because the john mcmillan shown the old, the far left firebrand. he made 3rd place, he gathered 20 percent of the vote. and also from conservatives and socialists and greens, who endorse him and he said, please give your vote to mac wrong. we have to block the far right. so he really has to write the tiger again and sort of straddled the middle of french politics in order to gather enough votes to win. the 2nd round, bob rosie sold there in paris. well, the far right leader makin le pen has gone through to face macaroni in the 2nd round. she says that if she's elected, she will unite france. republican 1st, excuse me. the french people gave me the honor of qualifying for the 2nd round against the outgoing president. i wanted to express my most sincere gratitude to the millions of voters who trusted me. but you saw said gratitude. dollars, if one is due on it, during this 1st round, the french people have clearly wanted to arbitrate a fundamental choice between 2 opposite visions of the future. your either the division, the injustice and the disorde

upset remains a possibility. mccrendon, his supporters are hoping that back as a fall at firebrand john mcmillan shall who sits a 3rd place in the polls. will vote for micro in the 2nd round. keep pen out as many did the last election in 2017, but this time may be different. overall uniquely today left when voters consider him to be to right wing to day left during voters can here is messages on the political and economic order. but there is these speak more to the right than to the left alone here. so yes, it's a challenge for the president to reassure the left with regard to social norms on one hand, but also of his ability to protect purchasing power ra galaxy. in fact, the, to quote a shot, while net, crohn's margin of victory looked set to be narrow. he does remain the favorite to win and become the 1st french president to hold on to power in 20 years. you watching t w news. his you reminder of our main story. at least 50 people, including 5 children, have been killed in a rush and airstrike on a train station. in the eastern ukrainian city of comatose thousands of civilians at the station

what it is, the supporters of the far left candidate, john mcmillan shaw who came 3rd in round one. you feel particularly frustrated, they no longer have a left wing option. my call has tried to appeal to these latest by turning down parts of his manifesto. like the plan to push up the retirement age from the current, $62.00 to $65.00, with the facade, we can fix a lower target age. i'm open to discussion with one i q through the. meanwhile, le pen has also tried to gather more support by continuing to depict herself as the candidate closest to the people who are shock for i want to tell every french person that my project is tailor made for them. what i want them to be happy and prosperous safe and i will defend their identity. hit the sheila, the for the lovely donte the venue approaching. glad international topics were also on the agenda, especially during atv debate between the 2 contenders for it than it was of a quote like the you have taken out alone in 2015 with a russian bunk. that's close to the kremlin succession, but means you're talking to your bunker when speaking with

john mcmillan shaw in the 1st one of their their support will be key to his victory. the problem here is that many of these voters really intensely dislike macro. you know, they, they say he's an economic liberal. they feel his policies of favor, the rich, they say inequalities of widen during this histone. so it's kind of not sure whether they will vote from across whether they will abstain or whether they might even migrate to the pen camp, you know, in the past and french elections. we've always had this phenomenon where men scream aware mainstream french voters have really put aside the political differences to ensure that no far right candidate, whether it was marina been or her father, made it into the government. you know, this time that is not so clear. i think voter apathy and walter disdain of the 2 biggest threats that micro offices up nets his sports life on michael o. cooper, thanks so much for watching. ah ah ah, the amount of class is increasing every year for many im gonna working on lunch with fairly holiday destinations and drowning in plastic weiss,

upset remains a possibility mcfarlane, his supporters are hoping that back as a fall at firebrand john mcmillan shall who sits a 3rd place in the polls. will vote from a crone in the 2nd round. keep pen out as many did at the last election in 2017, but this time may be different. or shall duty today left when voters consider him to be to right wing to day left when voters can hears messages on the political and economic order. but there is these speak more to the right than to the left alone. so yes, it's a challenge for the president to reassure the left with regard to social norms on one hand, but also of his ability to protect purchasing power, run galaxy in potty to quote a shot. while microns margin of victory looks set to be narrow. he does remain the favorite to win and become the 1st french president to hold on to power in 20 years . and here is some more stories making headlines around the world. jordan's king abdullah who will undergo back surgery at a hospital here in germany. doctors in frankfort will attempt to treat the monarch for a slip to disc. abdullah had suffered bad pain si

thank john mcmillan acapella books has i want to thank you, thank you, john mcmillian. a cappella books has copies of "citizen cash" with an autographed bookplate inside so you wantt to get it there. gentlemen, thank you all very much. i enjoyed this immensely. >> thank you. >> and thank you. >> join us next time and check out a cappella books events for other events, author events et cetera can do. thank you all, and had a good evening pick. >> saturday night april 30 "the daily show" host trevor noah headlines the first white house correspondents' association dinner since 2019. president biden is also expected to attend. making this a first time since 2016 a sitting president has made an appearance. our television coverage begins at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span your will of sights and sounds from inside the ballroom and highlights from past dinners ahead of the speaking program. coverage on c-span.org and the c-span now video app begins live at 6 p.m. eastern where you can watch celebrities, journalists and other guests walk the red carpet as a bribe for the dinner. the w

john mcmillan, john is the author of a number of books including american epidemics reporting from the front lines of the opioid crisis smoking typewriters the 60s underground, press and rise of alternative media beatles and stones and he is the co-founder our co-founding editor rather of the 60s the journal of history politics and culture. we're going to have a conversation between the two of them, but all of us in the audience will get a chance to ask questions at the bottom of the screen. little place for you can type in your question and i'll be monitoring that we'll get to those in just a little bit. so now it's time to sit back and learn about johnny cash and so gentleman michael and john i'll turn it over to you. thank you. thanks for the great introduction. yes, absolutely. and well, i i think i've done a couple of events with help from the carter center and acapella books and it's just a great pleasure. thank you very much for hosting. both of us. i wish we could be together in person, but this will have to do a one reason i want to be and i would like to be in person this bec

what many of the electorate had wanted was another choice the man they had been looking to is john mcmillan shaw the and bowed france leader is now gunning for the legislative elections, which will take place here in june, it wants to deny mack on a majority in that boat and another personally who is gunning for exactly the same thing. is marine le pen? yes, she lost the selection by a wide margin than had been predicted in the polls. but she categorically increased her support compared to where she was back in 2017. what we saw on sunday evening was a result that showed unprecedented support for the hard white in france. we are more determined than ever. i have no resentment. we will not forget the france that is forgotten. the ideas that we represent have reached new heights in this defeat. i can't help but feel hope, and it's in these elections that the focus will now be where the next battle must be fought. a president mac warn has, you know, talked about healing these divisions for a long time, but his 1st 5 years in office will really mod bye protests and divisions, particularly viole

john mcmillan shaw in the 1st round and much will depend on, you know, whether they abstain whether they would for macro, you know, in, in france, in the past, in past elections. we've had this phenomenon of french voters, you know, putting aside the political differences and really clubbing together and voting to, to make sure that no far right a candidate makes it into the government. this is a phenomenon called republican front in this election that is no longer a so clearly and i think much depends whether those the waters and the far left grid, their teeth and, and what from across to keep on the far right. or whether the upstate in whatever happens, i mean le pen is expected to get a high share of the boat. it is extremely unusual for a far white leader to be so popular in a western european country at this level. when we're talking about voting. why does she have so much support when i think le pen has run of really slick grassroots campaign, you know, she's traveled across the country. she's met, walk in closet, look at waters on the right and the left to been struggling with hig

i know of and for instance, john mcmillan saw has decided it like that is the route by the route. i would like to salute alejandro valero hawaii. people are searching the far right and the fact that we have to stop them middle, silverman, maddox, easy in this decisive moment. all of them you villainous father, future of our new leondard. what good grandmother, nothing can be as at wise. well, this friends and also that my, i would like to give my hand all of those one to work for francis leon. ready to invent something new. and i'm glad you in order to federal read, convict janice and a different sensibilities of it. who in order to build a do together a common action unless you're in the service of our nation, followed handling. yes, it's hard to a little comfort, theos, to all our fellow citizen is i left all school that will ever chose abstention or an atheist trembling for it because they are the angry because of persisting inequalities and are rooted insecurities of their everyday life. on the difficulty to live and dignity, even if you are a current order or more what? becau

and at the same time now with the, the sort of more that's endorsement from john mcmillan shaw the hard left, the guy he needs to cord to the left. and so that is going to be of robert a difficult balance and he needs to sort of talk about their issues and sort of give them some president. makes them promises in that direction as well as not do anything to sort of push away conservative voters. but that is the difficult position. he's straddling anyway, he has this middle of the road he's trying to middle of the road position in french politics, as people call him a liberal. but he's neither really conservative nor really laughed at. but he meets those 2 camps. now at the moment to win his 2nd round, and he is smart enough to understand that he needs to do with that. and he just has 2 weeks to manage. and probably he can make it barbara days a were gonna leave you there for now. we are expecting a manual mark on himself to be speaking since will be coming back to you shortly. so stand by in the meantime. let's turn over to le pen headquarters where our, the so louis is standing by. lisa

the youth vote 31 percent of 18 to 24 year olds, voted for john mcmillan shawn to the north of paris. saint anthony is one of the most deprived areas of france here. micron struggles to shake off his image as president of the rich, but the far right is even more popular yet, but what, what there is no other choice. i don't see myself voting for marcella pen because she doesn't reflect my principles. so i'd rather be shot by my coin than martin. she would look like not, but, but i work from a crohn this time. i don't like what he does, but i'll be voting from a cron as a vote against slipping back. i thing. micron has already done $110.00, and i think to allow continued, he will be more advantages. the latest polls suggest emanuel micron will win a 2nd term, but he will only keep the presidency with votes. cast grudgingly in his favor. bernard smith, al jazeera st. underneath and al jazeera is and natasha butler is in a ras, seen in northern france, where marina, penn has been holding her final campaign rally. what does very long keep people waiting right round the blog for marine the

also joining us tonight is historian andun university professor john mcmillan the author of a number of books includingg american epidemic, reporting from the front lines of the opioid crisis, smoking typewriters, the 60s underground press enterprise of alternative media. and he is the cofounding editor of the journal of history politics and culture. we are going to have a conversation between the two of them, but all of us in the audience will get the chance to ask questions. there is a little place you can type in your question andt i wil be monitoring that and we will get to those in just a little bit. so, now it's time to sit back and learn about johnny cash. so, gentlemen, michael, john, we will turn it over to you. >> thanks for the introduction. >> absolutely. i think i've got a couple of events, the carter center, a cappella books into this is a great pleasure. thank you for hosting both of us. i wish we could be together in person, but this will have to do. one reason i want to be here is mike and i are both good friends. we've known each other for about 20 years. it's been

thank john mcmillan acapella books has the has copies of citizen cash with an autographed book played in inside. so you want to get it there gentlemen. thank you all very much. i enjoyed this immensely. thank you. and join us next time and check out acapella books events for other events author events that are coming u saturday night april 30, daily show host trevor noah advised the first association dinner since 2019. president biden is expected to attend taking just the first time since 2016 a sitting president made an appearance. our television coverage begins 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. sights and sounds from inside the ballroom and highlights from past dinners ahead of the speaking program. coverage on c-span.org and c-span now video up begins live 6:00 p.m. eastern or watch celebrities, journalists and other guests walk the red carpet as they arrived for the dinner. white house correspondents association dinner live saturday night april 30 on c-span, c-span radio, c-span.org and the c-span now video app. ♪♪ >> first lady in their own words, eight part series looking at the role