoming brexit talks. this morning president—elect macron‘s chief economic adviser told the bbc that mr macron would be a hard negotiator — but he wouldn't want to punish britain for its decision to leave the eu. chris morris looks at what kind of negotiating position the new french president is likely to take. so the first thing you need to know about emmanuel mac

stagnant economy, huge unemployment, 10%, that was the very pledge that the then candidate francois hollande. and there is a lot to do. i thought it was interesting that mr macron talked about serving france and talked about serving france and talked about serving france and talked about the monumental task, la tache colossale that he has in front of him. it was a fractured campaign, we knew that since the first round, whistle that tonight. marine le pen has lost resoundingly, mr macron has won comfortably, easily, but the fa ct won comfortably, easily, but the fact is that what marine le pen has achieved is in itself extraordinary. so mr macron has a lot to do. he is an independent, he says he's not from the left of right and he has the small matter of parliamentary elections in june and the small matter of parliamentary elections injune and he needs to rally support behind him if he is to push through any or all of the reforms that he wants to do and unite france. there is no point in trying to compete on the french pronunciation front with this woman, tim! alaves i will speak in pidgin en

and then francois hollande will leave and at that point emmanuel macron is the new president.e new prsident, as all presidents are, as grand master of the order of legion of honour. there will be as speech and there'll be a procession down the champs—elysees, over there. that is where the work then begins. what everyone is going to be looking out for first of all is the nomination of mr macron‘s prime minister — who's it going to be? a man, or a woman, someone from the roght, someone from the left? no—one knows. that person's firstjob will be to lead the new government into the parliamentary elections which happen in june, because that is where macron needs to get a majority to have a freehand for his program of reform. and the other thing, of course, monday, the first trip abroad to germany, to see angela merkel where, of course, the future of the european union and brexit will be top of the agenda. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: prayers in portugal as the pope adds two children to the list of catholic saints. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that was the esse

francois hollande did not know how to talk or communicate. it is in part that.t has been such a disappointing five years under francois hollande, and that is also a victory.or macron's we saw what happened to the official socialist candidate. there was an absolute collapse in his vote. nothing like that have been seen since 1969. the question will be what happens to the socialist party. one should never predict, but i am about to do so. i think the socialist party is going to split. that is not really macron's problem. his problem lies to the right. how does he deal with the right. >> we are going to bring in ofes from the headquarters the movement that macron set up a year ago. is resigning today as the leader of the movement? >> that is right. it is now going to become a political party. it was a movement set up in april of 2016 as a vehicle for -- toel macron to run for make a presidential bid, and now it is going to go through the process of converting into becoming a fully fledged political party. and see how to wait it fares at the parliamentary elections

about at hollande spoke debt of blood, france towards mali.ali had never thought of its bloodshed to its children and shoulders during world war ii as a debt that france had. this is why we feel enormous gratitudeto france, that is deeply rooted in history , internally -- history. eat turn only, for all time, mali -- eternally, for all time, mali will be grateful to france for not leaving our country, its own advisors, for not abandoning mali, for standing by our country in this fight against terrorism. this is why, mr. president, we welcome you today as a friendly country and know how indebted we are to you. we know how difficult this war is. impossible this effort, this military effort, sometimes seems to be. those who have never been confronted at this time of asymmetrical conflict may believe from the outside that we are not doing much or that our nowhere.ave led when it seems, indeed, the head of the hydra seems to reemerge again and again after it has been cut. but you know, president macron, that even the most powerful nations in the wo

hollande to be a liberal is a bad thing it's something you have to avoid.cron coming from the left and saying liberalism is great. globalis globalization is great. he dares to say that. he dares to express this probably will be the main part of his novelty. >> charlie: what role will his wife play? >> it will be interesting. she's 25 years older. she's 64 and he's 39. we don't know how the wife doesn't have it same role as the first lady here. that was the idea and macron talked about that having status for the first lady. we see what she does but she's very important for him. they've been together forever. he has in effect grandchildren and he's 39 years old but her grandchildren are his grandchildren. she's been a big part in his career. she's there but doesn't have any public role so far so we see if she takes one. we're not so sure. the way in politics is not the same in france as here. >> charlie: he was be an investment banker. a minister of finance but a centrist >> french people in new york, albeit, they're entrepreneurs, they live in new york but t

franÇois hollande -- the last dayay is of campaigning.member, french election rules are very strict. the last 24 hours between sunday's vote, it is campaign-free, election-free, and that might be very good news for all of us -- or for you -- suffering from election fatigue. it is also a moment of reflection for those who are still try to make up their minds. wednesday's debate was certainly a bitter debate. political analysts have said he won that match. florence: if we look at opinion polls published after the debate, he has a three-point boost. if the election were held today, he would gather 62% of the vote, marine le pen are you percent. keep in mind some of these -- 38%. keep in mind, these are the last poll that will be broadcast, again, there are very strict rules and france. until sunday, there will be a blackout. you cannot talk about exit polls, predictions -- the only thing you can talk about on sunday is the turnout rate. the first estimate at noon, the second one at 5:00 p.m. then of course you have the official results that

but francois hollande's time runs out at midnight.roops in mali and the visit to german to meet the german chancellor, angela merkel. so what will the election of emmanual macron mean for brexit negotiations? france is one of the pivotal players in the european union and mr macron will play a key role in upcoming brexit talks. this morning, president macron's chief economic adviser told the bbc that mr macron would be a hard negotiator, but he wouldn't want to punish britain for its decision to leave the eu. chris morris looks at what kind of negotiating position the new french president is likely to take. so the first thing you need to know about emmanuel macron is that he is a passionate pro—european. he campaigned on an overtly pro—eu platform. is that likely to make him a tough nut to crack when it comes to brexit negotiations? well, yes. but france was always likely to play that role. if you look at some of the things he said on brexit during the campaign, though, the language is pretty striking. in one interview he called brexit

hollande. i think yesterday, votes in favor of mr. macron to the continue.that to i am the candidate of the people and france as you know it, as you love it, it's culture, its unity. of thehe candidate nation that protects our jobs, the security of our citizens, our borders, protects us against unfair competition and the rise of islamic fundamentalism. of course, the french people have been able to see the real macron in this second round. the benevolence has been replaced by a spike in the market. the strategy has been taken over by the socialist party, and the ise smile -- the wry smile grin.replaced by a we've seen the choices you have made in the second round, choices that are cynical. the use of campaign arguments that are shameful and that revealed perhaps the coldness of the business banker bet you never stopped being. i think this period an actual act of clarification was profoundly useful to the french people to decide. >> mr. macron, would you now like to make your statement? >> you have shown you are not the candidate of th

that has stuck with hollande ever since.it on we end with a year the eurovision song competition. the final is coming up tomorrow in kiev. >> i know we are interested in the french candidate. you can find out all about it here. she is 28 years old, and incredibly accomplished young woman. she is a singer, songwriter, and speaks several languages, plays the piano, and she is going to fight for first place with her song, "requiem. there is something that happens in a creative city where creative people feed off of each other. painter, but are a you are looking at a movie. you are a movie maker but you were looking at a piece of architecture and design. there is this idea if you get a

holland. >> reporter: -- she has a scholarship to business school.someone else who is waiting to congratulate her. linda wayman, who has now stepped down as principal of strawberry mansion. and so wayman whispers once again what she used to say to all the kids. >> and remember, if nobody told you they love you today, you know i do. and i always will. >> i love you, too. >> we're cheering on you, christine. that one-time principal linda and her message. thank you diane >>> and thank you for watching. good night. >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc7 news. >> and there is a traffic mess happening right now in the east bay. big rig carrying hazardous materials. hours later the road is still closed. it's not the only incident that slowed down traffic in the east bay today. the bay bridge was all but shut down today when a man climbed out of his car and onto the bridge. good afternon, and thank you for joining us. i'm alma daetz. >> and i'm larry beil. one of those situations is still happening right now. the big rig overturned on a transition r

for francois hollande.a clear majority ahead of him, he had five years to implement his plan. last night, we had emmanuel macron asa last night, we had emmanuel macron as a new president who doesn't have any mp under his name. there is a general election coming on june any mp under his name. there is a general election coming onjune11 — both marine le pen and emmanuel macron's speeches were clearly facing towards that deadline already. we have a two—round election, so we will have a majority onjune 18, election, so we will have a majority on june 18, but election, so we will have a majority onjune18, but we don't know who will be in the majority in the parliament. what did you make of the speeches last night? two from mr macron, one from marine le pen.|j felt that macron was very emotive, ina felt that macron was very emotive, in a way. it was obvious that there was something happening for him there and then. he's a young man. he doesn't have — he has some experience, but he's never been in that position. n

holland. >> reporter: -- she has a scholarship to business school.someone else who is waiting to congratulate her. linda wayman, who has now stepped down as principal of strawberry mansion. and so wayman whispers once again what she used to say to all the kids. >> and remember, if nobody told you they love you today, you know i do. and i always will. >> i love you, too. >> we're cheering on you, christine. that one-time principal linda and her message. thank you diane >>> and thank you for watching. good night. ralph northam: being a pediatrician has taught me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam, and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. from sony pictures studios, it's america's game. wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the sta