to me, eric zemmour has been created by the media.irst book, but the first book that made -- mention him was a very violent book against women, can spend on it against feminism. he became a pundit on public television. it was and even private television. he said even after being convicted, he remains public. he remains on the public television and other private media. to me there is much complicity from the media because they knew who he was. they were more interested by the noise around his statements and not echoing hate speeches. actually, to me, there's much complicity to other people that gave him -- amplified his voice because they gave him the platform to make them able to run for presidency. the atmosphere -- hate speech, racist statements, sexist statements, harassing people of color by having aggressive words against them. nermeen: could you explain what you think his actual prospects are as a presidential candidate? and very quickly, just to give some of the statements that you set have been amplified, he has compared peopl

also so such, eric zemmour held his first rally promising a turnover in politics if he wins in april let's get to charlotte for more. talk to us about the significance of valerie pecresse's election and what the outlook is at this point for the upcoming presidential election >> she was a surprise candidate, because she was not one of the favorites to win that primary of the center right party the two favorites got kicked out in the first round of the primary so she went to the second round and one this to be the candidate. this 54-year-old woman, she was the first woman to represent lerepublicans. you have the first woman in the race representing the major party in the election. she was a political insider. she's been minister of budget for the paris region she left a couple of years ago because she wasn't happy with the political line the party was taking she rejoined earlier this year in order to run in the primary can she be a contender in the race, at the moment pulling around 10%, expected to get a bump now that she's the official candidate. the big change is to gather the votes

eric zemmour, anti-islam idealing on delivering his first official speech as a candidate. >> translatorur country, our homeland, the heritage of our ancestors. >> reporter: this is the reaction he's been getting. moments later, his campaign marred by violence. this is how zemmour supporters responded to an anti-racism protest. convicted twice, found guilty of inciting religious hatred and fined. he has drawn comparisons to another fire-breathing populist. >> they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime. they're rapists. >> translator: they're thieves, assassins, rapists. that's all they are. >> they can try to steal the election from us. >> translator: don't let them steal the election from you. >> reporter: zemmour and trump, the parallels hard to miss. political outsiders who capitalized on their tv fame to launch an unlikely presidential bid. their promise -- >> we will make america great again. >> reporter: bring the country back to an imagined former glory. >> translator: the france of napoleon he says in his campaign announcement. he draws inspiration from donald trump, says his

far right presidential candidate eric zemmour attacked by a protester who grabbed him around the neckril, who is live for us in paris, with the latest. look, we should be paying attention to this, not just because this politician was attacked, but also for what his candidacy signals here. >> reporter: absolutely, brianna. you hit the nail on the head. there is the violence, then there's the politics behind this and the wider context. the violence is that mr. zemmour was assaulted moments after he left the backstage area to walk to the stage for his first political rally. his team says he sustained a kris wrist injury, and he was wearing a wrist cast on his morning tv shows. more violence later on, as his anti-racist group silently stood in front of the cameras. they were impressive. they were mauled. they were assaulted by zemmour's supporters. 62 people were detained by police after that incident. zemmour's critics would say the violence and his rhetoric is partly what is causing this real-life violence. what does he stand for? zemmour is a former journalist turned far right ideologu