does putin care that maria lepen likes him. he hasn't reject her. >> no, more than that.inance her. as you know there was a regulation a few weeks ago a few months ago that maria lepen came to a russian bank to find the money to fund campaign. number one. and number two putin has one of his targets to destabilize european union and to break theap european union building. maria le pen is on-line for him. like hungary, the extreme right, of course of course for putin it was sort of a black alliance sort;which are his fifth column in the west and he uses them as a big leverage. >> rose: so what does this portend for the election in france, the presidential election coming up? does it mean sarkozy is now the favorite? >> my hope is that maria le pen in france as you know we have two rounds. >> rose: right. >> my hope is that maria le pen will not be in the second round. after that will it be holland or sarkozy. it is a choice between republicans. it's a choice who really likes france. le penbso a race, a campaign between two real patriots hollande and sarkozy. it is a civiliz