i, when i think of francois hold ande i think of two models perhaps, one is francois mitterrand, you remember that in '81, francois mitterrand who had communist ministers in his cabinet to the great furror of washington who sent george h.w. bush and the vice president to make sure that things will continue, he basically affirmed the continuity of french foreign policy and that's when the phrase, the mitterrand de gaulle consensus was forged. that is to say the idea of a very strong continuity in french foreign policy and indeed, i think, that's exactly the kind of continuity that hollande has pledged. to mitterrand is one important figure model. the other one, i think, is jack daleure and that brings us back to the question of the euro crisis. he was a minister for mitterrand in the '80s. and he was the one advocating staying, sticking with the european monitor system in '83 when mitterrand did a sort of u-turn in his policies, in his economic policies which were not working. and in order to stick with germany and stick with the european community at the time, he advocated austerity

he is the first socialist leader of france since francois mitterrand left office in 1995. he was elected earlier this month after voters ousted the incumbent nicolas sarkozy. after one term. there is controversy in the house of delegates. >> lawmakers have blocked an openly gay prosecutor from becoming an appointed judge. he got 33 yes votes 33 no votes and three abstentions. the decision is in the hands of the general assembly, any person considered would be judged on their resume. >> the issues of race, sex sexual orientation wealth -- none of those things to be factors of whether you put somebody on the bench. >> the candidate was one of two. >> it seems nobody is immune to a tsa pat down, not even a former secretary of state. henry kissinger made the list of high-profile pat down subjects. he served under president nixon and president for and won a nobel peace prize to end the vietnam war. >> adam caskey will be back >> we are in the final week of our big facebook give away with your chance to win a car. >> just go to wjla.com/freight car and follow the directions and

hollande won with 52% of the vote, hollande is france's first socialist president since francois mitterrandleft offers 17 years ago. analysts say the main acteddor in hollande's victory is the revolt of french voters against the austerity measures imposed by european union finance ministers to cope with the ongoing fallout from the 2007 world economic collapse. those measures have been dubbed "mercozy" because of the close collaboration between german chancellor angela merckle and french president nicolas sarkozy. "mercozy" is the dub. those austerity measures are now in doubt. france has an unemployment rate of 10% if it's youth unemployment rate of 30%. hollande campaigned on a promise to roll back spending cuts and increase hiring, including 60,000 more teachers, promises at odds with the euro zone budget re straits. europe? a crisis of governance. the politicians who negotiated an austerity pact for europe citizens have been unable to manage sustained political support for those same measures. nicolas sarkozy, by the way, has now become the eighth, the 8th european leader of office in j

a personal verdict helping to elect the first socialist since francois mitterrand. world's fifth largest economy. joining me is lee gallagher. thanks so much for being with us. this is really a huge challenge now for merkel, for all of those pushing austerity programs throughout europe because francois hollandee is going to go his own way and also on security issues when he comes here for the nato meeting. >> absolutely. this is a referendum on this sort of austerity measures that had been you know all throughout europe. we saw it in greece, as well. the challenge to this austerity only is really ascendent and it's what the people want. this has been a really tough sell to the population at large in europe, and you know, this as a resounding, you know, referendum on that. >> and it's also a verdict, of course, on sarkozy, his personal style and the really tough anti-immigration positions that he took to try to capture some of la pen's right wing vote and that shows that it really only outraged people even more. francois hollandee is not very well-known. he isn't ver

sworn in as the first socialist leader to assume french presidency in 17 years following francois mill raund. mitterrand>> translator: france it is a fh unemployment and diminished competitiveness. and europe is struggling to emerge from the crisis. but i would like to stress that this is not a predetermined path as long as we're bound by a common will. >> hollande will visit germany later in the day for talk with the country's chancellor angela merkel. hollande has criticized merkel and plans to deal with the european debt crisis. he says they lack economic stimulus measures. disagreement at the heart of europe's economy has raised concerns in financial markets. >>> the eurozone economy showed no expansion in the january to march quarter as austerity measures squeezed growth. the european union statistical office said that the first quarter gross domestic product remained flat from the previous three months when gdp shrank 0.3%. the area's economy remains under huge pressure. among the 17 nations in the zone, italy's economy shrank 0.8%, marking a decline for the third quarter in a row. spain did 0.3%,