tell us more about what brought francois fillon and angela merkel together today. nick: this meeting was planned shortly after francois fillon won the leadership of his party and became the official candidate. and angela merkel, a fellow center-right politician, was especially keen to meet him because we know that the two countries have taken the leadership in europe. where waitings for the french and the german countries to come together for an agreement that will allow the ensemble to move forward. there have been troubles in the past. angela merkel is running for a fourth term. she has dealt with nicolas sarkozy, not such a good relationship. francois hollande was marginally better. now she has someone she may be able to deal with. she is happy to see that francois fillon is proposing all sorts of economic reforms. they see eye to eye on the necessity of having christian values in europe without shoving them down anybody's throat, but at least making space for them. angela merkel heading the christian democratic union. they also have a certain affinity because t

francois fillon finds himself in hot water. flo: the so-called penelope gate scandal. have been talking about it since last week. you might remember the satirical magazine that was behind the that francoisng fillon's wife was paid half a million euros for allegedly a fake job in the parliamentary system. the fillons were separately interrogated by anticorruption police yesterday for five hours. it is moving quite quickly. in this article, you can read about his entourage. they are bracing themselves for more leaks in the days a come. perhaps there will be more details tomorrow. chris: francois fillon is not talking to the police, on the offensive politically. flo: he's eager to go on with his life as normal. his troops were quite pumped up after his campaign rally on sunday. one quoted in this article says that he is rate to fight like a lion. it is interesting to look how party isrvative reacting to this scandal. you can read more about that today. the party is collectively holding its breath during the investigation. according to this paper, he is walking on a razor'

francois fillon francois fillon the most radical pro— market profiler.o try something else — benoir hamon will try to do a hard plastic left stimulus, for example increasing the minimum wage and shorten the working week. a lot of measures that even... they are so radical they have not been tried before. marine le pen saying to install tariffs and 80 from the euro and even if the european union. —— the euro. ringing back the great old days of the 70s. the other line of fracture is immigration and controlling restrictions. marine le pen the national front is the most radical. francois fillon also presented a tough stand on reforming immigration laws. he would like to select immigrants those who would help france, some kind of a points system. the other groups, emmanuel macron all the benoir hamon camp, or read on the left wing of benoir hamon do not care about that issue that much. the four different groups more or less that much. the four different groups more oi’ less seem to that much. the four different groups more or less seem to be equally large figh

but it was francois fillon who won, and nobody predicted that.w leading the polls, is a man of bracingly right—wing views. he may well cast doubt on marine le pen‘s values, or even suggest she's not so different from her father. her battle for power won't be easy. she is suddenly looking not as the newcomer, as she would hope, but somebody who has tried again and again to be elected, while francois fillon was prime minister for five years and is now the favourite, the newcomer. she didn't expect him to win the primary. so this is a new battle for her and it is dangerous for her strategy. mobilising people against an establishment candidate will still provide le pen with plenty of options, and the success of her messages on border controls and leaving the single currency may yet produce in france a huge challenge to the european project. joining me now are benedicte paviot, the uk correspondent for france 2a, and philippe marliere, professor of french and european politics at university college, london. i want to start by getting you to reflect on

we have not mentioned francois fillon. and so on. francois fillon seems to be a bit warmer towards bridging then other french leaders. —— vladimir putin. towards bridging then other french leaders. -- vladimir putin. tags get depend on people and francois fillon has become the pro—russian. he differs from mainstream opinion such as it has been up till now in the government. he believes that the sanctions should be eased off and he believes it is important to have a constructive relationship with a vladimir putin who knows personally from the time that they were both prime ministers but to betray him as somebody who is a marine le pen type figure of trump type figure —— portray him who relishes the fact of a strong leader and believes the world will be broken down into handful of powerful nation states wonder those deal—makers and france could be among them, i do not think that a vision of francois fillon. that may be the vision of marine le pen arguably but i believe that francois fillon police are realigning of policy and

francois fillon had been riding high in the polls in his campaign to become the next french residentce allegations that he is a british wife was paid large amounts of public money for fake jobs. at a party rally on sunday, there was a show of support for his wife, a standing ovation that brought her to tea rs. standing ovation that brought her to tears. and the presidential hopeful hit back. translation: she has been at my side discreetly, devotedly. i have built my career with her and we have built my career with her and we have nothing to hide. three months before the presidential election, surprise surprise, a scandal has been whipped up. people are trying to bring me down through penelope. i am not afraid of anything stop in november, francois fillon won the conservative party nomination. now this is threatening to derail his campaign. on the 25th ofjanuary, a report that she was paid 500,000 euros as her husband ‘s parliamentary assistant for work she did not perform. that prompted financial loss prosecutors to open an investigation. on monday, they we re an investigation. on mo

he is placed under formal investigation. >> he denies any wrongdoing by him and his wife, but francois fillonnd his wife penelope have been questioned by police. they are investigating whether mrs. fillon's part of terror -- fillon's parliamentary assistant was a bogus job. thousands of supporters rally to the conservative candidates. front-runner in the upcoming elections, his ratings have slumped in the wake of the allegations, published by satirical weekly. there are reports his wife penelope owed hundreds of thousands of euros for a job that didn't exist. >> three months from the election, surprise a scandal is being whipped up. they are trying to use penelope to try to take me down. but i have thick skin. if someone wants to attack me, they should attack me head on. the leave wife out of this political debate. >> witnesses? a she was in at all. a custom to being a sideline -- accustomed to being sidelined. the heart of the scandal now .nown as penelope-gate reported he pocketed funds only reserved for the parliamentary -- for the salaries of parliamentary assistants. reporter: -- anchor:

caroline: do you think the scandal surrounding francois fillon's wife is hurting the candidacy of francois douglas: it certainly is hurting him. we have seen a notable fall for in theport of fillon opinion polls. he will have to adopt a strategy to get to the second round. this confirms the view of many french people that therir political elitists -- caroline: does it put francois fillon now on the side of the establishment, the elite? is he considered more out of touch with ordinary people? douglas: that is quite possible. particularly damaging because up until now, he is one of the republican party's who had not been affected by this kind of incident. my cron iskable that running an antiestablishment campaign also, but he is really the purest possible product of the french establishment. undergraduate university in member and then became a of the highest administrative cory in the french state, the financial inspector. it is really very frightening. caroline: does it surprise you that none of the candidates have mentioned over the past 24 hours that donald trump ban on some muslim immigr

genie: on the other side of the political bent, conservative presidential candidate francois fillon is trying to come back from a week of damaging paidations his wife was for holding a fake job. our correspondent reports. >> thousands of supporters rallied on sunday for embattled conservative candidate francois fillon. along the front runner in france's upcoming presidential elections, his ratings have slumped in the wake of a number of allegations that he and his wife benefited from the misuse of public funds. last week, satirical weekly published a report alleging that his wife earned hundreds of thousands of euros for a job that did not exist here it -- that did not exist. three months from the election, surprise, asus scandal -- a scandal is being used. if someone wants to attack me, they should attack me head on but leave my wife out of this debate. police are investigating whether mrs. fillon's post as parliamentary assistant was a fictitious job and are examining partial -- possible allegations of fraud. 2012, she isand said to have earned more than 500,000 euros. but it is ques

the french presidential front-runner francois fillon takes a hit in the polls. allegations his wife took a salary for a fake job. rented -- is threatening reprisal after a supreme court ruled against the extradition of a turkish soldiers who fled after last year's failed coup. we begin in washington where british prime minister theresa may has been holding talks with u.s. president donald trump in what was his first meeting with a foreign leader since taking office a week ago. and the fight against the islamic all topping the agenda at their talks. adding in his experience business had always been smooth compared to his experience with mainland europe. the queen she has invited trump to visit england later on this year. minister mayprime set about trams commitment to nato. >> on defense and security cooperation, we are united in our recognition. we reaffirmed our unshakable commitment. you are 100% behind nato. i encourage my fellow your leaders to deliver on their commitments. the burden is more fairly shared. it is only by investing properly that we are assure

francois fillon has defended his wife's work as "real."his after french authorities opened a claim that she was paid french funds while holding a fake job. >> her work is real. i will prove this naturally with the prosecution. it's plain to see behind this the real question is how to fight the winner of the conservative primaries. >> joining us now for reaction on the ground is claire fournier. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> listening to francois fillon on the defense over this matter. i have to wonder in the post-truth world we're all living in, even if he's successful in his defense, is the claim already out there? is it already damaging his perception in voters eyes? >> it is damaging. it is a blow to his image. if you look at a poll released this morning, out of the people that were asked do you find mr. fillon honest, 67% said no. so that is devastating for his image, because he was styling himself as the candidate tough on public spending. so this penelope-gate as we call it in france is damaging for him. even though she wa

now francois fillon and his wife are being heard by the prosecutors. her she actually did some work as fillon's assistant. in the national front leader is trying to take advantage of this. the real issue right now is the relationship with money. >> vonnie. >> former treasury secretary larry summers gives his perspective on how president donald trump will impact markets going forward. here is a look at u.s. stocks about an hour into this monday session. yes if 1% as well. the vix is above 12.5. mark: live in london and new york, i am mark barton. vonnie: and i am vonnie quinn. in politics today larry summers came outagain -- against president trump's immigration ban. tweet, bloomberg data break -- bloomberg daybreak: americas spoke with a professor at harvard university. >> each mark of participant will have to make their own judgment. i am a bit fearful what we are seeing in markets is a sugar high. got doesn't mean they can't higher, that doesn't mean it can't happen for quite a while. i am the last person to be of the claim to time markets. there ises

we know that francois fillon in france is quite receptive to russia playing a bigger role in europe.een as a very weak hand, but playing it very well. that's exactly what american diplomats will concede. a weak hand played extraordinary well. in december 2015, when russia decided to intervene militarily in syria, there were warnings from barack obama it would be another afghanistan, a quagmire where russia will get bogged down. what has happened instead is that russia, president putin, has had the projection of military force and forced the conclusion he wanted. i spent most of 2016 going to one security forum after another with western leaders saying we will not accept the changing of borders in our time by force, we will not accept the post—1945 order will be changed. russia went into crimea and it is still there. russia not only shifted the momentum on the battlefield in syria, saved president assad from collapse on key front lines, it's a key player on the battlefield and i was in aleppo during the last stages of the war for that important city. then it shifted to the negotiating

and in france, how about francois fillon becoming president of the republic? it's a guess.the important thing here is not francois fillon, but that marine le pen is not going to become president. this is a prediction and a hope. or perhaps a hope first and a prediction, because we know we can't make predictions any more! and it's also, i think, the end of the french left, a bit like what happens in the uk. i predict, whoever it is, the french left candidate will clock less than 10% on the first round. i think they are in the wilderness for the next generation. that's true pretty much across western europe, is it not to the centre left? it is, yes. prediction? now, i don't know where you're going to go with this! laughter i'm just going to cough and pass it back! it'll be an interesting year. what we learned this year is to expect the worst, and hope for the best. next year it's going to be the same thing all over again. in the united states, people are going tojust be amazed, i think, over and over again by what's happening in washington. outside of the united states, peopl

the differences that francois fillon has a strong chance of becoming the country's next leader, so notjustss france, in the left, they voted for that primary as well because we wanted to have a choice of say in the man who was likely to become next leader. everyone knows who wins this primary for the socialist party has a very limited chance of becoming the next president. it is not impossible, but the odds would soon to be stacked against this person. there are two other candidates broadly of the left who are more popular in the polls right now. that has meant that voters have and not so much taking pa rt voters have and not so much taking part in this campaign. however they can overturn that the menton and start digging orfrom the can overturn that the menton and start digging or from the other two candidates of the left. how do they suggest they might tackle the popularity of the rise of the national front, we solve marine le pen meeting other far national front, we solve marine le pen meeting otherfar right leaders and the yesterday. on the left we have these two characters who are adv

and in france, how about francois fillon becoming president of the republic? it's a guess.es. but the important thing here is not francois fillon, but that marine le pen is not going to become president. this is a prediction and a hope. or perhaps a hope first and a prediction, because we know we can't make predictions any more! and it's also, i think, the end of the french left, a bit like what happens in the uk. i predict, whoever it is, the french left candidate will clock less than 10% on the first round. i think they are in the wilderness for the next generation. that's true pretty much across western europe, is it not to the centre left? it is, yes. prediction? now, i don't know where you're going to go with this! laughter i'm just going to cough and pass it back! it'll be an interesting year. what we learned this year is to expect the worst, and hope for the best. next year it's going to be the same thing all over again. in the united states, people are going tojust be amazed, i think, over and over again by what's happening in washington. outside of the united state

in france, the centre—right candidate in the presidential election, francois fillon, is facing new questionsublic funds. there are new allegations that penelope fillon was paid close to three—quarters of a million for her role as parliamentary assistant with no evidence of her actually doing the job. mr fillon says he'll withdraw his candidacy if a formal investigation is launched. nearly 50,000 gay and bisexual men, who were convicted of sexual offences which have since been abolished, have been given posthumous pardons. another 15,000 men who are still alive can also apply to be pardoned under the so—called turing's law which was named after the second world war codebreaker, alan turing. the irish novelist, sebastian barry, has become the first person to win the prestigious costa book of the year award twice. at a ceremony in london tonight, he won for his historical novel, days without end, set in 1850s, telling the story of two irish soldiers in america. he said he was inspired to write about a gay relationship after his son came out. that's a summary of the news. newsday is coming up at

french prosecutors opened an investigation into the conservative candidate francois fillon over the misuse of public funds after a report stated that fillon's wife received a public salary as his assistant but didn't actually work. >>> at&t adding 1.1 million smartphones to its subscriber base in the fourth quarter. the second largest u.s. wireless carrier matched estimates from analysts, but net income fell by $2.4 billion despite improvements in margins. the company went on to say it was confident that its deal to buy time warner would be approved. >> at&t reporting earnings in line with expectations. 60 cents per share. revenue of $41.8 billion came in lighter than expected. on the earnings call, at&t's ceo striking quite a positive note talking about how the trump administration will benefit at&t. saying the company is confident it will be able to close its acquisition of time warner and bullish on how tax reform could help by cutting costs, enabling at&t to expand investments and driving revenue as gdp expands. >> i was impressed. i was meeting with a ceo. it was obvious. the presiden

hook for nearly one million euros, another bombshell was dropped, claiming that from 's wife franÇois fillonare nearly twice as much as the amount disclosed by the newspaper last week. the paper puts a number on the salary earned by his children as parliamentary age during his mandate in the senate, 80 4000 euros in total. investigators are now trying to determine whether a knell of the fillon did work as a betweenntary aid 2008-2012. night, the couple returned to their home in paris after being questioned by police specializing in financial crimes. 's kim said the couple provided police with information that would clear them of any wrongdoing. former prime minister reveal that fillon initiated the interview. >> i'm happy to restore both his -- both his and his wife's honor . disgusting accusations of being played out in the media. expiration of events and based on his responses to the questions posed to him, there's no doubt in my mind that the outcome will be in his favor. the scandal known as penelope gate has not the center-right candidate's campaign off course. opinion polls show fillon

strategy is to contrast sharply with conservative candidate france .all -- franÇois fillon >> he is preparingastic reduction in public services. >> he needs to maintain appeal .o centrist voters among the proposals of his ls is promoted to hire more police officers, increase teacher pay, institute six months of mandatory national service for young adults and exempt overtime hours from taxes. the primary takes place in two rounds, january 22 and then a week later on january 29. laura: i'm joined by paul smith from nottingham university in united kingdom. thanks for being with us tonight on "france 24." has a tough job, he must defend himself as prime minister and distance himself from .ranÇois hollande >> you're quite right, that's , to sayhas to try to do there is something new about him as a candidate, that there is a kind of strongman image but also that he wants to open up, as your correspondent says, toward the center by making these gestures toward young people and talking about increasing the of policemen and so forth. he's trying to address those two areas. law and order, but also a mu

foundate franÇois fillon himself under fire with a report he claimed -- he paid his wife a half-millioneuros for work it's claimed she never did. she has generally stayed out of her husband's affairs, but was hired as a parliamentary assistant, a fairly common practice in france, earning a total of 500 thousand euros over total of eight years. the newspaper said it has not been never find any witnesses of her work. call the report mudslinging. >> i am outraged by this article because she is my wife, does that mean she is not allowed to work? imagine for a second a male politician saying that a woman can only make jam. all the feminists would yell. remuneratedice of family members is legal in france, providing the person completes actual work, generally as an assistant. the new report has raised questions about fillon's commitment to transparency, a key part of his platform during the primaries. >> for someone who presented himself as exemplary in his own campaign, there's a huge discrepancy between his words and his actions. it's not for him to clear this -- it's up to him to clear this

theng on here in france, conservative nominee francois fillon has gone on t.v.to the recent scandal to have engulfed both him and riz wife. he is under the spotlight over his wife over alf a million euros for fictitious job as a aide. he said all is above board and legal, adding that he'll be suing those publications that dared to make those allegations. reporter: i'm very confident that all my comments, that the lawyer was willing to make, after handing him documents as evidence on wednesday. the le canard enchaine ran an article, keuzing fillon of accusing hisfe -- keuzing his wife forg working as a parliamentary aide. they could find no proof of that. >> this role involved being both an advisor and carrying out small tasks. would meet people from the region. we have many accounts of that. go directlyo would to her. reporter: however, back in october, penelope fillon said until now, i had never been involved in my husband's political life. launchedtigation was just hours after the article hit the press. fillon's supporters said prosecutors were too quick to ju

francois fillon, the centre—right favourite is fighting off allegations that his wife received publicder marine le pen also has strong support. she s promised to pull france out of the euro —— she's promised to pull france out of the euro and drastically reduce immigration. benoit hamon, lagging far behind, seems unlikely to pose a serious threat. but one man who could is emmanuel macron. he's likely to gain the most from the socialist choice of leader. this primary has eluded both a sitting president and a prime minister. the men with power, it seems, don't always win the party. just as hard, perhaps, for the party to win power. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris chilean authorities have detained more than a0 people suspected of arson as wildfires continue to burn across large areas of central and southern chile. at least 11 people have been killed and several thousand others left homeless. the fires have burnt entire towns to the ground and destroyed forests, farmland and vineyards. the bbc‘s sarah corker reports. fighting the flames with whatever they can find, a tree branch, or a bo

police in france have interviewed the centre—right presidential candidate francois fillon and his wifetion was started last week into reports she earned 500,000 euros as her husband's assistant in parliament. they've both denied the claims, which mr fillon has called political sabotage. leaders of the devolved governments in scotland, wales and northern ireland have demanded a greater role in brexit negotiations during their talks with theresa may in cardiff. the scottish and welsh governments have published plans that would allow them to keep full access to the european single market. nicola sturgeon said time was running out, as the brexit process was due to start by the end of march. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, reports. cardiff — the latest stop for the well travelled prime minister, and yet another tricky meeting, this time with the leaders of the governments in scotland, wales and northern ireland. they've all complained that the uk government's not living up to promises to keep the devolved nations fully involved in brexit preparations. after the meeting, nicola sturgeon wa

francois fillon, the centre—right favourite is fighting off allegations that his wife received publicso has strong support. she has promised to pull france out of the euro and drastically reduce immigration. benoit hamon, lagging far behind, seems unlikely to pose a serious threat. but one man who could is emmanuel macron. he is likely to gain the most from the socialist choice of leader. this primary has eluded both a sitting president and a prime minister. the men with power, it seems, don't always win the party. just as hard perhaps for the party to win power. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris still to come: diversity wins as black actors take the top honours in oui’ black actors take the top honours in our way. —— los angeles. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after liftoff. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. all of them are believed to have been killed. by the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. they were using the word "revolution". the earthquake singled out buildings, and brought t

very successful and 4 million people came out, giving the centre—right party a real boost, for francois fillonsed after five years of francois hollande, that a turnout of 1.6 million, that is not particularly the kind of figure that will give impetus to the winner. they are hoping today there will be a bigger turnout with socialist supporters saying we really need to get behind this to create momentum for the real election. but i have got to say that the mood is very down among socialist voters. they have a sense that history is not working their way at the moment and there are other rival candidates on the left. 0n the far left, and emmanuel macron on the centre—left, they are lapping up on the centre—left, they are lapping up and eating into the support of this traditional socialist vote. that means that whoever wins today and becomes the official candidate is likely to be outflanked on either side. thank you for the moment. rescue efforts are continuing to find a boat containing 28 chinese tourists that has gone missing off the coast of borneo. the skipper and crew men have been found alive

francois fillon, the centre—right favourite is fighting off allegations that his wife received public leader marine le pen also has strong support. she has promised to pull france out of the euro and drastically reduce immigration. benoit hamon, lagging far behind, seems unlikely to pose a serious threat. but one man who could is emmanuel macron. he is likely to gain the most from the socialist choice of leader. this primary has eluded both a sitting president and a prime minister. the men with power, it seems, don't always win the party. just as hard perhaps for the party to win power. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris a prominent muslim leader has been shot dead. all we know about the suspect, a man who was photographed ina suspect, a man who was photographed in a moment of the assassination, with a pistol to the head of tony. we do anything about his background. here is a man from mandalay. if you look at him, he is a prominent muslim ina look at him, he is a prominent muslim in a country that is dominated by buddhists. hejust founded the muslin‘s lawyers association here. he is the

think it is going to be a second round with marine le pen and francois fillon.inion polls, and the difficulties marine le pen is facing and they will become clearer once we get closer to the vote and we can discuss about that, i think the to the of fillon to go center-right voters will increase significantly. historically, there is no precedent -- president that has managed to win just relying on his own core voters. marine le pen is even more difficult to grab votes from the centerleft than it is for field. .hat is -- francois fillon yes, marine le pen is a powerful figure, a formidable candidate, the election will be very noisy, but at the end of the day, francois fillon will win. francine: i know he is tweeting at the moment that he wants to reform the welfare state and cut bureaucracy come are the french ready for that? wolfango: yes. we just saw an opinion poll where several servants -- civil servants are supporting fillon. fillonthe messaging that has been sending so far was targeted toward center-right voters because he had to win the primary. now that th

in france, the centre—right candidate in the presidential election, francois fillon, is facing new questionse are new allegations that penelope fillon was paid close to £750,000 for her role as parliamentary assistant with no evidence of her actually doing thejob. mr fillon says that he'll withdraw his candidacy if a formal investigation is launched. nearly 50,000 gay and bisexual men who were convicted of sexual offences which have since been abolished have been given posthumous pardons. another 15,000 men who are still alive can also apply to be pardoned under the so—called turing's law, which was named after the second world war codebreaker, alan turing. the irish novelist sebastian barry has become the first person to win the prestigious costa book of the year award twice. at a ceremony in london tonight, he won for his historical novel, days without end, set in 1850s, telling the story of two irish soldiers in america. he said he was inspired to write about a gay relationship after his son came out. the united states says it's "deeply concerned" about the escalating violence in eastern

opinion polls have put the socialists well behind centre—right candidate francois fillon and marine lee national front. the chinese government says it has ordered the closure of more than 100 golf courses as part of a campaign to tackle illegal expansion. there has been a ban on building new courses since 2004 to safeguard resources but they continued to be built. the australian state of victoria has announced changes to the state's bail laws after a car driver deliberately hit pedestrians in central melbourne. five people were killed when a man, who was on bail against the wishes of the police, drove his car into a crowd in a shopping centre on friday. prime minister malcolm turnbull paid tribute to the victims on monday. at least 16 people have been killed after powerful storms tore through the southeastern united states. authorities say south—central georgia was hardest hit, where 12 people died. a tornado also swept through southern mississippi, killing four and injuring 20 people. more fierce storms, including tornadoes, are being forecast for southern georgia, and parts of florid

they said the victory of francois fillon would be a positive for the economy, and emanuel macron could also be constructive for growth. even if marine le pen were to win, her powers would be limited as her party would fail to gain a majority in france's lower house. >>> now tens of thousands of people continue to rally in cities and at airports across the u.s. voicing their opposition to president trump's executive order on immigration. protesters gathering in cities including new york, washington, boston, also here in london where thousands of uk residents gathered outside 10 downing street, which is where the prime minister resides. some of them chanting shame on may for the prime minister's invitation to mr. trump to visit the uk on an official state visit. >>> earlier president trump responded to reports of chaos at airports across the country in a tweet. he blamed the disruption on a delta computer outage. protesters and the tears of senator schumer, a reference to the new york center's emotional press conference where he choked up while speaking about the executive order. the del

we had a turbulent week last , thefor francois fillon republican presidential candidate. latest poll showed marine le pen is getting traction and markets are starting to take notice. as we will. a wonderful divergence, highlighting political risk in france. vonnie: it is a red letter day. look at that dollar index. it is below 100 once again. we are looking at a sixth straight week now. the dollar having grown up for many weeks post election of president donald trump. 8/10 of a percent moved there, when it comes to the dollar in net. the bloomberg dollar index is broader but also lower. it is possible that it is higher but we are still not crazy levels. the 10 year treasury yield is interesting. it is down another two basis points, into treasuries. let's flip the boards. let's take a look at g-20. look at all those stocks in the season. indices. all of these due to macro concerns and comments from the likes of the ft talking about germany trying to manipulate the euro as a currency and that is why the euro is weaker. today the euro is fighting back, stronger versus the u.

and conservative francois fillon is just behind her with 23% to 25%. en inemanuel macron is in third place. >> i caug >>. >> i'm worried of that. when protection and politics are starting to rise between countries, smaller countries who are small and open countries, there are those getting hurt by it. for norway, it's a bad deal. we are high cost country with a lot of high cost exports. we are managing that quite well today. we are having to transform our economy. i also think it lowers the wealth of the whole of the world when you have more tariffs, more technical obstacles for corporation. we see we have lifted more than 1 billion people out of extreme poverty in the last 20 years due toparticipation. >> donald trump called nato almost obsolete. that must be a concern for you. >> i spoke to donald trump, he did not say nato was obsolete. he said he is a great supporter of nato, he just wants us to pay more of the bill, which also obama wanted to do, and all american presidents have. i think it's important nato answers to security issues, and all are

. >>> the republicans in france, the presidential candidates for the republican party, francois fillon is said to be outraged by reports that his wife had been paid by him for fictitious employment. reports in french media said the presidential front-runner's wife was paid 500,000 euros over eight years to work as an assistant for her husband when he was a lawmaker but did little to earn her salary. >>> president donald trump has signed two executive orders to advance the construction of the keystone xl and dakota access pipelines, two controversial projects blocked under president obama. president trump said the executive orders would help to meet his campaign promise to create american jobs. he also signed an additional three executive orders to speed up environmental reviews for other infrastructure projects in order to expedite the permitting process for domestic manufacturing and construction. hours after he signed the executive order, protesters gathered in washington and new york to voice opposition to the construction of the pipeline citing environmental concerns. >>> president

he'll be up against marine le pen on the far—right and francois fillon on the centre—right in april'sy black—outs, even on the coldest of days when demand is at its highest, according to the former head of the national grid. steve holliday‘s comments co—incide with the opening of the government's latest auction to provide back—up power. firms will bid for subsidies to supply electricity to the grid during extreme conditions. human—like robots with cultural awareness and a good bedside manner could help solve the crisis over care for the elderly, according to academics. an international team is working on a £2 million project to develop versatile machines to help look after older people in care homes or sheltered accommodation. it's hoped they will be able to offer support with everyday tasks like taking tablets, as well as offering companionship. i know it's a bit early bad is a robot companionship? well, that is an excellent question —— but is. robot companionship? well, that is an excellent question -- but is. the a nswer an excellent question -- but is. the answer might be in there

would actually boost the chances of emmanuelle to potentially eliminate either marine le pen or francois fillon would make it harder because emmanuel macron with take it from the center. statesry similar in the as in the u.k., bernie sanders as well. latest? what is the reporter: marine le pen is serving on the populist wave that we are seeing in europe with brexit and the rise of populism. she has rallied in germany over the weekend with other published antiestablishment policies including the freedom party. been attacking immigration policies ofj angela merkel which he called a catastrophe. marine le pen said we are seeing the end of the old order. pen: the thing that will set off a domino effect that will bring down all of europe is brexit area suburb people have decided to leave in agreement of the powerful to decided some destiny. the second blow came afterwards in the election of mr. donald trump in the united states. putting the friends of neoliberalism in a difficult situation. barehand her call for the end of the old order is a change of the entire political system as we know it in fra

francois fillon. criminal investigation into fillon's employment of his wife as an aide starting in 1998. he said it will allow him to put an end to unfounded accusations. the final death toll from italy's deadly avalanche is 29 after the final bodies were pulled out of the rubble of a hotel crushed by snow. they acknowledged delays in malfunctioning in the initial rescue efforts. global news powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts. this is bloomberg. tom: thanks so much. lots to talk about with michael mckee. we're going to get to that right now and then move on to bilateral trade and dollar and all the rest. what do we expect today? w does the president top yesterday mike: he is going to continue issuing executive orders. he likes to be at the top of the news. we're expecting that he will issue another executive order as taylor was setting out barring certain refugees from certain countries which he says are embroiled in terrorisming including iraq, iran, syria and yemen. syria has been at

establishment cabinet. 59% of the vote in the two week primary is expected to face france law -- francois fillon and marine le pen in the spring. wellness 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am nejra cehic. this is bloomberg. a weekend ofer chaos and confusion over donald trump's travel ban on seven muslim countries -- muslim majority countries, an attempt to allay concerns over who it affects. -- original ban applied to people with a right to live and work in the united states, but the president's chief of staff said it does not affect them. >> here is the deal. if you are coming in and out of one of those seven countries -- by the way, identified by the obama administration as the seven most dangerous countries in the world, in regard to hiring terrorists, and affirmed by congress multiple times -- then you are going to be subjected, temporarily, with more questioning. francine: let's get some reaction from a member of eurasia group. he joins us down the line. what hasen you look at happened over the last couple of days, a lot of fed

poll that puts her within much of a chance of beating her likely opponent in the second round, francois fillonnly be in the second. things stand out. she will almost certainly be in the second round. her chances do not look particularly good. french campaigns work like this. you have to fund them yourself. if you get more than 5% of the vote in the first round, which she certainly will, you then get refunded by the state. all the other candidates have had no probable -- have had no trouble going to french banks and getting loans. no french bank has in willing to fund her, not one. normal thingt is a to fund french politicians in france, i do not think any bank wants to see a headline in the press saying such and such bank is funding marine le pen, even though it is a normal exercise in french democracy. given the situation, no french bank wants to be seen that way. she has two look overseas. tom: greg, it is absolutely fascinating. we are learning a lot here. help me with a basic question. does she want to be seen with mr. trump? how will the french people, and particularly the marginal voter,

marine le anti-euro and wants to leave the euro, and anti-immigration -- that contrasts with francois fillond candidate because of the scandal involving his wife. that is why people are pricing that in a little bit more. i am looking at a sample -- at a simple etf chart. this looks at u.k. stocks and it tells us in the last month .nvestors posted $261 million that is the trend. after the court ruling that needs parliamentary approval, a little bit of wishful thinking that brexit to be softened if you go through tournament -- through parliament. tom: to help us with the events, kevin cirilli joins us, our chief washington correspondent. i do not know what is going to happen tomorrow. i certainly did not know on monday that today would happen as well. how will senator sessions be greeted by the house judiciary committee today? are they going to ask him point blank, were you involved in the firing of the acting attorney general leeco kevin: -- of the acting attorney general? kevin: yes. this is going to be a key focus. i would anticipate comments from jeff sessions later today on the latest tra

the french presidential front-runner francois fillon takes a hit in the polls. allegations his wife took a salary for a fake job. and turkey is rented -- is threatening reprisal after a supreme court r