the last time the national front reached the second round there was a call for national unity. the unions are giving their supporters a much more mixed message. click state of separate rallies. stopping at the national front. disagreewo main unions on how to stop marine le pen. it has explicitly called on voters to back a manual macron. the dangere with posed by the national front we have to be clear. xenophobic want the racist authoritarian country promise by marine le pen, we have to vote for macron. clock's the union has also called on the electorate to block le pen. they haven't actively encouraged voters to cast a ballot for the centrist opponent. >> our main goal is spelled out here. don't want any votes for the national front. thate tired of austerity are tired of seeing the working right threatened. >> they marched alongside the unions. thousands joined the demonstration to protest against the national front. clashes quickly broke out on the sidelines. police officials say masked youth through molotov cocktails on riot police. the responded by firing volleys of tear gas

very noisy here at the national front headquarters. music is on. a lot of people have left the building at this point, disappointed marine le pen has .ot won the president-elect he's going to be standing for the national front in the upcoming parliamentary election. abroadons french voters and in asia pacific. reaction to how marine le pen has done in this second round. 35%. this isn't necessarily what a lot of people in the national front were hoping for. if you heard all the candidates in the first round, proposing a reform of the governance of the eurozone, it was -- 35% is a big cap. pressure to try to -- the governance of the eurozone really needs to be changed. revisiting a huge macroeconomic imbalance. currency germany has 10% of the gdp of the primary surplus. this is not stable. germans do not want to less than best to listen to macroeconomic -- germans do not want to listen to macroeconomic explanations. france wants to be the first one. normally there will be elections in italy -- we hope little by little there will be [indi

do you think there might be a rebranding of the national front?e, moving away from this dark past? no, i don't believe so. i think what the national front will do is what the le pens have always been doing — they will come back in five years' time and have another 90, five years' time and have another go, but come back even more nastier, more vengeful. jean—marie le pen is 88, still politically active, and marine le pen is still deluded she can become president of france one day. you think they're playing the long game. stefan? they certainly do, with the fact that some 10 million people voted for them. they didn't address only the political and ideology of xenophobia and protectionism — there's also that underlying concern for the economic future of france. very cleverly, marine le pen has tried to use, you know, that attitude and that focus to win even, you know, workers who traditionally were left. it is a very clever mix. i would call it national and socialist, and that harks back to a bad part of our own history. what is the angle in your lat

mustts of people say we fight the national front, but if we have to fight the national front, that meansg in inra on -- and macron -- macron. reporter: he has decided to mobilize his flock. >> it is not between choosing of one party and another. it is saving france, its liberty, its openness. that is what is at stake today. reporter: this year, the catholic church has decided not to endorse either candidate. 2000anged position from two, when le pen reached the second round of the second election against this opponent. now, many catholics are torn. >> i can do what i want to do it. >> the pope does not have to meddle in the presidential elections. he has said so much that we know what he would do if you were french. reporter: others have not picked a candidate. the chief rabbi of france encourage people to vote for macron. the mosque endorsing a chronic, while french catholics tend to vote on the right. french muslims traditionally vote left her deck -- vote left. >> you can see macron got a lot of muslim votes but it was from the far left to was the favorite candidate. you can see marine

the national front won a record result.ictory was greeted with enthusiasm in brussels and other european capitals. more muted reaction from washington and moscow. europe breathes a sigh of relief as a manual macron clinches a victory. among thekel was first to praise the campaign. campaign that stands for openness to the world nd the european economy." the european commission president john paul uecker also welcome to the victory but said he would have to tackle spending. >> the french spend too much money in the wrong places. the french spend between 53% and 57% of their gross domestic product on the budget. with a high debt level, this will not work overtime. outrter: theresa may, campaigning on monday in her own election, said macron now had a strong mandate entering the brakes it negotiations. -- the brexit negotiations. >> a new french president elected with a strong mandate that he can take into the negotiations. the u.k. has to make sure that we've got an equally strong mandate and negotiating position. reporter: vla

she has vowed to overhaul the national front.ladimir putin saying it is important to overcome mutual distrust. hello, and thank you for tuning in to our fat -- our special coverage of the french election. the president-elect is emmanuel macron. he has marked the victory alongside the current resident at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the symbolic handing over of power ahead of sunday's swearing-in. 39-year-old macron will be france's youngest ever elected president. vote. 66.1% of the pen got 33.9%. abstention was rather high. turnout was rather low at about 72%. commemorationay 8 for us was james andre. >> it was the first public appearance of emmanuel macron. day, victory in france. vip desk areahe on the square, took his former minister by the arm, and walked them through the ceremony. paternal, very emotional, very solemn. macron gave an interview moments -- the current president given interview saying that he would help macron make his first steps as president. he said that he did not consider emmanuel macron as a traitor

was a night of defeat for marine le pen, but, with nearly a third of the vote, she insists the national frontnow a realforce. translation: i will be at the head of a battle to gather together all those who choose france to protect its independence, its freedom, its prosperity and its security. hello, iam hello, i am sally bundock in london, with the other stories. financial markets react positively to the outcome of the french election, at one point the euro was at a six—month high against the us dollar. another presidential election, this time in south korea. we look at the frontrunner, moonjae—in. and tired, confused, but finally free. 82 schoolgirls, held for three years by the islamist group boko haram, meet nigeria's president. hello and welcome to bbc news. welcome to the programme, and good morning from paris, where it is fair to say that a fair few people have not gone to sleep yet. so the pro—european centrist, emmanuel macron, will be france's next president. within a few hours of being declared the winner and in his first address to thousands of supporters, mr macron promised to he

but with nearly a third of the vote, she insists the national front is now a realforce.lation: i will be at the head of a battle to gather together all those who choose france to protect its independence, its freedom, its prosperity and its security. another presidential election, this time in south korea. we look at the frontrunner moonjae—in. and they were tired, confused — but finally free. 82 schoolgirls, held for three years by the islamist group boko haram, meet nigeria's president. france has voted for a new president. emmanuel macron is set to be the youngest ever, in french history. in a televised address, the 39—year—old centrist, promised to fight the divisions in his country, re—build the links between the eu and its citizens, and to combat threats posed by terrorism and climate change. with results almost counted, projections show mr macron has won more than 66% of the vote — sweeping aside the challenge of his far—right rival, marine le pen. our coverage begins with this report from our europe editor, katya adler who's in paris. young, dynamic and very, ver

reporter: i would say that definitely the national front party is probably disappointed this eveningecause the leadership of the national front, they were saying a good score for them would be about 40% or so of the vote for marine le pen. they did not get so, they did not get that vote or that result by quite a wide margin, so this is most likely a disappointment for the national front. that being said, marine le pen will get 11 million votes or so. that is something a few years ago the national front could only dream about, that kind of result, so they have made clear progress. they are hoping this is going to a certain extent open the floodgates for the next presidential election coming up in five years in 2022. they are looking ahead to the legislative agenda in june, june 11 and on june 18. in two runs. marine le pen made it clear in her concession speech she would be around to find that election and to hold emmanuel macron's feet to the fire. betty: 11 million votes is nothing to sneeze at by any means. what about the ecb? does this give the ecb and all clear when it comes to p

because i think it is the ideas of the national front that are spreading.as elected by default. he is not immigrant pleming, he is not islamophobic. no sign of that. —— —— immigrant—blaming. islamophobic. no sign of that. —— —— immigrant-blaming. thisjust so is the division. he is so french, they mistrust everything. i'm not, i'm not. thank you, gentlemen. that does show some of the division in the courts that are going to be explored over the next few days. you're watching you stay on the bbc. still to come on the programme, we will look at the policy promises of the clear front runner in the south korean presidential election. voting sta rts korean presidential election. voting starts on monday. labour has said it won't raise income taxes to the shadow chancellor said those any more than that would be asked to pay a bit more. the conservatives say they have no plan to raise income tax but have so far refused to completely rule it out. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. it was a slogan used by tony blair, now revived by labour's new leadership

wilson all the national front is changing its name.ond that what is the future for marine le pen? she said yesterday she is now the opposition force that macron will have to reckon with. max: it seems like the whole political party landscape is re-consolidating itself. you can't forget that the national front had its best result. even know marine le pen lost, still very successful, maybe even the strongest party of france going forward. we don't know yet. it is just not enough for her to win. so she's tweeting, trying to find new allies. it seems like she is trying to move closer to the political mainstream to make sure she is firmly established in the system that going forward she has a chance of winning the presidency. that is why she wants to change. she wants a patriotic alliance. she sees this whole process as not only part of the left and the center but part of the right with marine le pen. brent: max on the story for us in paris. thank you for a much. political leaders here in germany are breathing sighs of relief after macron's

but not saying they should vote is the onlywhich way people can vote against the national front. >> that's right. to abstain or to spoil your ballot is effectively to vote against emmanuel macron. , sherine le pen cannot win is looking to achieve two things through this election -- to reduce as far as possible the margin of victory so that he is a weekly elected president and to impose herself with a strong score as the new leader of the opposition. to be theive is gravitational center around which a fractured republicans party following the defeat will coalesce. if she gets a score somewhere more of 40%, that would than double her father's 18% in 2002 and would make a -- make her, that national leader, she hopes of the right and their natural candidate in 2022. a score that high would show just how far the once toxic f and has been normalized. laura: what about the legislative elections? how do you see those panning out. emmanuelle macron does win, he will struggle to get anything done if he cannot command a majority and the parliament. at the moment, he doesn't have any member

it's the front national. the young supporters i've been talking to, they are describing something that looks like a family for them. >> reporter: have you met marine le pen? >> oh, yes, a few times. >> reporter: what was your impression of her when you met her? >> she's a very warm woman. she's smiling every time, like the mother of france. like, she wants to protect us, and that's the message, i think. >> reporter: but her political opponents call her a dangerous right-wing extremist, and certainly there are those on the streets of paris who agree. right outside this polling station, there is a picture of marine le pen, and, as you can see, she is not very popular here in paris. this one has been graffitied on top of it, calls her a fascist. three hours south of paris, in the town of limoges, we caught up with young people who are strongly opposed to le pen. they're backing macron, the former economy minister making his first run for office. a poll out this week showed macron with the advantage among voters

the national front will no longer be that?”s to completely change, including the name, in orderto completely change, including the name, in order to be able to build on the partial success that we had la st on the partial success that we had last night. that is the defence spokesman for the national front. with me is the author of a book 100 days of le pen. will it make a difference if they change their name? i hope but i am not sure about it, because they are just going to have to brand it, but they will not do it before the autumn. they have also the necessity to think about the strategy, because during the campaign, which was a very bad campaign for her, with defeat, but a kind of victorious defeat, but a kind of victorious defeat, she had multiple strategies and they have to think about it, the whole thing. you say it was a very bad campaign, but many will be looking at is the other way, seeing 10.5 million french people voted for the national front. yes, that is a historically high rate for, high vote, for the national fro

i think among hard-core front national supporters, yes. for the front national before, this may not be that helpful. it's very interesting marine le pen decided technically to step aside in the campaign. a lot of her campaign literature simply uses her first name, without using her last name, but it will be interesting to see the similarities and differences between the speech we expect to see here from a jean—marie le pen and the speech we expect to hear later from marine le pen. she is the one you needs votes. in terms of the polling, give us the latest. the recent polls in recent days suggest emmanuel macron still has a lead of 15-17 emmanuel macron still has a lead of 15—17 or even 20 points. a lot of macron supporters are worried about this. on paper it looks good for them but they are worried a lot of people may decide to stay at home in the second round. the people that voted forjean—luc melenchon think there's lead when voting for a man who used to be a banker and are worried about getting up the support. we were just seeing pictur

a reminder of the controversial history that dogs the national front. but support for the far right is growing here, and on a visit to france's rural heartland over the weekend, he told us that this election was the last call for france's membership in the eu. almost halfyou have of the country angry with the european idea. we need a new european union to protect our people and to regulate our globalization. i follow up and pursued the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people. getn't want to do so the day after we would have fr exit. lucy: there were scuffles today on the margins of a march, injuring several police. but the success of the far right parties and the shock it used to be, and rather than voting for liberal reform to keep the national front from power, some on the left are wondering whether to vote at all. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. tim: you are watching "bbc world news america." in other stores, police in california have shot a man dead after he opened fire on people at a swimming pool and residential comple

she said her national front party was now the main opposition, after receiving more than a third of theular vote. 82 nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the extremist group boko haram three years ago have met the country's president after being freed in a prisoner swap. they were among more than 200 girls taken from the town of chibok. north korea says it's detained a fourth american citizen on suspicion of acts against the state. kim hak—song is understood to have worked for the pyongyang university of science and technology. emmanuel macron wins the french presidency, but that may prove to have been the easy part. we assess how his en marche! movement hopes to tackle the huge problems of the french economy. and president trump wants to cut red tape to get drugs on the market faster, but the pharmaceutical industry is wary of presidents bearing gifts. so now let's focus on the business implications of that result in france. we'll look at all the market reaction as well in this of world business report. so, he got thejob. emmanuel macron is to be the french president. now the hard work be

capabilities traditional parties have in france, such as the socialists, republicans, and the national frontult. when it comes to the legislative fromions, it was good news their perspective. rche expected to get 240-to 60 seats in the french national assembly. that would fall short of the 290 seats they need for that majority. so possibly a refreshing start for france, but what will be the first challenges that macron will have to tackle? >> a divided nation is going to first toel macron's challenge. the turnout for this election was just 74% or thereabouts, which from a historic perspective in france is quite low, although in some other countries that would be quite e french as i say, this s people being disillusioned with rememberlitics, unemployment remains near 10%, which is also a historic high. growth in the past few years has been low, and youth unemployment double the overall unemployment, so somewhere near the 20% mark. those are just some of the challenges that emmanuel macron will now have to grapple with. once again, the legislative elections will determine whether he will be ab

think we can have any negotiations that are really going to be very productive unless the national liberation front is represented and i would therefore be in favor of the national liberation front, who is the political arm of those who are providing most of the troops, most of the force, most of the effort in the south, being represented at the conference table. mr. collingwood: governor? governor reagan: well, here we're in disagreement. i believe if there is any negotiation involving the vietcong, that that is between the vietcong, and the south vietnamese government, in a negotiation of their own, because the vietcong is in a position of being a rebellious force, an illegal force, fighting against the duly authorized government of its own nation, and to sit them down at a negotiating table between two nations, north and south vietnam, who are engaged in a conflict, is tipping the scales. i doubt if we--if we wanted to try parallel -- senator kennedy: do you think the united states, should be represented then? arshad mahmood: surely, governor -- governor reagan: no, if you're going to have a neg

she stepped down as leader of the national front and there has beena the national front and there hasng associated view that her party would bring back the franc and she said, we will see which currency we go to and i will handle the banks, don't worry, and i will go for a referendum for leaving the eu. and she says she will get them out of the eu in 6—8 months, so that is some talk, considering what britain is going through in its negotiations. she is trying to play this long view, she says she has a plan, trust me, i can be your president, ashley tries to tighten the polls. when i heard the press conference and her talking about coming out of the euro and what the currency will be like, and the complicated factors, you know, the unknown it creates, it reminded me of the scottish referendum. what about the pound, will we have it or not? all of this kind of stuff if they decide to leave the eu. and it is so complicated and so unclear to people making a decision in an election. the french must look at this and see if it can be that simple. and if they think it is, look across the chann

of his own personhood, put nation front of his own family and in front of his own interest. that is what jackson did for most of his presidency. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> on monday, washington journal is from a news organization founded earlier this year. will discuss the challenges facing new startups. our guests include cofounder executive editor mike allen. we'll have the latest news from the white house and capitol hill. washington journal, live from arlington virginia starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. on monday at three judge panel of the ninth circuit court of appeals will hear oral arguments on the revised travel ban, who i versus tron. the court is considering an appeal on issuing visas from six majority muslim countries. hawaii was the first state to see the trump organization which removed iraq from the list. c-span petition the ninth circuit the court granted our request. live coverage begins monday at 1230 eastern on c-span. >> national security advisor spoke with advisors this afternoon about the president's upcoming trip to sau

there is in fact no left wing and france does need a >> the far right national front will vie for seats in all 500 77 constituencies. ae parties president is candidate in the northern town. >> i feel they are should be the greatest number of mps possible in parliament. my troops as iad have always done. left movement has candidates in every constituency. leaders will be running for mp in the southern city. he's hoping to ride on the wave elect oral success -- electoral success. >> and venezuelan -- elect orala young man is in thl after he was eaten, doused with petrol and set alight by an angry crowd of protesters. thousandsounded and detained i authorities. the unrest is now in its eighth week with little sign of abating. >> admitted to a hospital with first and second degree burns on 80% of his body. about a hundred opposition supporters surrounded him, doused him in petrol and set him on fire after accusing him of being a thief. the president says he was attacked for being pro-government. >> they hit him and nearly lynched him just because somebody shouted out he was -- is that what

week here is the weakening of what we call the republican front, which is traditionally that the front national goes to power. the republican front is the unity of all leaders from all parties that call for voters to vote against the national front candidate, same as what happened in 2002 when jean marine le pen, father of marine le pen, made it to the second round. but there's no such thing in 2017. the first one to break the rule was jean-luc melenchon, leader of the far left who did not endorse emanuel macron. you can see the same thing also with the trade unions which marched yesterday. the third trade union in france, and first among the public offices in france, and we have the marjorie with us this morning. the unions did not march altogether like they did in 2002 yesterday. has the context changed. >> good morning. the context has changed, of course, since 2002. i would like to recall that in 2002 all the unions did not march altogether. may 1 st they're used to marching, so we are deeply attached to our independence. and as usual, we don't call for anything in -- we don't give any voti

because remember, there's only a couple of national fronts mps, deputies, you know, represented elected officials inside the national assembly and there are no march representatives because it's never been tested by the public. it's a brand new party. emmanuel macron is hopping that he can gather a majority off the back of this election victory. of course, we're waiting to see the full and final election results precisely. but he's hoping that once they get to june, he'll be able to get enough voters to be able to pass legislation. if not, he's going to have to go into all sorts of deals and coalitions on various issues with other parties. so we're going to have to wait and see how decisive his win transla translates into the as you would call it congressional elections in the united states, parliamentary elections here. >> marine la pen ran on the idea of leaving the eu. you discussed with me some trepidation other european countries had about the potential outcome if it were to be in favor of la pen. again, the numbers are still not in completely. potentially what does this french out

of his own personhood come has to put nation in front of his own family, has put nation in front of his own interests because that's what jackson did for most of his presidency. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> and we're just a moment or two away from the senate floor. today senators considering the nomination of scott gottlieb to be commissioner of the fda. the senate advanced the nomination yesterday in a procedural vote and they will expect a final confirmation vote today but we're not quite sure what time it is scheduled. we will watch and find out. a couple of other things going on this afternoon. a senate hearing on water infrastructure projects, water resources impact the local state and national economies pick that hearing over on the senate and departmental and public works committee and we have live coverage starting in about 15 minutes on c-span. live now to the senate floor a senator: for the well-being, safety and security of nevadans, namely yucca mountain. i have said it before and i will say it again, yucca mountain is dead. let me repeat

this rally is a reminder of the founder of the front national. is it helpful for her? r years and yea rs. the front national for years and years. jean—marie le pen got his party up to 16% in 2002 but 16% doesn‘t win you the election. she got up to 21% in the first round of this current election and hopes to extend it beyond. very interesting going to her rallies, she uses her first name and not her last name. but this is a reminder, the man in the red jacket, jean—marie le pen, of the person who started the front national, who began all of this and who created the movement that his daughter has inherited but changed. and who did, as you say, get to the same state as she has done in the presidential election, the run—off of the final two. he didn‘t do it. the polls are indicating she is not likely to either. what is the latest on the polling? the polls suggest emmanuel macron maintains a sizeable lead a 15—20 points. there is a difference between now and 2002. whenjean—marie difference between now and 2002. when jean—marie le pen difference between now and 2002. whenjean

well withdown pretty the national front supporters here. they also liked it when marine le pen hit back at emmanuel macron attacking her on the legal investigations that are against marine le pen and the national front over alleged, fictitious jobs that the european parliament. people i have spoken to did not feel there was one knockout moment for marine le pen. >> she had some good one-liners as we have been discussing here in the studio. you mentioned a couple of them. what about the body language? the overall presentation of marine le pen? clearly, those around you would say she came off looking more presidential but they would say that, wouldn't they? absolutely. marine le pen on friendly territory here. however, i think there was a little nervousness among the crowd here. at the beginning, marine le pen did seem a little red and flustered. she kept running her hand through her hair. people here seem to a little on edge at that. they were more happy when she got into her stride and could throw a couple of zingers at emmanuel macron. at

that went down very well with national front supporters here. they also liked it when marine le pen hits back at emmanuel on the attacking him , marine letigations pen saying, we are clean too. people in the room seeming to agree with that. they would not say there was a more knockout moment for marine le pen necessarily. host: she had some pretty good one-liners as we have been discussing. you mentioned a couple of them. what about the body language, the overall presentation of marine le pen? say she looksill more presidential -- but they would say that, wouldn't they? catherine: absolutely. very much on friendly tories are -- friendly territory where i am in the national office. however i think there was a little nervousness amongst the crowd. at the beginning marine le pen seems to be a little bit red, a little bit fostered. she kept running her hands through her hair. those at the debate watching with me seemed to be on edge. got mored when she in stride. marine le pen was struggling with her files to find some notes about the selloff of fre

interesting in particular because she has taken the decision to temporarily stand down as leader of the front nationalparty that he founded and fronted. she says she is going to just be focusing on the presidential campaign. so he coming out is effectively appealing to the traditional front national voters. we will be live with our correspondent james reynolds in

anti—europe, anti—refugee, he backed the national front.ont. for the decent people of chance —— france, they've chosen hope over fear and the national front loss. do chosen hope over fear and the nationalfront loss. do not chosen hope over fear and the national front loss. do not let anyone tell you the only choice you have in this election is between jeremy corbyn and theresa may. the selection is a your choice about your future, it is about your future and you can choose a brighter future where our children grow up in a country where people are decent to each other. where we have good schools and hospitals so our children have a fair chance in life and the elderly are treated with dignity. where we have a clean environment and innovative economy, the more liberal democrat mps unite the more liberal democrat mps unite the better deal we will get on europe. the morejobs, the more money for our nhs and schools. the more and brighter the future for our children. theresa may and nigel farage, their cold, mean—spirited britain, is not the brita

doing it differently than the national front. national front is hijacking the grievances with the message of racism, anti-semitism, will have to give a real solution prophetic solutions and reforms to address this anger. leland: a lot of work ahead for you and a very young president that you helped elect. benjamin dodd, spokesman for tran eights, elect president. the work starts tomorrow. >> thank you very much. >> good luck. elizabeth: will have more news after the break. you can see outside the live look out of the loop where people are celebrating the victory of a 39 -year-old emmanuel macron. we'll have much more. we heard from the winners just moments ago and will take a closer look at his defeated rival, marine le pen. the lasting impact that she leaves behind. stay with us how to brush his teeth. (woman vo) in march, my husband didn't recognize our grandson. (woman 2 vo) that's when moderate alzheimer's made me a caregiver. (avo) if their alzheimer's is getting worse, ask about once-a-day namzaric. namzaric is approved for

le pen is a member of the national front party. following the debate we will hear political analysis of the election. because no candidate won a majority of votes into the april 23rd election, a runoff is held sunday. the current president is not running for re-election. >> thank you very much. we will have the debate translated into english for you. here it is. [speaking in french] >> what would you like to tell us about the state? >> you have shown you are not the candidate of finesse or the will to have a balanced and open democratic debate. thank you for this wonderful demonstration that you just have given us. i wasn't expecting anything else. i am not going to say you are the realdying of the french extreme right or the whole system that has prospered on the anger of the french for so many years. i am not going to repeat that you claim his heritage because you have been promoting it since you took over the control of this party. in over 40 years in this country we have had candidates for the election. you will continue as you

the national front firebrand has promised to shake of the countries are right. many of those in the stronghold in northern france are hoping she will step akin to the spotlight. >> most of the people in the market are supporters of marine le pen. >> she must run because there are too many things that have been abandoned and neglected in france. i voted for marine le pen. we hope she stands at the next legislative elections. shelling of the national front in the legislative election has been forgotten. >> i think she has a better shot here than any place else. voters wind in opposition to for speaking up in parliament. in a government those deciding everything, who will vote for not everyone is convinced marine le pen this the right person for the job. >> it would be nice if she shows up and she's rebuffed. most the election she didn't come here, so why did she come here now. >> they are eagerly waiting her decision. >> 25 people were killed when a suicide bomber targeted the convoy of the senate's the beauty chairman. dozens of others were wounded in the attack,

intove us unique insights the national front and marine le pen's thinking.efeatist then she was six days ago? >> absolutely not. you have 2 frances. of the cities and the france of the countryside. the perception of the debate is following this dichotomy. many say the debate wasn't good for her. plenty of messages say the contrary. i'm not sure this debate will move the line. francine: 63% of people thought mr. macron was better in the debate. on sunday.te for him jean: this election showed the collusion between all of the media express and political propaganda. i have been invited on many tv's and i'm always attacked. the opinion is very sensitive to this. francine: the polls are the polls. i'm sure you are attacked and the macron are attacked just as much. you're telling me, sir, you don't believe the polls and marine le pen will be president on sunday? 3%, this is a margin of error when you look at how the poll is done. we cannot say there is a measured trend or changement between before and after. you tellingat are me exactly? what are the chances of mar

was tonight the end of the front national, the party founded in 1972? they can see through a name change. if the policies are the same, if some of the policies towards minorities are the policies towards minorities are the same, then the name doesn't matter, the problems remain. we are not against minorities, we want to restore the french identity and french sovereignty. france, when it was french sovereignty. france, when it was proud of its ideas, was never against minorities. i am from a minority and i am close to marine le pen. what you say now epitomises the propaganda that was made against us between the two rounds of the election. we have been criminalised because we have been treated like nazis, the extreme right. of course when you repeat this every day and night, you win the ballot. at marine le pen's headquarters. some news from nigel farage, who gave his support to marine le pen. he is quoted as saying that mr macron offers five more years of failure, more power to the eu and the continuation of open borders. if marine sticks in there she ca

. -- notll vote for macron because i agree with him, but because i do not want the national front together to go through. reporter: a vote for a far right marine le pen was not among the survey options. she has expressed distaste for the far right front, but is not for the macron front either. >> i would not do anything more because it would divide the forces around me. pulled more than 19% in the first round, more than 17 million votes. with marine le pen closing in on macron in the polls, melenchon has been criticized for not doing more to stop the national fronts rise. host: that was emerald maxwell reporting. brushing off negotiations that marine le pen plagiarized her speech from her conservative rival, tell us more. guest: a video surfaced that shows lots of similarities between a speech that marine le pen made on monday and fillon made in april. it seems like they are saying the exact same things. anmight seem like embarrassing situation for marine le pen, but she has brushed the whole thing off. she says she was perfectly aware of the whole thing and maintains that this was a delib

could not, history of national front is truly toxic. you know in terms of anti-semitism.nd racism. she was not able to surmount that, in a doubt that she will be able to. to. wanted to lower retirement age, now at 62, she wanted to make it 60. she was not going to touch 35 hour week. we're not talking conservative in american sense. macron is not a centrist either. so, this so these were not good candidates. >> well, they were -- the candidates that french got, and they sorted through it, and end up with the protege of francois hollande the most unpopular french president in history. what in the world will they come up with because, if macron does not have a majority or something approaching that, it is hard to see how he will ever be able to affect any policy, what do you think, paul? >>> i don't think he will. most interesting to watch how strong will center right get, will they take this opportunity to take some policies as we saw in rest of europe, the more to far right strengthens the center right figures out we better do something, they could really pull off a stron

than ten years ago, do you think people make the distinction, has she in effect rebranded the national fronte is not the leader of the party at the moment? i think she had significant success in detoxifying the brand, in terms of the style. and then on wednesday, she seemed to go off message, going on the attack and undermining are not of her own campaign. her second—round campaign was based on a france at peace with itself, and that was not the substance over itself, and that was not the su bsta nce over style itself, and that was not the substance over style of her elevation debate on wednesday. very good to talk to you. and you can see live coverage of the french election result here on bbc news later this evening. coverage starts at 6.30 on the bbc news channel — that's france decides: the presidential election 2017 this evening at 6.30 with christian fraser. time for the sport. good afternoon, on the final day of the championship, blackburn rovers have been relegated to league one. it is 37 years since they last played in the third tier of english football. they beat brentford but it wa

but, with nearly a third of the vote, she insists the national front is now a realforce.

you're in a national front stronghold for marine le pen. what is the mood there? >> reporter: well, let's just say, george, they're not opening the champagne bottles just yet. there is no celebration. but specifically here in a french marine le pen stronghold, where she began her campaign and is expected to end it, she's expected to vote in the next hour or so. let me give you a sense of the mood. you've got a lot of media waiting for marine le pen, expected to arrive in an hour or so. families as well are waiting to catch a glimpse of the front nationale leader. she will be voting in the school here behind me. it is a very stronghold. and this for 70 years, george, was really led by the socialist party. this was a once very popular and very well-to-do town, a coal mining town. that has changed. the last three years it has been led by front nationale. they've really tapped into the hearts, the minds, indeed the votes of people here. for people i've been speaking to, they've felt disillusioned throughout the years where the ruflt political elite, the political part

but with nearly a third of the vote, she insists the national front is now a realforce.france to protect its independence, its freedom, its prosperity and its security.

anything but the national front.n part that is in relation to her father and the national front back in the '70s, ' 80st and '90s. is le pen shaking off that view of her, or is she still significantly labeled in the same way that her father was? >> it's where your base is coming from. the fact of the matter is even if the polls are correct, she'll get 40% of the vote. that's significantly better than her father did about 20, 25 year years ago. 40% of france voting for an overtly anti-euro candidate is remarkable. she made that accomplishment. we can't take that away from her. the problem now is she has to talk to two audiences to get anywhere above 40. she has to win over the fillon voters who are catholic, conservative. at the same time she has to win over the hard left melenchon supporters who backed him. ant anti-eu. she had been struggling to win over conservative central france and hard front urban left. 40% of the vote, for a major presidential candidate coming from the front national, that's a significant vict

even though le pen lost, it was a record performance for her party, the national front, whose anti-immigrant policies once made it a pariah. le pen had campaigned on an openly xenophobic and racist platform, calling for france to crack down on immigration and leave the european union. on sunday night, macron addressed thousands of supporters in front of the louvre museum in paris. >> europe and the world expectss us to dedefend thehe spirit of on the threat in some many places. they expect us to defend freedom everywhere, to protect the oppressed. they expect us to bring some new hopepe, i knew humanism, that oa safer world, protected freedoms, a world of growth with more .ustice, more ecology amy: macron ran on a pro-trade, pro-eu and pro-nato platform, and will need to secure a majority in next month's parliamentary election to implement his program. we'll have more on the french election after headlines with french human rights activist yasser louati. in texas, republican governor greg abbott signed sb4 into law sunday, outlawing sanctuarary cities and allowing police to check the immigra

a reminder of the controversial history that dogs the front national.wing here and, on a visit to france's rural heartland over the weekend, he told us that this election was the last call for france's membership of the eu. you have almost half of this country angry with the european idea. so we need a new european union in situation to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation. if the day after i decide to follow up and pursue the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people. i don't want to do so, because, the day after, we will have frexit or we will have the front national again. there were scuffles today on the margins of an anti—fn march, injuring several police. but the success of france's far—right party isn't the shock it used to be and, rather than voting for liberal reform to keep the front national from power, some on the left wondering whether to vote at all. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. donald trump says he'd be honoured to meet north korea's leader, under the right circumstances. mr trump made the com

but, with nearly a third of the vote, she insists the national front remains a realforce.th korea also goes to the polls to choose a new president. we look at the frontrunner, moonjae—in. good morning. it's 8am here in singapore and 2am in paris, where emanuel macron is set to be youngest ever president in french history. in a televised address, mr macron promised to fight the divisions in his country, re—build the links between the eu and its citizens, and to combat threats posed by terrorism and climate change. results are still being counted, but projected results show mr macron has won more than 65% of the vote after sweeping aside the challenge of his far—right rival, marine le pen. our coverage begins with this report from our europe editor, katya adler in paris. young, dynamic and very, very confident. emmanuel macron, said to be the youngest leader since napoleon, took the crowd by storm. translation: in the face of extremism, i know there are disagreements and i will respect this. and i will be faithful to that commitment taken, i will protect the republic. this i

so people want to see front national remain in power, and that is why they have really supported frontational, in particular marine le pen. and there is -- when we look at exactly what's been done in terms of the changes, they have lowered local taxes here in this town, they have spent money on infrastructure, and they say, more importantly, they're being heard. they felt like this was a forgotten part of france, and this is how marine le pen has also played forgotten france. she's paying attention to them, listening to them, and she's making a difference for them. in terms of the key issues, they keep pointing out, it is an expression of, you know, patriotism versus a globalization, the haves and the have-nots, the elites and those who work in farms or so. this is how it's being played out, and people feel for the first time that someone is listening to them, and that person is marine le pen. >> okay, isa. just keep an eye out behind you, because marine le pen may be emerging from that building. >> reporter: let's see. i think we've got -- here we go. >> let's see if we can see marine