forjacques chirac. uniting against the national front, whether they be political rivals or not. we have seen that in regional and local elections and in national polls as well. it may happen again in the second round. emmanuel macron is not from a party in the sense of the word. should he win, he will need support from the national assembly to get his agenda through, won't he? that is the big question. how will he be able to pull a majority in parliament and how will he be able to govern? he says that he will select candidates outside the political system for the parliamentary election which is coming up injune. half of them will be women, he said. but whether he will be able to secure that majority in parliament remains unclear. and, of course, that is the main question we heard tonight. francois fillon, the candidate for the conservatives who lost saying that the centrist and conservatives should unite in the next parliamentary election. but how will that play out exactly? we have yet to see. if we lo

that is roughly twice what her father got against jacques chirac.eason why people were not so surprised that she reached the second round. —— emmanuel macron for —— 60 forfour emmanuel the second round. —— emmanuel macron for —— 60 for four emmanuel macron. —— 40 fourmarine for —— 60 for four emmanuel macron. —— 40 four marine le pen. for —— 60 for four emmanuel macron. -- 40 four marine le pen. we go to the newspapers and have a look at how it is being reported here in france and elsewhere. we show you a picture here of le figaro. it showers a picture of the presidential hopefuls emmanuel macron and marine le pen, the two front runners from sunday's first round of voting. the elimination, the paper says, of francois fillon and jean—luc melenchon is a historic defeat. going to the uk's financial times, it reports that the victory has set the scene for two fraught weeks of election campaigning between the far right leader and the independent centrist. this as they com plete independent centrist. this as they complete their race for the presidency on

jean chirac was president and he could almost disregard that sentiment. if marine le pen gets to 40% of the vote in the second round and still loses, that's a substantial part and a substantial voice for this sort of anti-globalist, anti-eu, anti-big business sentiment in france. that could shape the way not just macron would rule if he was president but also the legislative elections that are very important for dictating policy in france. you've seen a similar thing in the uk where prime minister theresa may was pretty -- she was actually against brexit, but she kept herself out of the referendum, but she was thought to be against brexit but she's had to go for a hard brexit which means cutting off immigration, pulling the u kurks out of the single market. she's reacting to the prevailing political conditions in the uk and the rise of populist feelings and anti-european feelings. that's a way in which you can see how even when populists don't win, they can shape the policies of those that do win. >> and at any moment we do expect that marine le pen just

one were covering the campaign by britain to get the olympics, which was a long time ago, jacques chiracbe based. i think he was fighting with the norwegians. it's com pletely fighting with the norwegians. it's completely overshadowed his attempt to lobby for paris because he said some rude things about norwegian food in the headlines followed him to singapore. staying with the observer, an interesting story about schools, sean. what you make of this? free schools boom helps the richest. it's a claim by the national union of teachers that money is wasted, to use the words, on free schools and technical colleges and academy schools that have either closed or not opened in the first place. to put it into context, what is not tangible and what is not reported is out of the investment that was made, some good seeds as well as bad seeds were sown. we'd know to what extent it is a total waste of money, but it's a lot cash. there are about 800 of these schools, free from local authority control. but italy's into the wider issue as well, as we discussed was so much money being spent on free scho

in that second round vote, chirac got 82% against jean marie le pen who got just 18% of the vote.he thought is in the second round, voters unite against the outside candidate. indeed the polls this time around show a big gap. more like 60-40 to macron than 80-20. but an uphill battle for marine le pen. but things are different. in the first round the vote was much closer and more candidates at play. therefore, key in the second round is what happens to the roughly 40% of voters who opted for the far right or the center right francois fitton. he was come to come out loud and clear and back macron in the second round and encouraging his voters to do the same. melench melenchon, the leader of the far left party has not done that, even though in 2002 he did come out and back jacques chirac. to dive into that deeper let's look at how working class voters here voted yesterday. le pen won and by a much bigger margin than people expected. 37%. macron just 16% of the working class. melenchon in between the two as you can see. that's 24%. which way it goes will be key for this election. but

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

do you remember whenjacques chirac was in the last one, people on the left went to vote with nose pegsit. we will talk about this again after the first round is after. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. you can of course comment on the programme on twitter @bbcshaunley. goodbye. hello there. with clear skies for many of us overnight, sunday dawns on quite a chilly note. there will be a touch of frost for some rural parts. this was the sunset on saturday evening, taken by one of our weather watchers in south ayrshire, showing the beautiful blue skies. cloud will increase across this part of the world as we head through the day on sunday, so turning cloudier across northern and western scotland, with a few showers. also some cloud across southern counties of england, and for northern ireland, too. it is, of course, the london marathon on sunday. after a fairly fresh start to the day, by the afternoon, temperatures in the mid—teens. it should be fairly cloudy, but we are expecting it to remain dry. there is just the outside chance, though,

do you remember whenjacques chirac was in the last one, people on the left went to vote with nose pegsl talk about this again after the first round is over. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. you can of course comment on the programme on twitter @bbcshaunley. goodbye. cold weather not unusual in april but that does not mean it will not come as a shock to the system when it arrives and it will arrive the next few days. chilly weather. wintry showers, cold and frosty nights. make the most of the decent spring conditions today. varying amounts of cloud as you can see. fairly thin, fairamount amounts of cloud as you can see. fairly thin, fair amount of brightness. patches of cloud in south wales, but of the west country, east anglia, south east. more in northern ireland and north—west scotland. some splashes of rain. further south moor in the wa ke of rain. further south moor in the wake of censure. can't completely ruled out showers if you are unlucky, if there is thick cloud. in the south, wales, midlands, is that the south, wales, midlan

when jacques chirac was in the last one, people went to the left. a different story though. she isa that's a different story though. she is a much better politician. we will talk about this again after the first round is after. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. you can of course comment on the programme on twitter @bbcshaunley. hello there. we've got a bit of a taste of winter for the new working week. the cold front is going south across the uk introducing colder conditions. so, through the week ahead, a chance of seeing wintry showers. gardeners, take note, also some frosty nights over the next few nights too. we are already seeing colder conditions moving in across scotland with sleet and snow showers, mostly over the high ground, but some wintry precipitation getting down to lower levels. further south across the uk, we've got quite a lot of cloud. a few outbreaks of rain. but still into the milder air. looking at the weather for monday morning. 8am, largely dry in southern counties. some sunshi

for this situation, in which marine le pen's father was in the run—off against ——jacques —— jacques chiracance of workers uniting against the national front, whether they are political rivals or not. we have seen that in regional or local elections. and that is the case in national polls as well. that might well happen in the second round, again. emmanuel macron is not from a party in the traditional sense of the word. more of a movement. should he win, he will need support from the national assembly to get his votes through, wendy? and that is the big question. how is he going to pull a majority in parliament, and how will he be up to govern? he says that he is going to select candidates from outside the political system. —— won't he. half of them will be women, he said. but whether he will be up to secure that majority in parliament remains unclear. and that is the main question. we heard tonight that francois fillon, the candidate of the conservatives, who lost to emmanuel macron, saying that the centrist and the conservatives should unite in the next parliamentary election. —— centrist

he was clearly wiped out by the then republican candidate, jacques chirac, who won with over 80% of thein the second round against the national front. and it also might suggest that it might happen again in the run—off on the seventh of may. thomas, thank you. we will have special coverage of that second round. thank you. and watching you stay on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come: forget about faster, higher, stronger. instead what about older, tougher, healthier? stay with us to meet the ageless performers. 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 in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space

do you remember when jacques chirac was in the last one, people on the left went to vote with nose pegswill talk about this again after the first round is after. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. you can of course comment on the programme on twitter @bbcshaunley. goodbye. hello. as we go into the start of next week, it's going to feel a bit like we have rewound this season. something chilly, dare i say it, a little bit wintry on the way. like we have rewound the season. something chilly, dare i say it, a little bit wintry on the way. so make the most of some springlike weather still to be had this weekend. our weather watchers have been capturing scenes of sunny spells. that one from the wirral a little earlier on. and it is going to stay largely dry for the majority this weekend, with some sunshine, a bit of patchy cloud around as well. quite a lot of cloud close to this weather front, just providing one fly in the ointment across the south—east through the rest of today. maybe even the odd light shower. also a lot of cloud for norther

father was 15 years ago when he went to the second—round against the conservative candidate, jacques chirachave to work on in the next two weeks. you mentioned the mainstream is getting behind emmanuel macron. i guess that is no more evidence of that and the fact that the current french president, francois hollande, had this to say earlier. translation: the far right would be dangerous for france and they wouldn't danger of principles. this is why that in the face of such danger, there is nothing to be gained by standing by. there is no choice but to take action and there is a clear choice. as for me, i will be voting for emmanuel macron. one analyst points out that one key difference between america and france is... if we bring you back in, why is it that marine le pen continues to struggle to get mainstream politicians to support her? that is because of the extreme past of the front national. the party that her father founded and that horror... a lot of people see as the party of hatred. —— and that a lot of people see. that is what a lot of left—wing people say. the republicans say that

we saw in 2002 when her father was in the second round, he was eviscerated by jacques chirac because as left toxic now and perhaps that's when i happen to such a large extent this time —— less toxic? the pen is a great politician in that she is astute and shrewd and is not going to be defeated like her father was. shrewd and is not going to be defeated like herfather was. four marine le pen. it will be a0— 60% i think that is a great victory her. a2 the pen? —— a0% to marine le pen? it is not the party of marine le pen's father. this is a washed down kind of warmed up front nationale which has left the race —— racism and 80 705 —— which has left the race —— raci5m and 80 705 —— anti—semitic vi5ion. stefan simons from der spiegel, agnes poirier, thank you forjoining us. and there is more a course on our website. including live updates and the latest developments. just go to bbc.com/news. we will be back with more. 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

wal-mart are probably not further to the last great battle is supporting chirac committee.reas i want to point out. from atlantis stretching up into bali, further to the north running towards washington d.c. areas for receiving threat the morning hours further to the west. this is the system i want to pay attention to. heavy rain running towards the chicagoland area in the midwest and this is a spot will be watching. a severe weather threat through tonight. strong winds, heavy rains and maybe even isolated tornado or two. lauren: adam klotz, thank you. lea: come in after republicans watch while president trump science in order to buy american. >> this historic action declares that the policy of our government is to aggressively promote and use american-made goods. lea: you are watching "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. ♪ i've spent my life planting a size-six, non-slip shoe into that door. on this side, i want my customers to relax and enjoy themselves. but these days it's phones before forks. they want wifi out here. but behind that door, i ne

and in the end, jack chirac managed to win by more than 80%. we will see if this is the case for this runoff. , greataroline connan job. it isn't as low as it was earlier. we were down but we did come down following at those french president comments backing macron. macron is getting backing from both sides of the political spectrum. vonnie: we look forward to the debate. all eyes are on capitol hill because it is shaping up to be a busy week as trump approaches his 100 stay in office and congress returns from a two-week recess. tenants are really joins us now from capitol hill. there is a big place, if you like, in front of congress and a lot of stress. trump is threatening on twitter about obamacare and about drugs coming across the border from mexico. do you anticipate that anything will be induced with the legislation? where lawmakers are beginning to return home to congress after being home with their constituents for a two-week recess. tomorrow night, numbers of the house freedom caucus will meet to discuss health care policy. not ryan ha

that has played out when you look at chirac's victory 12 years ago and 2015, it's not simply two mains plus an outsider. there are seven candidates pulling above 4%. and two main parties thirdnspec >> so many rounds. >>> in corporate news, shares of eli lilly and insight under pressure after rejection from the fda. landon dowdy has details. >> drugmaker eli lilly getting a surprise rejection from the fda in what was supposed to be a sure fire blocklockbuster. some analystists estimating it could generate more than $2 billion in sales. according to lilttlllilly, the wants to see better timing. and the fda will be working with lilly. and a brand that was 00 proved for use in europe in february was expected to be a big seller in the u.s. in part because most other rheumatoid arthritis drugs are injectsed making them less appealing to patients. but yesterday's result makes it more difficult for eli lilly. >> landon, thank you for the update on the rejection from the fda. >>> and trending stories now. viral video alert, "saturday night live" and jimmy fallon making headlines after dragging

jacques chirac went through to the second round and he didn't rejoice, and the element of gravity asrrent president, today reminded macron that it president, today reminded macron thatitis president, today reminded macron that it is not a done deal, that he should keep working. it is really interesting because we were talking about hillary clinton last week and this new book called shattered, and the author said that her campaign had no sense of purpose, nobody had figured out how to make the campaign about something more than hillary. i get the sense that that is going on with mr macron. yes, but to be fair he isa with mr macron. yes, but to be fair he is a formidable political phenomenon, if you consider that his movement didn't exist 30 months ago. the fact that he is independent and he isa the fact that he is independent and he is a centrist and is very new and very young, he is also responsible for the fact that the two mainstream political parties have disappeared for the second round. everybody rallies around him. it is not really that marine le pen loses in two weeks' time, t

he faced off against jacques chirac. 82%, and le pen, 18%.y 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 because i don't want le pen to be president. >> i will vote for

hasn't talked to for two years ran and came in second, was in a a runoff and trounced by jacques chirac. there are four candidates in double digits and we might be seeing her getting some more support but that doesn't mean she'll get over the 50% threshold. >> if she does, if she wins given that so many people around the world have been aghast saying how could president trump have these views, global citizenship is what's most important, if she wins is that a feather in his cap that more people do support these ideas? >> it's a populist win, part of the populist wave if it happens. i'm doubting that just looking at the statistics it's going to happen. she will probably be in the runoff and see how it plays out then. >> is it a win for trump if she wins? >> in a sense it is because she wants to take france out of the european union which would completely destroy the organization. also, you know, he was -- trump was supported by the people who supported brexit, so you start to see these connections. they're not direct connections one-on-one, but nonetheless, there's a mood and a sense, an

chirac had, jacque warned against le pen. jonathan: some novelty around these polls.w important it will be for the second round as well. >> the snap polls at the moment show clear advantage for , probably more than 60% for the independent candidate, 30% to 35% for marine le pen. marine le pen still suffers from this glass ceiling. french people are opposed to france leaving the eu and the euro. jonathan: the first rally sparked by the elections now risk on. the 10 year and france at the lowest level in 10 months. egg rallied for a bank stocks in europe as well. a big rally for banks stocks in europe as well. do you fade the rally or chase the momentum. >> you enjoy this one. it is real . europe has reacted correctly. the good news is now in the market, and we know the ecb, i think they will take a breather on thursday and push this one out to june. do want a wall or a government shutdown? that will be tough for the market this week. come wednesday, thursday, how will you feel when the president might have to make a big decision on saturday morning. jonathan: you're gr

i talked with francine in aboutgton three days ago the path from -- excuse me -- through chirac and mitterrandopt and adjust? to some extent, we're back to the 1960's where there were four parties. .he far left is now melenchon not very different. then you have the center which is larger than it used to be which is macron. and then you have the right, which is still there. got almost 20% of the vote and then you have the far right, which is a new thing also around what he percent. -- also around 20%. the country now will not be governed by either the left or the right. but by a moving coalition in the center. i don't think macron can have a single majority to implement his platform. you will need a majority for the labor market reform, probably a pensiont one for the gary reform. for example. so that'll be something more dynamic than what we have seen. aney ine: eric will sit with us. to one of we speak the most famous frenchman in brussels. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: this is "bloomberg surveillance." let's get the bloomberg business flash. two of the world's largest health-care suppliers ar

french government and was also the french minister of commerce during the administration of jacque chirachank you so much for joining us. i have never seen an election like this. you have four candidates, and actually any of them could come to the second round. why this french election is so open? why do the french not want to vote and are so undecided? >> well, you have in fact five candidates are at two of them are representing the old governing parties, the socialist party and the unp, and they are far back. i think people are rejecting those parties who have been failing in fixing the main issues of the country. then you have two other candidates who are extreme right and extreme left candidates, pressing a global refusal of the system and frustration of voters about unemployment, globalization, everything which and negative rather than a positive change in today's environment. eventually you have emmanuel macron as the only candidate europenting openness to to globalization. francine: we have talked a lot about the candidates. , but talk to me i'll about what france and the french vo

jack chirac was a fellow right-leaning politician and easier for him to get the center ground and a memberg base of support. mr. macron doesn't really have that. clearly there's confidence off the back of these historic uniting against the national front, but there are differences too. clearly the markets focusing on the former rather than the latter this morning. >> who framed your shot? i mean you're right in the thing. i mean there's -- it's like -- it's unbelievable. you love that, don't you? you are feeling so cosmo right now. look at that. have you been up to the top? there's a big line to get to the top of that thing. have you done that? >> reporter: i'm feeling so lucky, joe. it's a great job. very lucky to be here. >> and you're on "squawk box." you should be feeling lucky. where are we putting you up in paris just out of curiosity? no, you know what, the place will get mobbed with young ladies if we do that. don't tell me. >> reporter: i won't tell you, but i will also be on the plane back later today. there's a big wells fargo story to cover tomorrow. >> he's always working. bob

it's interesting, her father was in the same kind of runoff with chirac and lost.n, what you're seeing on your screen now, technology stocks, other stocks going straight up. that is a sigh of relief. >> it is definitely a sigh of relief, and people are saying because of the tax announcement that may come on wednesday, i've heard that's going to be broad strokes and lots of tax principles. now, the last time i tried i could not spend broad strokes and -- [laughter] this is related to france. this looks like the e.u. will stay together. frankly, i think it means one more thing. france for the last few years has been sort of the broken player among the majors in the e.u. i think macron may represent a way for france to look forward, to let go of some of the socialist regulations and some of the drag on their economy. they a basically let their industrial base go can, and they have not grabbed fully enough into the new what i would say software and digital revolution that's taken the rest of the world. this is an opportunity for france, but it also means that the e.u.

be many people who say, i will not go for the republican upsurge that we saw in 2002 whenjacques chiracs a remarkable achievement of marine le pen's side, i must say, their ideas, the themes will really remain in the national debate and that's very much her doing.” remain in the national debate and that's very much her doing. i will come back to you but let's get a word from kevin connolly who was there at the hq of marine le pen in henin—beaumont. you are watching these scenes, i know it is very loud. christine was saying, this will now be a battle and she will try to cast it as a battle between her party and the establishment. that's exactly right. she talked about this system being against her. we have spoken to a senior figure in the national front and they say the entire french mainstream media is running against them. we got a little taster of the campaign to come. the national front, she touched on immigration but also on globalisation, uncontrolled and u nfettered globalisation, uncontrolled and unfettered globalisation. the threat to the french way of life. she invited all fren

fatherjohn marine le pen got a big shock breakthrough into the second round and round againstjacques chiracon the nation versus europe and nation versus globalisation divide. she will pick up votes from the centre—right candidate, but also from people who voted for the far left. we can expect her vote to go up, but it is unlikely it will go up enough to beat emmanuel macron. we will be back in paris later in the programme. jeremy corbyn is promising to repeal what he calls "vicious" trade union legislation brought in by the conservatives if labour wins the general election. the labour leader is making his first campaign visit to scotland today, where his party is trying to claw back support after huge losses in the election two years ago. our political correspondent chris mason is here. isaid our i said our political mason! are you a mason?! sorry, our political correspondentjoins us. a tough day for correspondentjoins us. a tough day foer correspondentjoins us. a tough day for mr corbyn yesterday? there are still six weeks to go, so assemble those words in the right order! jeremy corbyn ha